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After collaborating with Diablo 4 for Trials of Sanctuary mode, Overwatch 2 is tying up with K-pop band LE SSERAFIM for a new game mode, cosmetics and more on November 1st. While further details are still to come, the music video for the band’s song, “Perfect Night,” showcases what could be upcoming outfits for certain heroes. Check it out below.

With Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard finally complete, the company controls a larger than ever share of the game industry. According to CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft now plans to double down on game publishing and development.

Diablo 4 is currently enjoying a resurface thanks to the release of Season 2, Season of the Blood. Adding more to that, Xbox users now have the opportunity to enjoy Diablo 4 for free for a limited which could be an omen of its arrival on Game Pass thanks to the Activision Blizzard purchase by Microsoft.

Blizzard‘s Diablo IV hit Steam on October 17 and already has a “Mixed” user rating, with only 50% positive reviews. However, while many of these negative reviews seem legitimate, it also appears that Diablo IV is also suffering from review bombing.

The next big collaboration for Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch 2 is coming November 1st, and it’s Korean pop group LE SSERAFIM. A new game mode inspired by the group and in-game items, like Legendary skins, will go live, with more details coming October 30th.

For all completionists out there, after discovering all areas and playing all side missions in Diablo 4, we were all greeted by rewards thanks to our collected Renown across Sanctuary. Thankfully, our new Seasonal characters won’t have to suffer the same fate of walking across the world searching for souls to help, diabolical enemies to fight, chests to open, and dangerous areas to discover. Does Renown carry over to Diablo 4, Season 2: Season of the Blood? Let’s find out.

With Activision Blizzard officially part of Xbox, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has discussed some plans for the future in a recent Xbox podcast. He confirmed that no titles from the publisher would come to Game Pass this year, though 2024 is more reasonable, and the era of exclusive betas and skins for Call of Duty on other platforms is over.

Diablo 4 is out now on Steam, and as part of its release on Valve’s platform, the game is currently available at a 25 percent discount until October 24. The Steam release for Diablo 4 was announced earlier this month.

Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard surely hit its fair share of roadblocks in the approval process, but at long last, the deal was formally closed last week, with Microsoft officially welcoming Activision Blizzard King to Xbox. A deal of this magnitude is obviously going to have a significant impact on the industry for years to come, but where the immediate future is concerned, many will be hoping to see games in the Activision Blizzard back catalog being added to the Game Pass catalog.

Diablo 4 players can finally dive into some new content on October 17th when Season of Blood goes live. However, along with new vampiric powers to mix up the meta, there are new Unique items, Legendary Aspects and Paragon Glyphs. You can only get them from World Tier 4, but they’re available in the Eternal Realm and Seasonal Realm.

World of Warcraft players have once again shown their community spirit and love of adorable animals, raising over $1.5 Million (USD) for BlueCheck efforts in Ukraine through the sale of two precious in-game pets: Sunny and Flurky.

With the arrival of the Season of the Blood around the corner, the major 1.2 update is coming on October 17 for all Diablo 4 players. This update will include new items, aspects, and paragon glyphs, as well as many changes to gameplay, balance, class, among others, with many other bug fixes. Here are all the Diablo 4 1.2 patch notes for you to check out.

The Season of the Blood is around the corner, and while new content make the headlines, gameplay and balance changes make the game. Today, October 10, we will discover a bit of the latter. Continue reading to discover where to watch the Diablo 4 Campfire Chat live stream.

Blizzard Entertainment’s latest season for Overwatch 2 is now live and brings a little evil to the forefront. Rise of Darkness introduces a new Control map in Samoa, but its main attraction is the return of Halloween Terror, the seasonal co-op PvE event. Instead of Junkenstein’s Revenge, players embark on the Trials of Sanctuary in collaboration with Diablo 4.

Following a strong launch with over $666 million in revenue within the first five days, Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 fumbled its first season with a hugely unpopular patch. Nerfs galore, increased XP for leveling, underwhelming Uniques – such was the backlash that the game’s Metacritic user scores took a beating.

With Season 7: Rise of Darkness launching next week for Overwatch 2, Blizzard Entertainment has outlined all of the changes and new content to expect in a new blog post. A new mode, Trials of Sanctuary, based on Diablo 4, and new skins, including a Mythic Hanzo skin, are coming, but there’s also a rework for Sombra.

