After all this rumors about Diablo 3, this is a real clue. According to diablofans.com, Blizzard aquired www.diablo3.com. We still don't know if the game is far off, or will be presented in Paris soon, as we guessed here, but at least we know that it will be there one day. more...

Hot on the heels of The9's announcement that more than one million Chinese were playing World of Warcraft at the same time (The9 develops and operates online games in China), The9 has extended its agreement with Blizzard Entertainment (part of Vivendi) that will have The9 manage the implementation of the World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Litch King in mainland China. more...

Blizzard recently started its World of Warcraft Arena Tournaments (on March 31). These three vs. three tournaments cost $20 to enter for a six-week qualifying round and offer a combined $200,000 of prizes.

Many game companies put serious effort into their jokes to celebrate April 1. Below are some links to a few of the more entertaining gags: more...

Today, Blizzard put new content on their webpage for Starcraft 2. The Tauren Marine combines the brute force of a Space Marine with the strengh of a Tauren, creating the ultimate weapon. The Tauren for this unit were found on a mystic planet called "Azeroth". more...

Blizzard announced plans for a new form of tournaments using the Arena system of World of WarCraft. There will be dedicated Realms set up for the tournaments, where players can create heroes on level 70 immediately, so that the emphasis of the new service lies in battle tactics, not character advancement. more...

Blizzard's fourth international conference, the Worldwide Invitational 08, comes to Europe. The event will take place on June 28th/29th in Paris, in hall 5 of the Porte de Versailles Exposition Center. Why Paris? That's where the worldwide headquarters of Vivendi Games, owner of Blizzard Entertainment, is located. more...

Vivendi Games has just announced that their Massively Multiplayer Online Game World of WarCraft, created and maintained by Blizzard, has surpassed the mark of 10 million subscribers worldwide. 2,5 million of that number are North American players, 2 million hail from Europe, but the overwhelming majority is located in Asia: 5,5 million. more...

Blizzard has recently released a new patch for its popular RTS Starcraft and it's expansion pack, Broodwar, updating both titles to v1.15.2. The patches are available for both Windows and Mac, and weigh in at roughly 10Mb for Starcraft and 25Mb for Broodwar.

With this update, the games no longer require the CD to run the game. more...

Blizzard fansites are buzzing about the latest rumors surrounding a potential sequel to Diablo. more...