Blizzard: news and videos
Every story and video about Blizzard from the outlets and channels we follow, newest first. 24 stories from 7 outlets in the last 60 days, 19 of them this week.
Stories
- WoW Factor: Reacting to the rumors of new classes from the Blizzard survey Blizzard seems quite determined to pique my interest with what’s going on with World of Warcraft Forever, and I’m not the only one. But things get particularly spicy with the…
- Blizzard Cracks Down on Gold Selling in World of Warcraft Forever — and Streamers Are in the Firing Line World of Warcraft: Classic has had a gold selling problem for its entire existence, but with Forever , Blizzard seems hard-set on reversing that trend, and some streamers are…
- Tinker, Bard, Illusionist - Blizzard seemingly surveying World of Warcraft: Forever players about never-before-seen classes to add to the game World of Warcraft: Forever players claim to have been sent a survey asking whether they'd be interested in a variety of new classes for the upcoming MMO - and some of them are…
- Blizzard Promises 'Diablo 4' Support Even After 'Diablo 5' Launches At this year’s BlizzCon , Blizzard laid out its plans for the future. The studio revealed a first trailer for a new StarCraft game set for 2030 . If that wasn’t enough, the team…
- Blizzard Confirms Crit Nerf in PvP is a Bug in WoW: Forever After the community raised concerns about potential critical strike damage changes in WoW: Forever PvP, Blizzard has confirmed that the nerf is a bug. Many players who enjoy…
- Blizzard Working on Putting Make-a-Wish Quest Back in WoW: Forever Ezra Chatterton created an iconic World of Warcraft quest as part of a Make-A-Wish request - and now, Blizzard is working on getting his questline implemented in WoW: Forever! For…
- Blizzard Will Be Taking Action Against Gold Buyers - Potential for Bans Blizzard has announced that while they have always actioned RMT seller accounts, they will increasingly be taking action against buyers' accounts. In response to players…
- Blizzard's MOBA Is Making An Unexpected Comeback At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment announced a new hero for Heroes of the Storm : Xal’atath. She's now available in Blizzard's MOBA, after a stint on the game's public test…
- Get Grassy Dunecloth Transmog with Blizzard Gear Store Purchase A new promotion is available on the Blizzard Gear Store, and you can get a free transmog with an eligible Gear Store purchase until October 12th! Blizzard Gear Store Promotion The…
- Blizzard Watch Weekly: Accelerating away from BlizzCon (still) Last week was a relatively quiet week, as we continue to shake off the excitement of BlizzCon, and this week may be a quiet one too — though we’re certain to hear about the…
- Blizzard Scrambles to Meet World of Warcraft Forever’s Unexpected Popularity It's not often you hear about a game being too popular, but that is exactly the dilemma facing World of Warcraft Forever . Following its announcement during BlizzCon 2026 , the…
- Blizzard gifts Diablo 4 players one of the game's rarest crafting materials to apologise for Season 15 issues Diablo 4 's Season of Hell's Legacy began over two weeks ago following a banner BlizzCon , but its launch has been surprisingly wobbly. The season initially suffered a multi-hour…
- WoW Forever Beta Player Dies to a Near Perfect Griefing Tactic That I'm Sure Blizzard Will Patch Out World of Warcraft Forever’s beta marches on, and all evidence points to it being a massive success ahead of the official release date next month. But it’s worth remembering this…
- I'm sure whoever chose to charge for WoW: Forever beta access is feeling very chuffed, given Blizzard's had to expand its server size a second time Zug rush.
- As World of Warcraft: Forever's beta popularity grows, Blizzard has yet again had to increase the server cap World of Warcraft: Forever's beta appears to be growing in popularity, as one of Blizzard's leads has revealed the server capacity had to be increased over the weekend. Read more
- Blizzard Increases Population Cap for WoW: Forever - Login Queues Fixed Holly Longdale has announced that Blizzard has increased the WoW: Forever Beta population cap again! The WoW: Forever Beta is a very popular game and has been taking the internet…
- Blizzard Asking for Topics for Future Developer Insights on the WoW: Forever Podcast Blizzard is asking to hear from you! What topics would you like to hear developer insights on in future podcast episodes? Episode 1 of the WoW: Forever Podcast recently debuted,…
- Blizzard Watch Podcast: The episode where Cory says I told you so This week marks 600 episodes of the Blizzard Watch Podcast, so instead of just one guest host, Cory, Liz Patt, and Mitch all joined Liz Harper, Joe, and Matt to celebrate. One of…
- Blizzard Dev Doubles Down on World of Warcraft Forever Being for Classic Players World of Warcraft Forever has already been massively successful , but it's widened the divide that's always been there between the Retail and Classic versions of the game. And, it…
- Blizzard to take "a somewhat different approach" to level-scaling in Diablo 5, suggesting more influence from Diablo 2 than Diablo 4 Blizzard has hinted at yet another core mechanic in Diablo 5 seemingly inspired by Diablo 2 . Notably, the in-development action-RPG will tackle level-scaling differently from the…
- Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta UPDATE 4PM BST: Game Developer has reportedly seen an email Blizzard sent to employees that indicates it - or at least the World of Warcraft department - isn't affected by…
- Blizzard Watch Weekly: We still need a nap, and more news from Warcraft We may have finally recovered from BlizzCon. Maybe. (I still feel like I need a nap.) Over the last week we’ve swept up a little more BlizzCon news and started diving into the…
- Blizzard developer says World of Warcraft: Forever's beta numbers are the "craziest" he's seen in 17 years World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard's vanilla-flavoured spin-off built by the WoW Classic team, has already pulled in far more players than the studio expected. Read more
- Blizzard Watch Podcast: The BlizzCon mega episode BlizzCon just wrapped, and so there is so much to talk about we couldn’t pack it all into an hour. We spent around an hour on WoW Forever, the new Classic+ that was rumored and is…
