Warcraft starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster & Dominic Cooper Universal Pictures Image Credit: IMDB
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.
By: Eddie Makuch [UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, Blizzard announced that the open beta period for HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft had officially commenced. The game was previously only playable to those who were granted access to the closed beta. You can try the new free-to-play card game through its website today. The original story is below. As this is an open beta test, … Continue reading Blizzard sues over HearthStone ripoff as open beta goes live
By: Justin Haywald Back at Blizzcon, Blizzard announced that the movie based on their Warcraft IP would be coming out on December 18, 2015. As an Internet savvy reader of pop culture news, you may have recognized this as an incredibly terrible idea, because that’s the same date slated for Star Wars: Episode VII. Fortunately, Blizzard has come to its senses and realized that going … Continue reading Blizzard makes a smart choice, delays Warcraft movie to 2016
By: Martin Gaston A survey being sent to beta testers of online collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has hinted at possible future additions Blizzard is considering for the title. Hearthstone is still in closed beta, with an open beta expected before the end of the year. During BlizzCon 2013, the company said it would be bringing card expansions and a PvE adventure mode … Continue reading Hearthstone beta survey mentions new features including raids, replays, and paid tournaments
By: Eddie Makuch Blizzard has never made a game better suited for consoles than Diablo III, Blizzard COO Paul Sams told GameSpot during BlizzCon last weekend. As such, he said bringing the dungeon crawler to consoles is not “milking” the franchise, but is rather a logical extension of the series. “What brought us back to console is the game that we chose,” Sams said. “It … Continue reading Blizzard COO on how Diablo 3 for consoles isn’t “milking” the franchise
By: Eddie Makuch Diablo III on PlayStation 4–the Ultimate Evil Edition–does not support Remote Play, at least not right now, senior level designer Matthew Berger told GameSpot at BlizzCon last night. “Not really. Not for the moment,” Berger said. Part of the reason why comes down to the PlayStation Vita’s screen being too small to effectively allow players to view the action and manage their … Continue reading Diablo 3 on PS4 doesn’t support Remote Play
By: Eddie Makuch Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the prolific Academy Award winning visual effects studio behind franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, is working on the upcoming Warcraft film, Blizzard Entertainment confirmed today at BlizzCon during a special panel for the movie. More specifically, ILM is creating the Orcs for the Warcraft film, which will be performed by real actors. Colin Farrell has … Continue reading Star Wars effects studio working on Warcraft film, an Orcs vs. Humans origin story
By Eddie Making Blizzard Entertainment is currently working on “significant and exciting new content” for World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said last night during an earnings call. No specific timetable for the release of the new content was provided, though Kotick made his comments when discussing the company’s outlook for 2014. Also during the call, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime said the company … Continue reading “Significant and exciting” new content coming to World of Warcraft
By: Eddie Makuc A free-to-play version of Blizzard Entertainment’s chart-topping massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft “makes sense” eventually, lead designer Tom Chilton has said. Speaking with Polygon , Chilton said Blizzard Entertainment is not against the idea of morphing the subscription-based game to a free-to-play model, but continues to have issues with such a business mode switch. “For Blizzard, it makes sense [to go free-to-play] … Continue reading Free-to-play World of Warcraft “makes sense” eventually, Blizzard says
By: Eddie Makuch The upcoming World of Warcraft feature film will begin shooting early next year, producer Charles Roven has told SlashFilm. “First quarter 2014 we’re going to shoot that movie,” Roven said. “We’re moving forward; obviously Legendary is making that film and I’m having a great time with [director Duncan Jones ].” The film’s plot–written by Blood Diamond and K-PAX scribe Charles Leavitt– is … Continue reading World of Warcraft film begins shooting in 2014
