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1. Hearthstone Battlegrounds season 3 begins on 18 January: (Entertainment); Hearthstone Battlegrounds, the collectible card game's eight-player mode, kicks off its new season 3 on 18 January 2023. While the traditional Hearthstone mode is still enduring the Lich King's rage ...; Created on 11 January 2023
2. Gamers sue to stop Microsoft / Activision merger: (Entertainment); The year began with Microsoft announcing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard; the year ends with the deal still incomplete due to US regulator complaints and now with gamers also seeking to block the ...; Created on 21 December 2022
3. The Overwatch World Cup returns for 2023: (Business IT); Heads up e-sports players and viewers; after three years away, Blizzard Entertainment has announced the Overwatch World Cup is returning for 2023 with a bigger competition than ever before and all-new ...; Created on 19 December 2022
4. The Orbic Tab8 4G is the $149 Android tablet you can't mis: (Smartphones & Mobile devices); ... as did Marvel Snap, and both ultimately appeared to lock up during moments of significant graphical activity. However, the early-access edition of Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft Arclight Rumble installed ...; Created on 19 December 2022
5. Diablo Immortal brings new zone with new bosses, gems, and difficulty levels: (Entertainment); Blizzard's free-to-play Diablo Immortal has a brand new expansion, Stormpoint, with an all-new zone, new bosses, new difficulty levels, new legendary gems, and more. The new Diablo Immortal zone Stormpoint ...; Created on 13 December 2022
6. The Lich King strikes back as new Hearthstone expansion goes live: (Entertainment); ... features including a brand new playable class, the Death Knight. Blizzard's Warcraft 3, released in 2002, told the tragic tale of Arthas Menethil, once a paladin of the Silver Hand and the crown prince ...; Created on 07 December 2022
7. The Dragon Isles have awakened with World of Warcraft: Dragonflight now live: (Entertainment); ... as the world and its stories unfold,” said Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra. “The updates to core systems, such as the new talent trees, build on the legacy of WoW for players of all types, ...; Created on 29 November 2022
8. World of Warcraft Dragonflight pre-expansion patch coming 16 Nov: (Entertainment); ... 16 November from 4am AEDT, alongside Blizzard Entertainment's live stream. Yes, dragons are coming and things will never be the same in the world ... of Warcraft. The dragonflights of Azeroth have returned, ...; Created on 13 November 2022
9. Europe opens probe into Microsoft bid to buy Activision Blizzard: (Technology Regulation); The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has begun an in-depth investigation into Microsoft's proposed acquisition of the gaming company Activision Blizzard. In a statement ...; Created on 09 November 2022
10. Modern Warfare II tops a billion dollars in three days, biggest opening weekend in franchise history: (Entertainment); ... alongside Blizzard Entertainment's titles. The Call of Duty series will continue with the upcoming release of Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 on 17 November. "Thank you to our talented team that has created magic ...; Created on 03 November 2022
11. How mergers and acquisitions work in business: (Guest Opinion); ... Some of the latest and notable M&A events in 2022 include: Adobe acquiring Figma Oracle acquiring Cerner Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard Orange-Grupo MásMóvil merger DSM-Firmenich ...; Created on 12 October 2022
12. Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 2 brings quests and more: (Entertainment); Blizzard Entertainment's collectible card game, Hearthstone, is receiving a new Battlegrounds update on 31 August 2022 with a vast range of updates and cosmetics - and quests too! Blizzard's Hearthstone ...; Created on 25 August 2022
13. World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King classic coming 31 August: (Entertainment); ... goes live. World of Warcraft is Blizzard's massive multiplayer online role-playing game - or MMORPG - and while the game has evolved significantly over its lengthy lifetime, it's also got something for ...; Created on 17 August 2022
14. Dominate Hearthstone's latest expansion with this epic giveawa: (Entertainment); ... packs, and you can also enjoy cosmetic purchases too. Well, Blizzard has kindly provided iTWire three codes for the Murder at Castle Nathria mega bundle with this huge set of items: 80 Murder at ...; Created on 14 August 2022
15. The Orc did it in Durotar with the Battleaxe - Hearthstone's latest release brings murder myster: (Entertainment); ... a murder mystery. Blizzard Entertainment's free-to-play Hearthstone collectible card game has a new expansion out today, Murder at Castle Nathria. Players will be embroiled in the murky mystery of poor ...; Created on 03 August 2022
16. Meta COO Sandberg urged to quit over pressuring Daily Mail to drop story: (Strategy); ... Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick, who faced a temporary restraining order from an ex-girlfriend accusing him of harassment. Sheryl Sandberg tried to tell a generation of women that patriarchy ...; Created on 22 April 2022
17. Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard for US$70b: (Deals); Microsoft made big news when it bought Minecraft and when it bought Bethesda, but today’s news is a deal 10 times that. Microsoft has now announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for an eye-watering ...; Created on 19 January 2022
18. Mobile gaming market projected to be worth US$272 billion by 2030: (Business IT); ... “Mobile gaming expertise is a must-have for all games companies. Traditional console and PC game publishers such as Activision Blizzard and EA are increasingly focused on the popular mobile gaming and ...; Created on 11 June 2021
19. Epic battle heats up – Fortnite dev now suing Google too: (Mobility); ... Just as Microsoft Windows users have the options of the Microsoft Store, Steam, Epic Games, Origin, uPlay, the Blizzard launcher, and many more, so too Epic wants a world where both iOS and Android are ...; Created on 16 August 2020
20. Activision-Blizzard: Stop asking us awkward questions about our flawed Call of Duty banning policy: (Entertainment); Despite burgeoning evidence of customers being banned for no reason, Activision-Blizzard doesn’t care. After ten weeks of repeatedly asking Activision-Blizzard to address the growing issue of falsely ...; Created on 04 July 2020
21. Call of Duty false bans: ACCC issues guidance to Activision Blizzard customers: (Games); Issues with Activision Blizzard’s bulk-banning of 70,000 players for cheating are starting to snowball. Mainstream Media is starting to pick up that many of the 70,000 players, recently banned from ...; Created on 29 April 2020
22. Call of Duty bulk bans riddled with false positives & may be illegal: (Games); Pay for a game and then get blocked from playing it, with no recourse: is this a case of "Unfair Contract Terms?" UPDATE: Call of Duty false bans: ACCC issues guidance to Activision Blizzard customers ...; Created on 24 April 2020
23. Permanently banned from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for no reason: (Games); ... of Duty false bans: ACCC issues guidance to Activision Blizzard customers UPDATE: Call of Duty bulk bans riddled with false positives & may be illegal UPDATE: Activision-Blizzard: Stop asking us awkward ...; Created on 06 April 2020
24. Brand marketing firm's biz info exposed in Amazon S3 bucke: (Security); ... Dior, Estée Lauder, Lancôme, and Blizzard Entertainment. Real names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses — including those for use with PayPal — and birth dates for these creators, many of them ...; Created on 06 February 2018
25. Betting agency says Netflix likely to be Apple's next bu: (Deals); Betting agencies often end up being much better at predicting the outcomes of national elections and Sportsbet has taken this to a different plane, offering odds that Netflix will be the next company Apple ...; Created on 05 May 2017
26. Overwatch Pacific Championship detailed: (Entertainment); Pretty good at Overwatch? Time to put the RIP-Tire where your mouth is and sign up for close to $360,000 in prizes. Blizzard has announced the formation of a close to home — well, relatively — eSports ...; Created on 27 March 2017
27. Game on for mobile games market with US$40 billion in revenues: (Entertainment); ... Research and Strategy at SuperData Research. “The size of the market is also attracting the leading players in the gaming market, as can be seen with Activision’s Blizzard deal to buy King, and Tencent ...; Created on 05 February 2017
28. Samsung brings in Mark Warburton as AV chief: (People Moves); ... Sports and Blizzard Entertainment Asia Pacific, one of the world’s largest subscription video game publishers. Samsung Electronics Australia vice-president of consumer electronics, Carl Rose, said Warburton ...; Created on 23 August 2016
29. Ice Cream returns to Uber 15 July in Australia and worldwide: (Entertainment); ... 100,000 meals for vulnerable Aussies", alongside that free publicity, of course, with Uber stating it is "unleashing a guilt-free blizzard of icy creamy goodness across the nation". //newsroom.uber.com/australia/wp-content/uploads/sites/272/2016/07/Uber-Ice-Cream-Final.mp4 ...; Created on 12 July 2016
30. Seven million on Overwatch: (Entertainment); Blizzard Entertainment lures millions of people into the Overwatch fold. Along the way, the digital achievements have been tracked by the Blizzard servers. The term Overwatch usually equates to standing ...; Created on 03 June 2016
31. Review: Overwatch – is there no genre Blizzard cannot perfect?: (Games); Game developer Blizzard does things its own way, at its own pace. Overwatch shows that the Blizzard coding wizards can do first-person team-based combat, adding this arrow to the rather full quiver of ...; Created on 01 June 2016
32. Information overload – Exposure to, or provision of, too much information or data: (Home Tech); ... a task in itself only adds to the blizzard. Being restrictive in how and when you plan, and spending a set amount of time doing so will keep you on track with what needs doing. Sticking to that plan ...; Created on 24 May 2016
33. War all the time with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: (Entertainment); ... by Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), and led by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will also be available as the Infinite Warfare ...; Created on 03 May 2016
