WoW’s ‘Shadowlands’ expansion is delayed until later this year

Posted on 01/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

World of Warcraft Shadowlands won’t make its October 26th release date. Blizzard announced on Thursday it’s delaying the expansion until sometime later this year to give itself more time to polish the title. The studio says it’s still deciding on a n...

BlizzCon will return as an online-only event in February 2021

Posted on 22/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After cancelling this year’s BlizzCon convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blizzard has announced that it will hold a replacement show online. BlizzConline (yep) will be held on February 19th-20th, 2021 with all the latest news around its popular...

WoW’s ‘Shadowlands’ expansion starts rolling out on October 26th

Posted on 27/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

World of Warcraft fans will be able to play Shadowlands, the eighth expansion for Blizzard’s massively popular online role-playing game, starting on October 26th. Depending on where you live, you’ll get access to the expansion either on the 26th or t...

Activision Blizzard reports a record quarter amid growing wage dispute

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Activision Blizzard reported another quarter of record-setting financial results, with each of its core franchises delivering better-than-expected returns, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch and Candy Crush. Activision...

Overwatch League’s online-only playoffs start on September 3rd

Posted on 15/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If something is working, don't fix it. That's the approach Blizzard is taking to Overwatch League's upcoming playoffs, which will start on September 3rd. After the success of its May Melee and Summer Showdown series, OWL is once again adopting a high...

Blizzard releases an ‘Overwatch’ soundtrack that covers all 21 maps

Posted on 13/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Rich, orchestral music is one of the hallmarks of Overwatch, and you can now listen to more of it outside of the game whenever you like. Blizzard has released a soundtrack album called Overwatch: Cities And Countries, which includes tunes linked to a...

After Math: With the kids away, it’s time to play

Posted on 12/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Since it looks like the fall school semester is happening whether we’re ready for it or not, you’ll finally have dibs on “next game” on that console your kids have been bogarting for the past quarantined four months. Lucky for you, there are plenty o...

Blizzard makes it free to change gender in ‘World of Warcraft’

Posted on 09/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When World of Warcraft: Shadowlands comes out later this year, Blizzard plans to stop charging players a $15 fee to change the gender of one of their characters. Much like how you can tweak your character's appearance at an in-game barbershop, you'll...

Overwatch League re-focuses around a tournament format

Posted on 08/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When Overwatch League's next major competition starts on June 13th, it will make use of the same format as its recent May Melee tournament. The Summer Showdown will kick off with three weeks of qualifying matches that will culminate in two weekend-lo...

Overwatch League viewership doubled under its tournament format

Posted on 28/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Overwatch League (OWL) viewership doubled this past weekend as Blizzard experimented with a tournament format. The average audience per minute (AMA) was 63,000 -- a big increase from 31,000 the previous week. That marks OWL's best viewership since th...

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