Oof: Years before Steam, a Blizzard engineer wanted to turn Battle.net into a third-party game store, but was reportedly turned down
Battle.net remains a PC gaming institution even as a platform just for Blizzard and Activision games, and who knows if it ...
Blizzard canceled a roguelike version of Diablo 4 with permadeath and Batman: Arkham-style brawls
In an excerpt from his book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment on Wired, Jason Schreier tells ...
What Went Wrong at Blizzard Entertainment
When Blizzard was founded, the video-game industry had not yet become the $200 billion business it is today. The Super ...
‘Play Nice’ chronicles the rise and fall of an entertainment empire
Journalist Jason Schreier talks with The Post about his new book on the history of the video game company Blizzard ...
Jason Schreier’s ‘Play Nice’: The Monstrous Evolution Of Blizzard Is A Fascinating Ride
Play Nice is an excellent read. It did everything from make me wish Blizzard made a Star Wars RTS to feel empathy for Diablo ...
The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard
The state of California filed a massive sexism and discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard in 2021, a moment that ...
Blizzard could have turned Battle.net into a third-party games store years before Steam, but...
The revelation that Blizzard could have potentially taken Valve's position was revealed in the new book by renowned game ...
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MSI Partners with Blizzard Entertainment to Support Diablo IV Expansion Vessel of Hatred
MSI has announced a strategic collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment to support the launch of the first expansion for ...
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'Play Nice': The inside story of Blizzard Entertainment's billion-dollar games and controversies
Blizzard Entertainment started as a humble game studio in southern California before hits like "StarCraft" and "World of ...
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Former Blizzard Engineer Reveals ‘Diablo’ Studio Could Have Created A ‘Steam’-Like Platform Years Before Valve
According to a new book, it seems Blizzard missed the opportunity to beat Valve to the punch with its own third-party ...
Every Canceled Blizzard Game That We Know of Thanks to a New Comprehensive History of the Studio
Using past reports combined with everything we read in Jason Schreier's new book, Play Nice, we’ve compiled a new, definitive list of every canceled Blizzard project over the years and what we know ...
Former Blizzard president planned to 'cut down' on microtransactions in Diablo 4 and reboot Overwatch before the Microsoft buyout
I f Microsoft hadn't dropped $69 billion to buy Activision Blizzard last year, we may have seen some dramatic changes to ...