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Blizzard cancels Heroes of the Storm Global Championship
Devs to be reassigned elsewhere, but game will continue to receive live support
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Nate Nanzer: "The train has left the station" on esports opportunities
Overwatch League commissioner reflects on its inaugural year, the relationship between esports and traditional sports, and the League's role in diversity leadership
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Blizzard cracks down on third-party Overwatch apps
Players using programs which "impede on the competitive integrity" of the game could face permanent bans
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Blizzard locks sale of real money loot boxes in Belgium
Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm join growing list of games forced to halt sale of loot boxes by Belgian authorities
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After 14 years, the biggest obstacle for World of Warcraft is time, not technology
Blizzard technical director Patrick Dawson on overcoming the challenges of continued development on an ageing MMO
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Inaugural Overwatch League final pulls in nearly 11m viewers
OWL final sets precedent as first live esports event to be aired on prime time ESPN
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Toxicity in Overwatch down by over a quarter following new measures from Blizzard
Game director promises further improvement along with exploration and implementation of new systems
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Blizzard adds "endorsements" to encourage positive behavior in Overwatch
Reception of the new system so far is mixed; meanwhile, another Overwatch system may be patented
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First Overwatch League Grand Finals event sells out Barclays Center
More than 20,000 tickets sold for the July 27-28 competition, the largest ever esports event at the arena
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Overwatch art used in Paladins Strike ad due to "not much oversight"
Hi-Rez Studios art director says studio plans to exercise more control over content creation in the future
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Balancing Hearthstone
Metrics help the team understand what's happening, but designer Dean Ayala says most changes in the Blizzard card game are made due to player perception
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DDoS attack against Blizzard lands Romanian man in US federal prison
Calin Mateias extradited to face charges over 2010 cyber attack
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Blizzard now selling community-made maps for StarCraft II
Revenue spilt "favours content creators" says StarCraft II production director
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EA, Activision Blizzard, and Valve found in breach of Belgian gambling laws
Loot boxes in FIFA 18, Overwatch, and CS:GO violate gambling legislation, says Belgian Gaming Commission
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Overwatch: Building an esport from the ground up
At the DICE Summit, Mike Morhaime, Nate Nazer, and Kim Phan discussed the publisher's approach to establishing Overwatch as a top flight esport
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Overwatch director says toxicity not solved, but improving
Abusive chat is down 17% and player reports are up 20% as Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan says "we're restoring faith in the system"
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Overwatch League attracts 10m viewers in its first week
Average audience of 408,000 per minute for opening day, concurrent viewers peaks at 437,000
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Belgian Gambling Commission targets EA and Blizzard over loot boxes
"The crate mechanics of Star Wars Battlefront II are not gambling," says EA
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Jeff Kaplan: ''It often feels like there is no winning'' against toxic Overwatch users
Game director says forums don't feel like a safe environment for his team
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Overwatch permanent bans begin next week
Starting September 27, players who accrue three seasonal bans will be forever barred from Competitive Play mode
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Overwatch League finalizes season 1 teams
OpTic Gaming, Team Envy, and Philadelphia Flyers owner Comcast Spectator round out field of competitors for Blizzard shooter's inaugural esports campaign
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Overwatch now mutes Xbox One players with bad reputation
Further efforts to stem toxicity after revelation that abusive players hold back development
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Blizzard will permanently ban repeat offenders in Overwatch
Game director Jeff Kaplan details plans for tougher punishments against abusive players in popular online FPS
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Blizzard to keep Battle.net name after all
Company reverses previously announced plan to phase out moniker, will use combined Blizzard Battle.net branding going forward
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Walking Dead game designer joins Blizzard
Harrison G. Pink takes up the role of senior designer on the Diablo team