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Historic Blizzard Blocks Roads, Buries Cars in Northeast China
A city in northeastern China has been caught off-guard by a historic snowstorm that has blocked roads and left cars buried up to their wing mirrors, with experts warning of the risk of building collapses.Heavy snowfall blanketed the northeastern province of Heilongjiang starting on Tuesday morning, with the city of Hegang near the Russian border
Blizzard confirms a Diablo 4 Season 5 bug was dishing out millions of free XP, but says it wasn’t caused by Rogues – it was the new Unique Umbracrux gone haywire
Update: Blizzard has confirmed The Umbracrux's unique power has been re-enabled presumably now that a fix has been implemented. Pretty quick turnaround!Original story follows...Diablo 4 developer Blizzard has temporarily disabled the Umbracrux Unique and confirmed it was responsible for the game-breaking Season 5 exploit that was dishing out millions of free XP.For some context, players identified
Activision Blizzard to pay $50 million to settle California civil-rights lawsuit that led to Microsoft takeover: report
Videogame maker Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay nearly $55 million to settle a California civil-rights lawsuit brought over complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and pay disparities by women employees that helped trigger the company’s acquisition by Microsoft. The settlement, announced by the California Civil Rights Department on Friday, resolves the lawsuit filed against the
Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Buyout Approved in New Zealand, UK Decision Awaits
New Zealand has approved Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard, with a crucial UK decision still waiting in the wings.New Zealand’s Commerce Commission granted clearance for Microsoft to buy the Call of Duty maker, declaring the buyout is unlikely to substantially lessen competition in any New Zealand market.“While Activision games, in particular Call
Activision Blizzard CEO Kotick will “absolutely remain” if the Microsoft merger falls through
If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Sources say he "will absolutely remain at the gaming giant to run the company". Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed that he would "absolutely remain" at the megacorp if the planned acquisition with Microsoft
Blizzard support studio workers drop union bid
One Activision Blizzard studio won't form a union, at least not in the near future. The Communication Workers of America (CWA) says it's withdrawing its petition for a union vote at Blizzard support studio Proletariat, which is currently working on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. As Kotaku notes, a CWA spokesperson claims Proletariat chief Seth Sivak
Home Games FPS Overwatch 2 (Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment) Confirming longstanding player theories, Blizzard says Overwatch 2 queue times are longer than hoped primarily because support is unpopular, so it's making changes in an effort to make the role more appealing. We've gone over this before: it sucks being an Overwatch 2 support player, and since fewer
Blizzard isn’t “satisfied” with Overwatch 2’s F2P grind either and will bring back free event skins
Home Games FPS Overwatch 2 (Image credit: Blizzard) Blizzard knows you haven't been entirely happy with how Overwatch 2 has made the jump to free-to-play, and they're making some changes to progression and implementing more free skins for events."I could say a lot here, but I think a good place to start is saying that
Blizzard Halts Game Services in China as Licenses With NetEase Expire
Your browser does not support the audio element. Blizzard Entertainment, a leading game developer and publisher based in California, announced on November 16 that it will be suspending most game services in mainland China due to the expiration of current licensing agreements with China’s NetEase on January 23, pushing NetEase‘s stock price down by more
Blizzard: Overwatch 2 ‘Launch Experience Has Been Frustrating For Many’
Image: Activision BlizzardOverwatch 2 has not been having a good time. After undergoing two attacks by external parties that made it nearly impossible to play, the hero shooter came under fire for its bad cell phone policy. Then, many had issues trying to play Overwatch 2 with friends. Blizzard worked to ease these pains, axing