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Blizzard cancels 2022 BlizzCon amid harrassment scandal fallout

Enlarge / A Warcraft-themed statue sits in front of the Blizzard employee campus. (credit: Flickr / gordontarpley) Following an online-only BlizzCon earlier this year, Blizzard announced in May that its annual, announcement-packed convention for 2022 would be “combining an online show along the lines of our recent BlizzConline with smaller in-person gatherings.” Today, though, the […]

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Metallica Dubbed During Blizzcon Virtual Concert — Hit With DMCA Rules They Helped Enact During Napster Era

Uhhh, this is kind of comical! For Blizzcon on February 19, Metallica streamed their music live over Twitch. But it did not go off without a hitch. During the virtual concert, the platform got scared they’d face copyright issues, so they played some random 8-bit tunes over the top of the musicians rocking out. In […]

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Diablo II Resurrected tops BlizzCon announcement flurry

Enlarge / Long rumored, finally confirmed. (credit: Blizzard) Blizzard’s latest BlizzCon event sees the longtime PC game maker at perhaps its most beleaguered yet. Game delays, notable departures, botched remakes, smartphone-gaming backlash, and an anti-protester reputation have weighed down what was once a sterling RTS/RPG reputation. That led us to wonder: Can today’s streaming-only BlizzCon showcase of […]

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World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade to join the “WoW Classic” family

Enlarge / That’s quite the game-announcement leak there, Blizzard. (credit: Blizzard) Ahead of this weekend’s BlizzCon game-announcement frenzy, two of Blizzard’s secrets have sneaked out in the form of a leak. Both revolve around World of Warcraft: one for the latest Shadowlands expansion, and another for the World of Warcraft Classic server option. In the […]