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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: Toys & Children's Products

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Latest news about Blizzard Entertainment (Blizzard)

In short: Blizzard announced major updates for World of Warcraft and Diablo IV, while facing scrutiny over internal conduct and regional access.

Company announcements

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.

July 28 Blizzard

Blizzard announces Midnight Season 2 begins August 18

It introduces the Venomous Abyss raid, new Mythic+ rotation, PvP season, Delves, Prey hunts, and Lairs.

July 28 Blizzard

Blizzard announces Curse of Ula'tek raid release August 18

The eight-boss Venomous Abyss raid will unlock in four weekly wings with multiple difficulties.

July 24 Blizzard

Blizzard reminds players to finish remaining Season 1 goals

Raid, Mythic+, PvP, and Delve achievements and rewards will become unobtainable when Season 2 launches.

Media coverage

July 15 iXBT.games

Russians Lost Access to Battle.net, Diablo IV, and Other Blizzard Games

Players in Diablo IV, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch report connection problems and error "30008". Some believe this may be related to regional blocking by...

July 7 Yahoo Finance

With the sword of Microsoft hanging over it, Blizzard quietly drops Overwatch in Korea into the hands of Nexon

Credit: Blizzard Entertainment In the midst of a total upheaval at Xbox, Blizzard is handing over...

July 6 Yahoo Finance

So far, Xbox s cuts haven t targeted Blizzard (for now)

What might Xbox have in store for Blizzard? Overwatch, Diablo, and World of Warcraft still has a lot...

July 5 China Daily

NetEase Inc renews game partnership with Blizzard

Chinese internet company NetEase Inc has renewed its partnership with United States-based online game company Blizzard Entertainment to bring the latter's popular game services back...

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