Latest Battle.net Stories
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Cities filled with the dead, flesh turned to bone. This wasn’t a scene from a biblical plague in the old testament or the latest Hollywood blockbuster on the big screen, however. It transpired this past weekend across Europe – at least virtually in an online world. The irony is that it may have been predicted by a cartoon! A few years ago the hit animated series South Park dedicated an episode to the popular online game World of...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Senator by day, Orc Assassination Rogue by night? Not if the opponents of Maine Democrat and World of Warcraft enthusiast Colleen Lachowicz have anything to say about it. It seems that Lachowicz's online gaming hobbies have become the target of her Republican Party opposition, who are accusing her of leading a "time-consuming double life" as her alter-ego, a level 85 Orc Assassin Rogue named Santiaga, according to Fox News...
SHANGHAI, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft(®): Mists of Pandaria((TM)), the fourth expansion set for the world's most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, will launch in mainland China on October 2, 2012. For the first time ever, Chinese players will be able to join the rest of the global World of Warcraft community within the same one-week global launch period....
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Blizzard, the publisher of popular computer games such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, discovered that its servers were hacked and certain account information was stolen. The company detailed the break in on its website. The "Important Security Update" was addressed to players and friends. "This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps...
Blizzard Entertainment announced Wednesday that Diablo 3, their newest action/role-playing video game for PCs, has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours following its release, setting a new sales record for the platform. Furthermore, according to Brian Crecente of The Verge, that figure doesn't include an additional 1.2 million gamers who received Diablo III for free after signing up for a one-year subscription to another Blizzard title, the massively multiplayer RPG...
World of Warcraft (WOW) may be moving onto mobile devices such as iPhones or tablet PC’s, according to a BBC News report. Currently the only official mobile app related to WOW is a free Mobile Armoury app that helps players keep track of characters and adventures. The concern in going mobile is shrinking the interface, John Lagrave told Eurogamer. He said, “Maybe we’ll stumble on the great way to put WOW on the phone — maybe we won’t, but we’re certainly looking into it.”...
SHANGHAI, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Blizzard Entertainment (NASDAQ: ATVI) and NetEase.com (NASDAQ: NTES) today announced that they will continue their existing cooperation on Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft(®) in mainland China. The new license will continue for an additional three years following the expiration of the current license agreement. The companies have been working together to bring World of Warcraft to Chinese gamers since 2009. In...
Blizzard Entertainment, the company who keeps Mountain Dew in business with its online game World Of Warcraft, is retiring nearly 2,000 blade servers from active service and is offering them for sale to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital which specializes in cancer treatment and other life-threatening diseases in children. Each server has been fitted with a transparent case, etched with the World of Warcraft logo, and bears a plaque bearing the signatures of the...
CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the professional video games organization advancing the artistic values of the interactive entertainment community, today announced that Frank Pearce has been appointed to the AIAS' Board of Directors effective immediately. Pearce is a cofounder and executive vice president of product development at Blizzard Entertainment, where he plays a critical role in the development of all...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Top pro gamers and throngs of gaming fans will flock to the Ontario Convention Center as the Season Two North American Star League Finals returns to sunny Southern California. On December 2-4, 2011, more than 30 competitors will vie for their share of the $140,000 prize pool, playing Blizzard Entertainment's ever-popular StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty(TM), as well as the newly added Heroes of Newerth(TM) from S2. eSports fans can...
