Along with the 2012 Battle.net World Championship eSports event taking place in Asia later in the year, Blizzard is also focused on putting the finishing touches to Diablo III, Mists Of Pandaria and Heart Of The Swarm. Blizzcon will make a return next year, however. More >
1Mike Morhaime, president of World Of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment, has apologised for homophobic comments made in a video shown on the closing night of last weekend's Blizzcon festival. The comments came from Cannibal Corpse frontman George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, who was performing vocals for Blizzard's staff band Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain. While the video was censored, Fisher was clearly heard using homophobic slurs against members of the Alliance faction. More >
Blizzard is facing uproar over homophobic comments made towards members of World Of Warcraft's Alliance faction at last weekend's Blizzcon in Las Vegas. The comments come from a video interview with George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, lead singer for US death metal band Cannibal Corpse, who closed out this year's event. Though Fisher's language was bleeped out, an uncensored version of the interview, in which he directs homophobic insults towards Alliance players, is available at GayGamer. More >
Blizzard Entertainment is to allow modders to charge for their creations through Blizzard Arcade, a revised version of the Blizzard Marketplace to launch alongside StarCraft II expansion Heart Of The Swarm. The publisher revealed Arcade, a hub for free and premium user-made mods and games created using the StarCraft II mod tools, during a panel at this weekend's Blizzcon event in California. More >
The previously-rumoured Mists of Pandaria has been officially anounced as the fourth World Of Warcraft expansion. More >
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Annual celebration of all things Blizzard returns in October.
The man in charge of sculpting Azeroth on World Of Warcraft's future and attracting new gamers to its long-established world.