Blizzard Entertainment’s launch trailer for Overwatch 2 Season 7: Rise of Darkness debuted recently, revealing the new Halloween-themed content and skins. Instead of Junkenstein’s Revenge, the main attraction is Trials of Sanctuary, a new PvE mode created in collaboration with Diablo 4. Check it out below.

Back in July, Blizzard Entertainment announced that Overwatch 2 would be coming to Steam, and confirmed that it would be the first of several Blizzard titles to be making that jump. Now, another one of the developer’s major games has been handed a launch date for Valve’s digital platform.

Blizzard Entertainment will release the PC version of Diablo IV via Steam on October 17, the developer announced.

Blizzard Entertainment – like many others in the industry – has set its sights on the mobile market with the intention of bringing is biggest properties over to the platform. To that end, last year, the company announced Warcraft Rumble (Warcraft Arclight Rumble at the time), a free-to-play strategy Warcraft title made specifically for the mobile audience, and now, a release date has been confirmed for the game.

Blizzard Entertainment’s next season for Overwatch 2 begins on October 10th with Rise of Darkness. A launch trailer is coming on October 4th, but in the meantime, a new teaser is available on Twitter. It pretty much confirms previous leaks of a Diablo 4 collaboration. Check it out below.

Remember Overwatch 2, which received its long-awaited PvE story missions in August with Season 6: Invasion? The hype has died down, but support continues with its next season, Rise of Darkness, launching on October 10th.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the next Diablo 4 Developer Update livestream will occur on October 4th, 11 AM PDT. Season of Blood, the second season for the action RPG looter, is the focus.

Publisher Activision and developer Vicarious Visions will release the PC version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 via Steam on October 3, the companies announced.

Hero Mastery mode recently launched for Blizzard Entertainment’sOverwatch 2, adding obstacle courses for Tracer, Reinhardt and Mercy. The developer promised more additions later this season, but they’ve arrived sooner than expected. Players can partake in Sojourn’s Hero Mastery and compete for the best times on the leaderboards.

Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield had over one million concurrent players at launch and over six million players in total, and it seems to have scored big at retail as well. While the full UK physical retail charts from Gfk aren’t available yet, GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring confirmed that it debuted in first place.

A new single-player focused mode is available in Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch 2 with Hero Mastery. You don’t need the Premium Battle Pass or the Invasion story missions to access it. Check out the release trailer below.

Diablo 4 has been very successful for Blizzard Entertainment, with over 12 million players as of August 23rd. While it’s employing a seasonal model for new updates, expansions are also in the works. Series GM Rod Fergusson recently confirmed to Dexerto that the team will release expansions annually.

Season 6 of Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch 2 is ongoing, with the Invasion story missions landing with average fanfare. For those still playing, the mid-season update is due on September 7th, with Hero Mastery also going live. There’s a slight delay for the mode, which was supposed to be released on September 5th.

The start of September is unofficially Starfield Day, with Premium Edition owners gaining early access to the long-awaited sci-fi RPG. For Diablo 4 players, it’s Mother’s Blessing Weekend (yes, seriously). From September 1st, 10 AM PDT to September 5th, all XP and Gold earnings are increased by 25 percent.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced a new patch for Diablo 4, arriving on August 29th, which will deal with various abilities that regular enemies and Elites that apply crowd control. First, Cold Enchanted Elites can no longer proc the status on each hit, and Chilling Wind spawns fewer overlapping walls.

In case you missed it, Overwatch 2’s long-awaited PvE story missions were finally released as part of Season 6: Invasion. The response has been mixed, despite their quality. However, their release was quickly overshadowed by the game’s debut on Steam, as it became the lowest-rated title in the platform’s history.

A new patch is available for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4, but it’s not on the same scale as the disastrous pre-Season of the Malignant patch (or its follow-up). Regardless, it makes some good changes, like reducing the time for Malignant Monsters to spawn when a Malignant Heart has activated. It’s gone from five seconds to two.

It’s hard to remember a time when Overwatch 2 wasn’t mired in controversy, and criticisms surrounding the game has only grown more widespread as time has gone on, whether that’s because of its controversial PvE changes, its monetization approach, its lack of promised features, or any number of other issues. And that, unsurprisingly, is being reflected not only in a dwindling playerbase, but also in overwhelming criticism from those who’re sticking around.

