Who owns the term “DOTA?”  In gaming, the acronym is often used to refer to the Warcraft III mod titled Defense of the Ancients from a Starcraft map titled Aeon of Strife.  Yet that map and mod were actually made by a non-Blizzard employee, a fan of the game using the name...

During the Activistion-Blizzard investor’s call on Thursday, February 9, it was announced that Diablo III will be delayed to the second quarter of this year.  So instead of being imminent in its launch time, as most had thought, the game will instead be released a few months from...

Blizzard has announced that its payment service Battle.net Balance is now live.  The new service allows players to purchase digital downloads of all Blizzard games and time cards for World of Warcraft.  The release of Balance also heralds the last step in getting Diablo III online and...

For vague reasons, Blizzard has announced that Blizzcon 2012 will not happen.  This annual fan convention has been a huge event for five years running and the cancellation comes as a complete surprise to nearly everyone. Blizzard cites a “jam packed schedule” as their reason...

Blizzard made an announcement via Twitter that made it appear that they were working on Diablo III for console release.  Then said they weren’t working on console development, only exploring plans to possibly do so in the future. Of course, the blogosphere, being the fickle thing...

Blizzard has launched the latest World of Warcraft patch, Hour of Twilight, across all servers as of November 29.  The patch announcement was issued late in the day and v4.3 updates are now available for download to all WOW players who log in with their game client. Several new features...

Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision-Blizzard stock from “buy” to “neutral” after the announcement that World of Warcraft has lost yet more subscriptions.  Blizzard’s third quarter results were lackluster and given the year-long trend of the...

Blizzard has posted its third quarter (Q3) subscriber base as 10.3 million.  That is down from a reported 11.4 million at the first of the year (Q1) and over 800,000 less than the company’s second quarter (Q2) total of 11.1 million. The loss is close to 10% of the company’s...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has announced an official launch date.  Bioware says that the game will be on store shelves in North America on December 20th and in Europe on the 22nd.  You can guarantee that more than one gamer will be reserving copies and not waiting until Christmas to...

Earlier today, Blizzard Entertainment game design EVP Rob Pardo revealed that its upcoming action RPG title Diablo 3 will feature an auction system that lets players trade their in-game items such as gear and gold for real money. “Each currency region will have its own auction...

If you are a hard-core World of Warcraft PVP’er, then you probably have been waiting a good amount of time for the launch of the Arena Pass realms.  For $20 USD each, you are your budddies can buy access to the Arena Pass, deck out 3 toons with a full set of epic gear.  Then...

Today, Blizzard announced on its WoW blog that Patch 4.2 is ready and available on public testing realms.  The 4.2 content update will feature a new raid, backdropped in the Firelands: World of Warcraft patch 4.2 will offer hardy adventurers an opportunity to turn the tide in the...