Following a hearing with the European Commission, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced a new deal to bring all Xbox PC games to competing cloud service NVIDIA GeForce Now, alongside a 10-year agreement to bring Call of Duty to the Nintendo Switch! …
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All-Hands Meeting at Blizzard Entertainment Undermines Concerns and Frustrates Employees
Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra spoke to employees in an all-hands meeting over zoom yesterday, addressing a number of controversial subjects including stack rankings, reduced profit sharing, and the upcoming return to office mandate which…
Activision Blizzard Ending Work-From-Home Policies – Employees Expected to Return to Office This Summer
Blizzard Entertainment appears to be ending most of its work-from-home policies, which began in early 2020 as a measure to protect employees during the coronavirus pandemic. First detailed by LeastMyHairIsOk on Twitter, a spokesperson for Activision Bl…
Big Savings on Dragonflight and Classic During Blizzard’s Valentine’s Sale!
Blizzard has announced their Valentine’s Day sales from today till February 27th. Feel the love with sales on Dragonflight, the Ultimate Cuddly Pack pet bundle, and Northrend Heroic/Epic Upgrades for Wrath Classic. Whether you’re shopping for a Valenti…
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Calls out Regulators Lack of Experience with the Games Industry
Following a report by the U.K’s Competition and Markets Authority calling Microsoft’s merger with Activision into question, CEO Bobby Kotick has been firing back at regulators lack of experience with the video games industry, arguing against claims tha…
Happy Birthday Blizzard Video from Senior Art Director Samwise Didier
In celebration of Blizzard Entertainment’s 32nd birthday, Senior Art Director Samwise Didier uploaded a short video reminiscing about his years with the company, as well as sharing the story of how he was hired all the way back in 1991!Throughout the v…
Chris Metzen Interview – Developing Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent and His Future at Blizzard
In an exclusive interview, Wowhead had the chance to sit together with Chris Metzen, once Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development and now Creative Advisor of the Warcraft Leadership Team at Blizzard Entertainment, to talk about his cur…
Blizzard Entertainment Celebrates its 32nd Birthday
Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating its 32nd birthday today!Founded on February 8th, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce, and Allen Adham, the company originally concentrated on porting other studios’ ga…