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Blizzard has working console builds of Diablo III, still no announcement

, Dec 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's been a little while since we've heard from Diablo III, but today the game is working its way back into the news. Blizzard executives and designers recently told Polygon that the studio has a console build of Diablo III "up and running," once again thrusting the oft-rumored console port into the spotlight. Even though the team has made it far enough to have a functioning console build, Blizzard still isn't ready to make an official announcement. Read The Full Story

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm finally gets a release date

, Nov 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

StarCraft II players have been waiting a long time for Blizzard to announce a release date for the game's first expansion, Heart of the Swarm, and it seems the big day has finally arrived. Earlier today, Battle.net was showing a release date of March 12, 2013 for Heart of the Swarm, a date that Blizzard later confirmed. So, only five more months and you can finally get your hands on Heart of the Swarm. Exciting, no? Read The Full Story

Blizzard hit with lawsuit over Battle.net security

, Nov 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

To many, securing your Battle.net account with one of the authenticators Blizzard offers is just the way the game is played. Folks have been using authenticators to secure their Battle.net accounts for years now, but one player has decided he's had enough. His name is Benjamin Bell, and he's the leading plaintiff in a new class action lawsuit brought against Blizzard. Read The Full Story

Activision Q3 2012 results give info on Diablo III, Starcraft II expansions

, Nov 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Activision, perhaps the biggest name in video games at the moment, has reported its financial results for Q3 2012, and as you've probably already guessed, they're pretty darn great. The company brought in a GAAP net revenue of $841 million during the quarter, which up significantly from the $754 million in took in during Q3 2011. It's also $101 million more than the company originally projected, so you can bet that Activision's executives are smiling this evening. Read The Full Story

World of Warcraft city deaths patched while murderer roams free

, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you were in one of several of the largest cities in World of Warcraft's Azeroth this weekend, it's quite likely that you were killed - but no worry, Blizzard has fixed everything up now with a patch. This patch fixes the exploit that caused level 1 characters to be able to stroll on in to a set of major cities and decimate their entire population of both playable and non-playable characters alike. As it was, images of death were majorly visible to the general population over the weekend, this throwing Blizzard into a tizzy. Read The Full Story

Mists of Pandaria launch sales lag behind Cataclysm

, Oct 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Mists of Pandaria, the fourth World of Warcraft expansion, has been available for a little over a week now. Today we're finding out that Mists of Pandaria sold 2.7 million copies in its first week on shelves, which definitely isn't bad, especially for an expansion. However, when held up against the sales of Cataclysm, World of Warcraft's third expansion, Mists of Pandaria sales are a little underwhelming. Read The Full Story

Diablo III upgrades to level 160 with Paragon system

, Aug 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Players of the fastest selling PC game in history Diablo III will be glad to find this week that Blizzard, the creator of the game, has added an upgrade that allows characters to level up past 60. This limit on the game has existed since the game's introduction and now it'll be dashed apart with a feature called the Paragon system. This new system has you able to move past your initial 60 levels and into a whole new set of 100 levels that bring on Magic Find and Gold Find that stick to you like stats, and you'll get a whole lot more shiny in groups as well. Read The Full Story

Mists of Pandaria’s excellent opening cinematic revealed

, Aug 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

The release date for World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Mists of Pandaria, is right around the corner, and as such, Blizzard has started to ramp up the marketing. Today we're being treated to a brand new cinematic trailer for the game, and we have to say it's pretty excellent. The question is: will it be enough to get players interested in returning to World of Warcraft? Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 10, 2012

, Aug 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday everyone. The weekend is here is last, and what better way to kick it off than with a giveaway? We've teamed up with NVIDIA to hand out three 16GB Google Nexus 7 tablets, so be sure to enter (but read the rules before you do!). Apple and Samsung's ongoing patent trial gave us a glimpse at sales numbers for both companies today, and we also found out that Apple is looking for a whopping $2.45 billion from Samsung. Even though Google has remained publicly silent about this whole suit, it turns out that it has been providing support for Samsung behind the scenes during the trial. Read The Full Story

Battle.net hack: how to keep yourself safe

, Aug 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier today we received word that Blizzard's battle.net servers have been hacked, and with a recent influx of 10 million users thanks to Diablo III's launch, that makes this potentially devastating for a lot of people. Blizzard has since released an FAQ on battle.net, telling users what exactly was compromised and what remains secure. Those with a North American account (which includes people in Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia) were hit the hardest, so if that's you, read on to find out what you can do to keep your account safe. Read The Full Story

Blizzard hacked: Battle.net leaks emails and more

, Aug 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Diablo developer Blizzard has warned gamers that their personal information may have been leaked, after the company was the target of a network hack. No financial information is believed to have been stolen, Blizzard said in a statement on the data breach, but some email addresses, personal security question answers, and authentication details for some types of connections were all extracted before the unauthorized access was blocked.

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Activision Q2 report: Diablo III captures 10 million players

, Aug 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Activision's financial results for its second quarter have landed, and things are looking pretty good for the massive publisher. Net revenue came in at $1.075 billion for the year, which is actually better than the $950 million the company was expecting. Earnings per share landed at a pretty healthy $0.16, which was again ahead of the company's $0.13 EPS projection for the quarter. Read The Full Story
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