01 Mar
In a recent press release, Blizzard has announced that it will be laying off 600 employees worldwide. More information on the layoffs is included after the jump.
26 Jan
The city of Anaheim just lost a major source of summer revenue for this year. Blizzard’s first annual Battle.net World Championship eSports tournament is taking the place of the canceled BlizzCon this year. The event, taking place in Asia, was announced via Battle.net blog post, and will focus on challenges featuring Diablo III, WoW’s Mists […]
11 Nov
Blizzard recently announced the departure of over 800,000 World of Warcraft accounts between the months of July and September of this year. The MMO’s total head count is now at around 10.3 million, down 1.7 million from the same time period last year. WoW‘s 12 million pinnacle first took a hit of 600,000 subscribers between […]
03 Aug
In a post on the World of Warcraft blog, Blizzard announced earlier today that more than $1.9 million has been raised for the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami relief fund of the American Red Cross. This amount was raised by selling an in-game Cenarion Hatchling pet, which was available for $10. The fundraiser started early […]