Layoffs have come to the Hearthstone team at Blizzard, with Activision Blizzard in a statement citing “organizational changes” as the reason. According to Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach, 10 people were laid off, all within the Hearthstone team. One developer affected had been with Blizzard for 18 years, first as a …

What’s next for World of Warcraft will be revealed at BlizzCon 2023, and one of the people who will be sharing the news on stage is Blizzard’s Chris Metzen, whom Blizzard has announced is now an executive creative director for the Warcraft universe. Metzen rejoined Blizzard late last year in …

For those diving into Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion, be warned: It’s possible to lock yourself out of the entire expansion in one of its opening missions. As detailed by PC Gamer, the fourth mission in the DLC, titled Lucretia My Reflection, gives you a choice to either go along …

Dark and Darker may have been the game to popularize extraction-style dungeon crawlers, but it certainly won’t be the last. Two extremely similar games, Greed is Good and Project Crawl, are both holding Steam playtests this week. All three titles, at first glance, appear almost identical. Like Dark and Darker, …

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will have Yuffie and Vincent front and center, a major change from the original Final Fantasy VII, where the two potential party members were entirely optional. In an interview with Japanese gaming site Gamespark (and translated via aitaikimochi on X), game director Naoki Hamaguchi and creative …

Ubisoft has announced The Division 3 is officially in the works, as the developers behind the series are “actively building a team” for the project. In a press release announcing Star Wars Outlaws game director Julian Gerighty as the new executive producer for the entire The Division franchise, Ubisoft also …

Metal Gear Solid now has an official anime, but it’s not what you think. Far from a high-budget animated adaptation of the Metal Gear Solid series, an official YouTube series from Konami called Mini Gear instead takes the characters and storylines of the critically acclaimed “tactical espionage action” franchise and …

Overwatch 2 is celebrating its one-year anniversary by bringing back seasonal game modes for a limited time and offering a way to earn some fan-favorite skins for free. The game’s anniversary event will run from now until October 9, with the seasonal game modes on tap changing each week. Completing …

Diablo Immortal is taking players back to where the story of Diablo truly began–beneath Tristram Cathedral. In the original 1996 Diablo, players ventured into the dungeon underneath Tristram Cathedral to do battle with the game’s titular Lord of Terror, along the way facing iconic foes like the Butcher. The latest …

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic’s next update is a big one, adding not only the expansion’s penultimate raid but also a slew of modern quality-of-life features, including one highly-requested feature Blizzard at one time seemed intent to never add: the Random Dungeon Finder. The Fall of …