News with the tag "Blizzard"

A recent interview on the Grit Podcast featuring the former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and former Entertainment Arts CCO Bing Gordon revealed that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision came after both companies failed to purchase TikTok. Kotick also disclosed the discussions he had with Mi...

Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick revealed he was interested in Jurrasic Park’s video game rights. Kotick said he pitched the idea after hearing that the movie director was a video game fanatic from Spielberg’s lawyer. On the Grit Podcast, Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard’s former boss, ...

The French gaming conglomerate Ubisoft is permanently closing down its UK-based studio, Ubisoft Leamington, which is based in Leamington Spas. A Ubisoft spokesperson confirmed that the Ubisoft Leamington studio shutdown was part of a broader plan to restructure the company. The spokesperson also hig...

A Call of Duty update revealed on January 11 that Raven Software, the developers of COD: Warzone, will disable one of the game’s most popular shotguns, the Reclaimer 18, until further notice. The update did not highlight the reasons behind the game developers’ indefinite discontinuation of the weapo...

Blizzard announced that crafted gear in World of Warcraft War Within Season 1 will cap at 636 item level (Myth 5/ 6). The item level cap will be only three levels lower than the myth pieces and at a maximum power similar to Dragonflight’s. Blizzard previously announced that the pre-expansion content...

World of Warcraft has significantly increased the attribute cap for the Cloak of Infinite Potential.

Blizzard is removing Overwatch's Hero Mastery Gauntlet PvE mode due to low player engagement, but solo mastery courses will remain available.

Diablo 4 is an action role-playing game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The game received a fresh response to the multiplayer

In a recent interview with IGN at the Game Developers Conference 2024, John Hight, the franchise director of the iconic massively multiplayer online game (MMO) World of Warcraft, shed light on the game’s technological advancements. Addressing the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in gami...

The two tech firms say the goal of the generative artificial intelligence tools isn’t to replace humans but to help them.