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Blizzcast #5 takes care of post-Worldwide Invitational 2008 business
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Podcasts, Interviews The latest Blizzcast is live! This fifth outing is the post-Worldwide Invitational episode. The bulk of its running time is dedicated to...
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Blizzard: 'Changing mechanics to be more reasonable and less punishing is an...
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Game mechanics, MMO industry It's the old guard vs. the new guard in a recent World of Warcraft forum thread, and Blizzard's Bashiok stepped in to comment on...
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Blizzard says mass layoffs are 'just a rumor'
Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Miscellaneous Yesterday we ran a rumor that a senior level designer on Blizzard's Titan project, John Staats, had been laid off. We've received confirmation...
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Diablo III heading to a gaming console near you [Updated]
Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, News items, Consoles, Miscellaneous For some time, the Diablo franchise has been touted by PC-gaming purists as one of the landmark reasons that PC gaming is...
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Blizzard clarifies Bashiok's statements about Diablo III and hints at release...
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Culture, News items The most recent tempest in a Diablo III-shaped teapot has been community manager Bashiok making a statement to fans urging them to lower their...
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Not So Massively: Diablo III expectations, polishing Torchlight II
Filed under: Betas, Game mechanics, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, Not So Massively, MOBA, League of Legends This week Diablo III's Bashiok caused a stir over a cheeky forum post asking a fan to...
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Blizzard issues an apology for the state of Diablo III's launch
Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, Events, real-world, Launches, News items, Diablo III OK, have we all gotten the jokes about Diablo III's launch out of our systems yet? Not quite? It's understandable,...
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Blizzard denies Diablo III authenticator hacking claims
Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, Legal, Diablo III We've been following the mass reports of hackers bypassing passwords and authenticators to rob Diablo III accounts blind, and now we have a new twist...
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Blizzard admits Diablo III lacks 'long-term sustainable end-game'
Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, Endgame, News items, Diablo III Acknowledging you have a problem is the first step to rectifying it. And for Diablo III fans, Blizzard's recent admission that the...
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The Daily Grind: Are /follow commands taboo?
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous Earlier this week, World of Warcraft patched out a surprising mechanic...
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Blizzard dispatches Warlords of Draenor closed beta invites
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Betas, Fantasy, Events (Real-World), News Items, Subscription Blizzard has begun sending out the first wave of closed beta invitations for World of Warcraft's upcoming...
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WoW level designers discuss Draenor's callbacks and vignettes
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Betas, Fantasy, Game Mechanics, Interviews, Lore, Previews, News Items, Subscription Blizzard's final Artcraft blog for World of Warcraft has arrived today in the form...
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Blizzard weighs in on Diablo 3 launch issues
Bashiok took some time off from being a Diablo III miniboss to hit the forums and provide some insight into recent issues with the servers. (And by "recent issues," I mean "more popular than free...
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Many WoW-like improvements discussed for Diablo 3
Bashiok recently responded to a well-written thread on the Diablo III forums. The Diablo forums are usually a wretched hive of scum and villainy (though not as bad as SWTOR), but in this case, player...
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Blizzard's official 5.0.4 survival guide
If you've been worrying about patch 5.0.4 (and I hope you haven't) then take comfort, for Bashiok has brought us Blizzard's patch 5.0.4 survival guide. This very long and thorough post rounds up every...
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Visit Blizzard CMs at PAX Prime
No, Blizzard doesn't have a booth of its own at PAX Prime in Seattle, but that doesn't mean you can't catch up with some of our favorite CMs there. There will be four -- count them, four -- Blizzard...
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What should you be able to buy using your Battle.net balance?
If you have a lot of money on your Battle.net balance, you'll be happy to know that Blizzard is working on letting you do more with it. Right now, if you wanted to buy the Cinder Kitten that went on...
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Bashiok returns to the WoW team
Bashiok, who went by Drysc back in the day, has returned to the WoW community management team. He used to be on on the Diablo III CM team. He also notes that in a later tweet that he's been back on...
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Blizzard reversing some short-term PvP suspensions
WoW Insider recently posted about Blizzard taking decisive action against players who had been discovered win-trading. In the original post we also reported that Nakatoir had been very firm that these...
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The Queue: 5,000,000g challenge to Zarhym and Bashiok
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today. I wanted to...
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