Hearthstone

Former Game Directors have silently left Blizzard after Starcraft shooter cancellation

Old StarCraft 2 Lead Designer en Heroes of the Storm Game Director Dustin Browder, former Hearthstone Director Eric Dodds, and former Hearthstone production director Jason Chayes have apparently left Blizzard Entertainment, as was reported by Kotaku. The veteran developers left the company silently after the StarCraft shooter with codename Ares …

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Blizzard has lost a major sponsor after Hong Kong debacle

Blizzard Entertainment has lost a huge sponsor after their decision to ban Hearthstone player Blitzchung. Only two days after the incident, Mitsubishi Motors has decided to stop sponsoring the esports events Blizzard organizes. The Taiwanese branch of the auto giant has been sponsoring all of Blizzard’s events for a while, …

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Blizzcon Schedule revealed, but stays mysterious

Blizzard has posted the schedule they have planned for Blizzcon 2019, but is very vague at this point. While former years the developer would post the names of the franchises they were discussing during their presentations, the placeholders now say coming soon. For people attending Blizzcon, expect the main announcement …

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Riot flames Blizzard in 10th Anniversary video

Riot put the ‘s’ in Riot Games this week with a ton of game announcements, including TFT coming to mobile phones. In their mobile announcement, Riot decided to fire some shots at Blizzard for last years Blizzcon. At last years Blizzcon, Blizzard announced Diablo Immortal and during a panel got …

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Blizzard bans College Hearthstone team for Hong Kong sign

Blizzard has banned a College Hearthstone team from competitive play for six months. The American University Hearthstone team was holding up a Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizz sign during an official stream. This incident was a week ago, but Blizzard decided until now to wait with a fitting punishment. The …

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Blizzard breaks silence: “In hindsight, our process wasn’t adequate, and we reacted too quickly.”

After a few days of storm, Blizzard responded to the incident that took place during the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament last weekend. Blizzard admits that the punishment they had imposed last Monday, namely a year’s ban from player Blitzchung, lost prize money and firing the casters might not have been appropriate. …

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Chinese Blizzard/Netease Social Media Account takes China’s Side

You have probably not missed that Blizzard is under heavy fire since they banned a Hearthstone pro who supported the protesters in Hong Kong earlier this week live on stream. The English Blizzard social media accounts reacted mildly on the situation, saying they are still discussing what they want to …

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