December 12, 2017
Goldman Sachs raises Activision Blizzard’s rating due to Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2
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Goldman Sachs raises its rating for Activision Blizzard shares based on a Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 release.
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August 5, 2016
Activision Blizzard Q2 financials show Overwatch is a hit
The latest financials for Activision Blizard have been released and it’s been a healthy period for Blizzard thanks to the release of Overwatch.
December 27, 2015
How Blizzard Turned Titan’s Failure into Overwatch’s Success(?)
Nothing about Diablo 3, but an article in the LA Times shares some interesting info about how Blizzard cancelled the long-developing Titan, the turned the game assets and team into Overwatch. Obviously no one can rule Overwatch a success (or failure) yet, but early reviews and beta testing reports are very positive. At any rate, it’s more of a success than the cancelled Titan.
March 6, 2015
Josh Mosqueira Diablo 3 Presentation: GDC 2015
Yesterday morning Diablo III Game Director Josh Mosqueira gave an hour-long presentation on Diablo III and Reaper of Souls at the annual Game Developers’ Conference. You can watch the whole thing on video, but if you don’t have an hour for that, here’s our transcript, with numerous screen captures to show the key visuals.
January 30, 2015
Blizzard respond to leak concerning Diablo 3 team moving on
A stack of information regarding Blizzard game releases and future plans has apparently leaked to Yahoo Finance writer Tae Kim concerning Diablo 3, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Starcraft 2.
January 6, 2015
Diablo 3’s Long Term Financial Plans?
August 6, 2014
Diablo 3 Sells 20 Million Across All Platforms Since Launch
Activision Blizzard has released their latest financial reports which highlights Diablo 3 as one of their big sellers.
May 7, 2014
November 7, 2013
October 11, 2013
Blizzard survey Diablo 3 players on Reaper of Souls pricing and features
This evening Blizzard has been sending emails to select Diablo 3 players inviting them to take part in a Reaper of Souls survey which poses numerous questions such as what games you play (Blizzard or other) and importance of specific features in the expansion including:
September 18, 2013
The Diablo 3 Podcast #112: The Auction House Shutdown
Discussing the impact no more Auction House will have on Diablo 3. Will it all be positive?
August 2, 2013
More Diablo 3 News at Gamescom says Mike Morhaime
This evening was the latest round of Activision Blizzard financials which did bring news that Project Titan was “unlikely to be a subscription based MMORPG”, but not a lot in the way of Diablo 3 updates apart from the console release date being nailed down for next month. Mike Morhaine did close out the Diablo 3 section of the call by simply adding:
July 26, 2013
Activision Buys Itself from Vivendi
Business news today that Activision has put some of their huge cash horde to use, not via bonuses to employees, but by buying out the majority of Vivendi’s holdings in the company. Bobby is prominently involved, of course.
June 6, 2013
Former QA and GM Spills Blizzard Secrets?
A person who claims to have been a Blizzard employee from 2006-2012, working in Tech Support, QA, and as a WoW GM took part in a spontaneous AMA on Reddit today. There’s no real proof that this person is legit, but she sounds pretty authentic in her knowledge of internal company function and politics. There’s zero secret game info and almost no mention of Diablo 3, but quite a bit about GMing in WoW, company policies for user help in that game, catching gold botters, dealing with developers, dishy details about which game devs are the most arrogant, why they ignored DoTA and let others cash in on their game, and much more.
May 3, 2013
Bobby Bucks and Blizzard on Diablo 3 Exploits
Two depressing news items today, so I’ll just tuck them into the same post.