The Invasion is ongoing in Overwatch 2, with players in the hero shooter taking on the forces of Null Sector in new story missions (assuming they paid the $15). For everyone involved in PvP, there’s a new hero in town – Illari, the last Child of the Sun. A new Origin Story is available, highlighting her tragic past. Check it out below.

Overwatch 2: Invasion, the sixth season of the free-to-play hero shooter and its “exit” from early access is now available. It packs tons of content, from the new Flashpoint mode with new maps to three co-op story missions. There’s also Illari, the new Support hero, and Hero Mastery is coming in September.

Overwatch 2: Invasion has arrived. Experience all-new OW2 Invasion story missions, a new support hero, new skins and cosmetic rewards, and all-new ways to play. Read on for an exclusive look at the new map, Suravasa, a beautiful garden sanctuary in the heart of India, and everything it has to offer.

Blizzard Entertainment’s latest trailer for Overwatch 2 Season 6: Invasion went live earlier this week and finally showcased Illari, the next Support hero. It also tweeted a roadmap for upcoming content, confirming that the previously delayed Hero Mastery would arrive on September 5th.

After several leaks, Blizzard Entertainment released a new trailer forOverwatch 2’s next season, Invasion, showcasing its new hero. Illari is a Support who can fly and fire projectiles from what seems to be a railgun. Check it out below.

If you were somewhat disappointed by the latest trailer for Overwatch 2’s Invasion, which revealed The Enigma as John Cena, don’t worry. A proper gameplay trailer is available, highlighting the various locations that players will travel to. Also cutscenes, with honest-to-goodness interactions between the heroes. Check it out below.

Diablo 4 was met with critical and commercial success upon its launch last month, though things took a turn for the worse when Blizzard Entertainment went live with its first post-launch season, Season of the Malignant. From nerfs being applied liberally to nearly all classes to controversial new UI additions and more, the action RPG looter was met with a widespread wave of criticism and controversy.

A new video for Overwatch 2 has been released in the build up to the upcoming PvE missions coming to Overwatch 2 as part of Season 6: Invasion, revealing that the mysterious figure named Enigma who has been hacking into games is being played by John Cena. Check out the video, which further progresses the plot of the upcoming Invasion update below.

With Season 5 of Overwatch 2 ending next week, Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed some changes to Hero Challenges. Offering a way to unlock recently added heroes outside of the season they’re introduced, Hero Challenges and the player icons provided will become part of the new player progression system in Season 6: Invasion.

Patch 1.1.1 for Diablo 4 finally has a release date, going live on August 8th for all platforms. It brings some major buffs to different classes and other significant gameplay changes. Nightmare Dungeon and Helltide monster density are being increased, but so is boss health post-level 60.

Following its controversial pre-Season of the Malignant patch for Diablo 4, Blizzard Entertainment has dated patch 1.1.1. It’s live on August 8th and improves the late-game survivability of Sorcerer while speeding up combat flow for the Barbarian. Players of the former should also find some mechanics adjusted to move away from increasing power at the cost of something else.

With Season 6 and Invasion out next week for Overwatch 2, Blizzard is starting the hype cycle with a short teaser for its next animated short. “Calling” focuses on Vivian Chase, aka Sojourn, and it seems that after Overwatch’s disbandment, she’s a superhero on the side. Consequences are seemingly in store, though.

Blizzard Entertainment’s biggest season for Overwatch 2 yet arrives next week with Season 6. It adds three new PvE story missions as part of Invasion (which require a $15 purchase) and a new PvP mode, Flashpoint, with three maps. There’s also a new Support hero, which has yet to be announced.

In its recent Campfire Chat for Diablo 4, Blizzard Entertainment revealed numerous changes (with full details compiled on Reddit) for all classes in the upcoming patch 1.1.1. Sorcerer and Barbarian were the recipients of most, though these aren’t the final patch notes.

In addition to the first three PvE story missions, Overwatch 2 will receive a new PvP mode in Season 6: Invasion with Flashpoint. It’s a core playlist which launches with three maps, and a new one, Suravasa, has been revealed via Twitter. Set in India, it’s situated across from a river and even has a Shambali temple.

