To celebrate the Hearthstone World Championships in Taipei this month Blizzard is giving fans the chance to get free card packs. The Hearthstone Championship Tour 2019 brings together the 16 best Hearthstone players in the world to compete for a share of the $1 million USD prize pool. Blizzard is running ‘Choose Your Champion’ again this year, after the success […]

Alongside today’s launch of Overwatch Archives Storm Rising Blizzard has announced a free trial period and massive discounts for Overwatch.  From today through April 24, PC, PS4 and Xbox One players can download and play Overwatch free. Those who download the free trial will have access to all 30 of Overwatch’s heroes, all maps, modes and loot. Xbox One players […]

Blizzard has finally pulled back the curtain on Overwatch’s Storm Rising event today. The latest mission to be declassified sees Winston, Tracer, Genji and Mercy travel to Havana, Cuba in a race against time to ” prevent the elusive Talon operative, Maximilien, from slipping through their grasp.” With the release of Overwatch Storm Rising tomorrow, players will have a […]

Blizzard has today announced the Hearthstone Grandmasters for Europe. Recently, the Asia-Pacific Grandmasters were revealed and included one Australian and one New Zealander. The recently announced and new three-tiered Hearthstone Masters esports competition. The top tier of that competition is the Hearthstone Grandmasters.  Described by Blizzard as “the pinnacle of Hearthstone esports,” Season One of the Hearthstone Grandmasters kicks off on May 17. […]

Blizzard has announced today that Sydney and Melbourne will each host a final for Overwatch Contenders Australia 2019.  The Season 1 Finals for Overwatch Contenders Australia 2019 will take place during IEM Sydney 2019. The Season 2 Finals will take place at the Melbourne Esports Open 2019. These two events are the biggest, live esports events in […]

Blizzard has today announced the Hearthstone Grandmasters for the Asia Pacific region. The recently announced and new three-tiered Hearthstone Masters esports competition. The top tier of that competition is the Hearthstone Grandmasters.  Described by Blizzard as “the pinnacle of Hearthstone esports,” Season One of the Hearthstone Grandmasters kicks off on May 17. Ahead of the season, Blizzard has shared details of the Hearthstone Grandmasters from […]

The sound of war drums and scores of heavily armed warriors approach… Blizzard and GOG.COM have teamed up again. Hot on the heels of the successful rerelease of Diablo comes Warcraft Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II; including both expansions. This takes players back to the roots of the Warcraft franchise. Available now for PC and Mac, it’s time to […]

Last month, Blizzard unveiled the Hearthstone Masters program. Designed to reform and change the way Hearthstone esports works, Blizzard revealed how two of the three elements of the Hearthstone Masters worked. Now, it has divulged the details of the Hearthstone Grandmasters; the pinnacle of Hearthstone esports. The Masters Qualifiers are currently ongoing and will send about 250 players to the Masters […]

In Hearthstone Rise of Shadows, a new threat looms, plotting their ascension in the darkest parts of Azeroth. A team of supervillains calling themselves the League of E.V.I.L. are baddies from previous Hearthstone sets banding together. It appears that the Tavern will be overrun with their diabolical schemes as new cards come to Hearthstone. Hearthstone lead designer Peter Whalen, caster Cora […]

Imagine my surprise in a world of Blizzard hate and ‘no-phone’ memes, when I heard a Diablo re-release was happening. Surely not, surely it’s a joke. Is Blizzard that that desperate? Well, it turns out, it’s not desperation driving Blizzard to re-release classic games. Just really damn good customer service for its fans. Diablo Re-Release Diablo ran like […]