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Blizzard Entertainment (Blizzard)

Video game developer and publisher

blizzard.com

Headquarters: Irvine, United States
Company type: Public company
Number of employees: 1,000–6,000
Industry: Online Services

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Latest news about Blizzard Entertainment (Blizzard)

In short: Blizzard developers ratified their first union contract with Microsoft as the studio became Xbox’s top performer through recent growth.

Company announcements

September 13 Blizzard

Blizzard unveils World of Warcraft: Forever details

The expansion launches Nov 4, 2026, featuring Riverglades, Mount Hyjal, Forsaken paladins, and Zephras Isle within a Classic era time bubble.

August 10 Blizzard

Blizzard unveils Season 4 of Overwatch 2 with D.Mon

The season introduces a flexible Battle Pass, refreshed Busan and other maps, plus events like MEKA Mania, Team Drives, and World Cup Cheer Rally.

August 10 Blizzard

Blizzard announces Diablo Immortal's Darkening Decades update

The limited-time event runs August 12 to September 1, adding Baal boss fight, new Legendary Affixes, Revenant Market, and system updates.

July 30 Blizzard

Blizzard introduces Lairs, a new World of Warcraft boss encounter system

Players can enter instanced lairs to face scaled bosses without heavy coordination, with rewards scaling by difficulty.

Media coverage

September 13 MSN

Blizzard president promises to "ship big and ship on time" with Diablo 5 and StarCraft

"We want to convey confidence in some of our biggest bets" ...

September 13 Simulation Daily

Blizzard Announces Diablo 5, Starcraft Open-World Shooter, and More

Blizzard Entertainment had quite a few interesting pieces of news to share from Blizzcon, including fully new games, and more ...

September 12 Yahoo

World of Warcraft Forever is Blizzard s take on Classic+, revamping vanilla Azeroth in new ways

World of Warcraft Forever is Blizzard's long-rumored "Classic+" take, designed to keep Warcraft's...

September 12 GamesRadar+

World of Warcraft: The Last Titan launches 2027 and Blizzard says it's the "culmination of over two decades" of MMO storytelling

Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Worldsoul Saga comes to an end with World of Warcraft: The...

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