Blizzard Entertainment’s next Campfire Chat for Diablo 4 will premiere on Twitch and YouTube on July 28th at 11 AM PDT. It features game director Joe Shely, associate game director Joseph Piepiora, lead class designer Adam Jackson, and associate director of community Adam Fletcher to discuss patch 1.1.1.

Patch 1.1.1 for Diablo 4 is still some ways off, but Blizzard Entertainment has released patch 1.1.0c. It contains several fixes and adjustments, but most importantly, it prevents controller players from accidentally activating their Premium Battle Pass when opening the menu. Along with defaulting to the Season Journey button, you also get a confirmation pop-up to activate the Premium tier.

If over-zealous nerfs and lackluster content weren’t enough, Blizzard Entertainment’sDiablo 4 also suffers from a particularly annoying UI issue causing players to enable the Premium Battle Pass. This is because the button for activating the Premium pass is close to the Season Journey button. Players would open the interface to check the latter and accidentally click on the former (since the game defaults to it).

Season of the Malignant went live last week for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4, but its pre-season patch garnered much more attention (and not in a good way). After significant backlash, the development team announced changes in patch 1.1.1, which goes live in the coming weeks. However, it’s also looking into the future for other changes.

During its recent livestream, Diablo 4 associate game director Joe Piepiora, game director Joe Shely, and community chief Adam Fletcher admitted that the studio messed up with the recent nerfs to several characters that were brought along with updates earlier this week.

Shortly after kicking off the first proper season for Diablo 4, Blizzard has revealed some of the features it would like to bring to the game down the line in an interview. Speaking with IGN, producer Joe Piepiora spoke about expanding the role of the Scroll of Escape item as a way to provide a safety net for players with dodgy Internet connections.

Blizzard Entertainment’s first season for Diablo 4, Season of the Malignant, is now available on all platforms. It arrives at an odd time, with the pre-season patch being widely panned (leading to user review score bombing on Metacritic). Nevertheless, there’s new content, particularly the new Malignant Hearts.

Diablo 4 players aren’t happy with the latest patch for the action RPG, which nerfed several key aspects of the game, from stats like critical damage and vulnerable damage to XP garnered from higher-level monsters. Since user reviews aren’t a thing on Battle.net, fans have taken to review-bombing the user scores on Metacritic.

Diablo 4’s Season of the Malignant goes live on July 20th, 10 AM PDT, but Blizzard is still reeling from the response to its first major patch. On top of nerfs to just about everything, it also added a level requirement for World Tiers 3 and 4. Confident in your build and want to progress faster? Now you can’t without grinding out the levels.

Blizzard is bringing a selection of its PC games over to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2. The free-to-play team-based shooter is headed to Valve's gaming client on August 10, in what appears to be a change in Blizzard's strategy due to its impending acquisition by Microsoft and the low player engagement the game has garnered in recent times. The Windows PC version of Overwatch 2 and other games from the publisher is largely restricted to its Battle.net launcher — a hot topic for most PC gamers, who prefer having all their games on one platform and hate having to juggle between them. The Steam version will also include the niceties of unlockable achievements and cross-platform multiplayer.

Diablo global community development director Adam Fletcher has revealed that Blizzard will be holding a Campfire Chat this Friday to discuss the changes that are being made to Diablo 4 as part of its big 1.1.0 update. Announced over Twitter, Fletcher states that the goal of the Campfire Chat is to take into account feedback from players for the update.

In its recent earnings report, Activision Blizzard has admitted that player investment and engagement with Overwatch 2 has been in decline. The publisher revealed that the competitive shooter has “declined sequentially” this quarter.

A “selection” of Blizzard Entertainment games are coming to Steam, starting with the free-to-play team-based hero shooter Overwatch 2 on August 10, the developer announced.

Blizzard Entertainment’s latest update for Diablo 4 is now live in preparation for Season of the Malignant. While it adds new Uniques and Legendary Aspects, many borderline pointless, it packs multiple nerfs to almost everything in the game.

Diablo 4 has been one of the biggest releases of the year in a year that’s been overflowing with massive releases, and from critical reception to commercial performance, the long-awaited action RPG has enjoyed impressive success in the early days after its release. Shortly after launch, in fact, Blizzard Entertainment confirmed that Diablo 4 was the company’s fastest-selling game of all time, having raked in over $666 million in revenue within five days of release.