Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Blizzard

Blizzard's canceled survival game had been in development for over 6 years, was highly praised by employees

"Many" of the survival game's devs have now been laid off with no shipped game for their resumes, and very little public information about the project.

PC Gamer

Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees amid industry-wide cuts

Mere months after acquiring Activision Blizzard in October 2023, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees

Tom’s Hardware

Blizzard's upcoming survival game has been canceled after Microsoft layoffs

Fans won't see Blizzard's upcoming survival game after Microsoft layoffs.

TechRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Diablo 4 players are voicing their concerns over Season 3 and to put it lightly — it's not going down well

The community reception for Diablo 4 Season of the Construct isn't great so far. Issues such as a broken questline, an unpopular trap system, and an underwhelming Seneschal companion have led to widespread criticism.

Windows Central

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Staff After Activision Gaming Buyout

Microsoft is laying off 1,900 people, or eight percent of staff, from its gaming division as it consolidates the blockbuster buyout of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.

International Business Times

Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra is departing the company today, says it’s time to ‘become Blizzard’s biggest fan from the outside’

Mike Ybarra has confirmed that he's leaving Blizzard Entertainment today (January 25).

TechRadar

Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox staff

Tech giant acquired video-game publisher Activision Blizzard three months ago for $69bn

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Microsoft cuts 1,900 jobs at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra leaves the company, and the studio's survival game has been cancelled

Layoffs continue to tear through the video game industry, after an already difficult year in 2023.

PC Gamer

Microsoft cancels Blizzard's survival game amid layoffs, shifts developers to "one of several promising new projects" [UPDATED]

Microsoft has reportedly cancelled Blizzard's upcoming survival game, moving some of its developers to other projects.

Windows Central

Just 3 months after the Xbox deal closed, Blizzard's canceling its "new universe" survival game, losing its president and co-founder, and moving devs to "new projects"

1,900 employees also face redundancy across Xbox, ZeniMax, and Activision Blizzard

GamesRadar

Diablo 4's Traps Season Receives Negative Feedback, Changes Expected

Discover why Diablo 4's latest season is receiving backlash from players due to its trap-focused mechanics and what Blizzard plans to do about it.

Top News

Microsoft to lay off around 1,900 staff from across the Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and ZeniMax teams

Microsoft is planning to lay off around 1,900 people from its video game workforce.

TechRadar

Microsoft cutting 1,900 gaming staff in post-Activision Blizzard deal layoff round

The Verge claims the tech giant is planning to cut around 8% of its 22,000-strong gaming workforce

Evening Standard

Phil Spencer announces Microsoft is laying off nearly 2,000 people from its gaming division

Microsoft sheds 1,900 staff in pursuit of a "sustainable cost structure"

GamesRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Windows Central

Microsoft announces layoffs at gaming division with 1900 jobs cut across Activision Blizzard, Xbox Game Studios, and ZeniMax Media

More layoffs are hitting across the gaming industry, with Microsoft cutting 1900 jobs out of the greater Xbox organization.

GamesRadar

As Diablo 4 hits a new wave of problems in Season 3, Blizzard says it's monitoring early impressions and "will be discussing feedback internally"

Diablo 4's Season of the Construct is not off to a flying start

GamesRadar

Diablo 4's annoying Season 3 traps are driving players up the wall: "I don't understand their obsession with trying to waste our time"

"I'm already about to quit"

GamesRadar

Diablo 4 players rail against Season 3 as a "great step backwards" with "boring" traps and a "useless" companion

Season of the Construct is not going down well

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

PC Gamer

The only pal I want is my robot spider in Diablo 4's most challenging season yet

Season 3's traps and new enemy types have me feeling vulnerable again.

GamesRadar

Blizzard shares workaround for Diablo 4's Drums of the Vault Seneschal Brazier bug while it works on an official fix

It's a little janky, but it'll do for now

PC Gamer

2 months after killing the Overwatch League, Blizzard teams up with Saudi Arabia's esports org for 'a new era of Overwatch esports'

Overwatch Champions Series competition will begin in February and culminate in two major tournaments at Dreamhack.

Windows Central

How to level up FAST in Diablo 4 Season 3 — Season of the Construct

Diablo 4 Season of the Construct lands today and you'll want to level up fast to enjoy all the new mechanics the season has to offer, and unlock your battle pass tiers. Here's how.

PC Gamer

Diablo 4 season 3's most powerful new items all drop off of its least popular boss

Blizzard revealed where to get all five new unique items in season 3.

PC Gamer

Blizzard confirms you can't dress up your spider companions in Diablo 4 season 3, but at least you can pet them

You can change how they fight, but not how they look.

PC Gamer

How the Azerothian Archives event works in World of Warcraft

Dig into this new event to get mounts, pets, and some nifty armor appearances.

1 … 49 50 51 52

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Blizzard Entertainment