34. Apps for Earth Day 22 April for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch: (Apps); ... Panda Statue decoration and the opportunity to display the WWF logo on their roadside shop for the duration of the campaign. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment; US) players can purchase ...; Created on 15 April 2016
35. Microsoft to 're'create Hav: (Deals); ... Havok works with some of the world’s best-known publishers and development studios, including Microsoft Games Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo, Activision Blizzard, EA, Warner Bros. Interactive ...; Created on 06 October 2015
36. VIDEO: Moov Now to the ‘world’s most advanced fitness wearable’: (Mobility); ... available, plus more workouts such as Spinning, Bikini Body, Tabata will be added into the Moov app. Moov Now will debut in November 2015, and comes in four colours: Aqua Blue, Fusion Red, Blizzard White ...; Created on 23 September 2015
37. HP Pavilion is undeniably cute (Review): (Home Tech); HP seem to be going out of its way to make sexy kit – the HP Pavilion x2 Notebook, a 10.1”, Windows 10, hybrid tablet with keyboard, in Sunset Red and Blizzard White is drop dead gorgeous. I wish I ...; Created on 18 September 2015
38. HP’s ginormous 27” All-in-one - review: (Computers & peripherals); ... Wi-Fi N, Bluetooth 4.0, 4 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0, headphone/mic, webcam All housed in an 11.24kg, Blizzard White (back) and elegant black front bezel. The comparison link is here. This cannot be a ...; Created on 14 August 2015
39. HP regains top spot in the consumer market: (Home Tech); ... and screen options at extra cost. Pavilion x2-10-n005tu – a cute A$599, Atom based, 2 in 1 (10.1” touch tablet and detachable keyboard) in Sunset Red or Blizzard White. I was quite taken with the Pavilion ...; Created on 22 July 2015
40. PAXAUS 2014: Never Alone – fusing ancient and modern culture: (Radioactive IT); ... searching for the source of a fierce blizzard devastating her villiage. The tale is drawn from actual Iñupiaq myths and is presented in a hauntingly beautiful fashion. Initially animation setting up ...; Created on 02 November 2014
41. MapR opens its doors in Melbourne: (Strategy); ... already boasts Cisco, Blizzard Entertainment, HP, Samsung, LiveNation and the US government as its customers, among others, and said it was working hard to add Asian customers to the quickly growing list. ...; Created on 19 March 2014
42. Review: Adventure Time Card Wars: (Games); ... with plans for an Android release in the future. The release is possibly timely, with Mojang's Scrolls and Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone revitalising interest in computer-based card games of this ...; Created on 16 February 2014
43. NSA scouring video games for terrorist activity: (Government Tech Policy); ... agencies. "We are unaware of any surveillance taking place," said a spokesman for Blizzard Entertainment told reporters. "If it was, it would have been done without our knowledge or permission." Meanwhile ...; Created on 10 December 2013
44. Game Masters exhibition coming to Sydney: (Entertainment); ... ‘Game Changers’ will look at game designers who have had a major impact on shaping the industry, including Yuji Maka and the Sonic Team (Sonic the Hedgehog), Nintendo, Blizzard Entertainment, and Paulina ...; Created on 14 November 2013
45. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor announced: (Entertainment); Blizzard has announced the next instalment of its hugely popular PC RPG World of Warcraft, dubbed Warlords of Draenor. Announced today at BlizzCon 2013 in Anaheim, the expansion pack will send players ...; Created on 11 November 2013
46. Blizzard releases 1994 classic for free: (Entertainment); Blizzard has dropped a surprise gift for PC gamers, releasing 1994 platformer Blackthorne for free. The game, originally released for the SNES and MS-DOS in 1994, and with enhanced graphics and a higher ...; Created on 04 November 2013
47. GTA V steals US$800 million on first day: (Entertainment); ... million after the first day of sales in November 2012 and in December 2010, the World Of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm from Blizzard Entertainment broke a 24 Hour PC sales record, selling 3.3 million copies ...; Created on 19 September 2013
48. Who are the big players at PAXAus?: (Radioactive IT); ... names most in the mainstream would expect. Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Activision-Blizzard, these are amongst the big names typical at a gaming orientated show such as the one currently underway ...; Created on 21 July 2013
49. PS3 Diablo III orders open: (Entertainment); Will Diablo be the same without the mouse clicking? Well PlayStation 3 owners can soon find out as Preorders for the popular game open up. Blizzard Entertainment has let us know that the surprise ...; Created on 30 April 2013
50. Microsoft Excel used as RPG game engine: (Games); Unity, Unreal and Havoc are but three game engines used as the basis for many modern computer games. However, it appears a new force may be in town in the unlikely form of Microsoft Excel. Cary Walkin ...; Created on 14 April 2013

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