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BuckGB
September 22, 2016

Battle.net Rebranding Strategy Revealed

No, it’s not one of Blizzard Entertainment’s elaborate April Fools’ jokes. Instead, the company has realized that slapping the name “Battle.net” on the global network infrastructure that has served as the foundation to all of their games and other services…

WorstUsernameEver
September 13, 2016

Blizzard’s Chris Metzen Retires from Game Development

If you’re familiar with the history of Blizzard Entertainment, you should be familiar with the figure of Chris Metzen, Senior VP of Story and Franchise Development, who contributed to many of the company’s most successful titles and franchises in a…

BuckGB
July 1, 2016

Blizzard is Hiring for an “Unannounced Project” in the Diablo Franchise

We don’t know if it will be a Diablo III expansion, a full-blown Diablo IV, a spin-off, or something else entirely, but Blizzard Entertainment has made no attempt to hide the fact that they’re looking to fill a variety of…

BuckGB
May 11, 2016

The Future of the ARPG

If not for the contributions of David Brevik, the Schaefer brothers, and Stieg Hedlund in the early days of the Diablo series, the action RPG scene that we’ve come to know and love would likely be considerably different, if existing…

BuckGB
April 2, 2016

Ten Isometric Action RPGs Worth Trying

I’m not sure that any of us are suffering from a shortage of role-playing games to play at the moment, but if you’ve managed to chew through every title that interests you and are looking for something new to occupy…

WorstUsernameEver
March 21, 2016

Original Diablo Pitch Document Released

After giving an extensive speech on the development of the original Diablo at this year’s GDC, David Brevik has published the original pitch document for the 1996 action-RPG classic on his own personal blog. The document was published in .pdf…

BuckGB
March 19, 2016

David Brevik on the Making of Diablo

Gamasutra has penned an excellent write-up of David Brevik’s presentation at this week’s Game Developers Conference, in which he talks through the early days of Condor, their relationship with Silicon & Synapse (which would become Blizzard Entertainment), how they eventually…

WorstUsernameEver
March 4, 2016

Blizzard Job Postings Hint at New Diablo Project

Fansite DiabloII.net alerts us to the fact that Blizzard has recently posted a number of open positions at the company for an “unnanounced project” in the Diablo universe. It’s not clear whether this is a new expansion for Diablo III…

BuckGB
February 11, 2016

Blizzard Entertainment 25th Anniversary Video

It’s hard to believe that Blizzard Entertainment is already celebrating 25 years of successful video game development and existence, but that’s exactly what we learn in this new two-and-a-half minute celebration video. From Diablo to Warcraft to Hearthstone, it’s nearly…

BuckGB
January 22, 2016

The 50 Most Important PC Games of All Time

Starting in 1962 and running the gamut all the way to present day, the editors at PC Gamer have cranked out a list of what they feel are “the 50 most important PC games” to ever grace the platform. The…