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Blizzard has announced the Plunderstorm Creator Royale, a 60 person event on March 30th in which streamers compete against one another in duos for the title of Plunderstorm Champion and a split prize pool of $50,000 USD! The event will be streamed live on Twitch and Youtube on March 30th at 10 AM PT / 7 PM CET.

Blizzard is currently recruiting a dozen members of staff to work on an unannounced game.

The Plunderstorm Creator Royale has concluded, with KennyStream and LapiTV pulling out a surprise win during Match 7! Shoutout to Xaryu and PikabooIRL for having the highest point total by the end of the tournament, and all competitors for putting on a great event. Watch the final moments of the tense Match 7 on Twitch.tv! This upset win was the result of the unique competition format in which not only total points, but actually match wins also played a role in who would claim the top prize, creating increased tension and chaos by giving more competitors a chance to win, rather than the tournament being decided by point totals after only a handful of games.

The Plunderstorm Creator Royale is now live!

The World of Warcraft team is proud to present the Plunderstorm® Creator Royale, a new tournament that will take place in Plunderstorm Duos. Prepare for pirates, prizes, and the mayhem of 60 of your favorite content creators competing head-to-head. This special event will unfold live on Twitch and YouTube on March 30, starting at 10:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm GMT.

Former World of Warcraft narrative director Steve Danuser recently confirmed he left Blizzard in November 2023 over remote work concerns, and due to the desire for a change of pace. After months of radio silence from the story dev, World of Warcraft fans finally have an answer on Danuser’s status with the company.

 An Apple Inc. software fix to remove the blood oxygen saturation feature from its devices following an import ban was approved by the US, according to Masimo Corp.

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At about 1 a.m. California time in 2013, a scientist emailed Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook with an irresistible pitch. “I strongly believe that we can develop the new wave of technology that will make Apple the No. 1 brand in the medical, fitness and wellness market,” he wrote in the email, which was later included in legal documents. Some 10 hours after the message was sent, an Apple recruiter was in touch. And just weeks after that, the engineer was working at the tech company on a smartwatch with health sensors.

Apple Inc.'s plan to halt online sales of its smartwatch four days before Christmas to comply with a regulator's order shows that it's in a legal jam.

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Experis Game Solution workers who do quality assurance testing on games like Forza Motorsport and Halo Infinite voted Thursday to unionize.

TikTok owner ByteDance is looking to get out of mainstream gaming, including at its subsidiary Nuverse, the publisher of Marvel Snap. ByteDance confirmed Monday in a statement to Polygon that it will “restructure” its gaming business. The decision is expected to lead to hundreds of layoffs, according to Reuters, which first reported the news. ByteDance has not confirmed the scope of its layoffs.

Soon after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been completed, Xbox leadership visited the headquarters of Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, California, to address the staff for the first time.

Xbox management paid a visit to Blizzard’s offices in Irvine California this week.

Xbox’s leadership team visited Blizzard’s headquarters in Irvine, California today for the first time since Microsoft completed its acquisition of the Diablo developer.

It’s cold at the recording studio at Bandai Namco’s offices in Irvine, California. Tekken 8 producer Michael Murray and I are mic'd up, waiting for the go-ahead from the production team. We’re talking about the weather in the different places we’ve lived, the two American fighting game majors we’re representing (I’m wearing an EVO shirt; Michael is wearing a Combo Breaker hoodie), and Tekken. Lots and lots and lots of Tekken. We spent most of the prior day playing and talking about Tekken 8, but it’s always a little different doing it in front of a camera, and we wanted to be prepared.

“The tastiest drink in the world is coffee, or nothing!” says Azucena, Tekken’s newest character, when she runs into Lili. “I’ll teach you of the majesty that is tea!” Lili shoots back. It’s a dialogue exchange that only happens when these two characters go head-to-head, and in this case, it’s appropriate. Tekken producer Michael Murray is drinking coffee and playing Azucena. I’m drinking tea and playing Lili. Michael destroys me. I don’t often play Lili, and Michael is, unsurprisingly, a very good Tekken player. But even though I lost that match, I was having an absolute blast. We were laughing, complimenting strong moments in each other’s play, sharing surprise at certain interactions, and generally having a great time.

Getting my first mount in New World was an incredibly memorable experience. Standing before me was a figure I had read about for years and studied, even thanks to a voracious desire to learn all I could about the Mongol Conquests of the Middle Ages. Jochi Khan, the eldest son of the great Ghengis Khan, stood before me in a felt tent, speaking about communing with the wild beasts, namely the horses, and his connection to them, of Aeternum.