Tag: WoW
When Ion Hazzikostas took the stage in Malmö this spring to reflect on 20 years of World of Warcraft, he delivered a polished, corporate-safe narrative that has become all too …
With the recent publication of Jason Schreir’s book Play Nice: The Rise and Fall of Blizzard, the topic of the Irvine studio’s demise is being hotly debated. I am reading …
A month ago, Blizzard Entertainment released the worst cinematic in Warcraft history on YouTube. It’s an unfocused, unintelligible hot mess. It features a female troll gyrating in a quasi-Haitian Hollywood …
The following is a commentary-free summary of John Hight’s The First 30 Years of ‘Warcraft’: The Making of a Game Universe presentation at GDC 2024. INVEN, a Korean gaming website, …
It has been a brutal year for the AAA video game industry as mass layoffs continue. In early 2024, Blizzard’s parent company Microsoft who recently purchased Activision-Blizzard wasted no time …
Ex-Blizzard developer Mark Kern AKA Grummz is in the gaming news again. Along with Kabrutus and others, Kern is co-leading a gamer revolt against the forces of political correctness that …
In December of 2023, the news broke that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard was finally settled and they will pay $18 million in compensation. Few industries …
Once upon a time, former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo was considered one of the smartest people in the video game industry. In 2006, he joined an elite club …
Let the bells ring and the children sing! Ding dong the wicked lore man is gone! Steve Danuser is no longer working at Blizzard Entertainment. The man who presided over …
There is no doubt that the World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion was the beginning of the downward spiral for the Blizzard MMORPG juggernaut. I’ve always believed that the main reason …
Just a few hours before BlizzCon 2023 goes live, an autumn chill is in the air in the wee hours of the morning here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s time …
In a recent video from indie developer, YouTuber, and industry insider Michaell Bell AKA Bellular Gaming revealed that some of the current Blizzard developers are frustrated working with Chris Metzen …
