DeepMind’s AlphaStar AI sweeps StarCraft II pros in head-to-head match

Jeff Grubb January 24, 2019 4:41 PM

Blizzard and NetEase extend Chinese publishing deal for Hearthstone, Overwatch, and more

Mike Minotti January 11, 2019 9:15 AM

Blizzard’s monthly active users for Q4 2017 drop just a bit from 2016’s number

Mike Minotti February 8, 2018 1:54 PM

StarCraft 2 is going free-to-play on November 14

Mike Minotti November 3, 2017 11:17 AM

StarCraft II is now a laboratory for AI research

Jeff Grubb August 9, 2017 8:15 PM

Twitch signs exclusive esports deal for 20 Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Heroes events

Mike Minotti June 20, 2017 12:00 PM

StarCraft is now free as Blizzard rethinks the huge franchise’s future

Jeff Grubb April 19, 2017 11:10 AM

Blizzard will celebrate Diablo’s 20th anniversary with new goodies in its games

Mike Minotti December 28, 2016 12:30 PM

Feature

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Mike Minotti November 24, 2016 8:00 AM

Guest

Here’s why data scientists are slowing bots down by a factor of 1 trillion to play StarCraft II

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BlizzCon: Everything Blizzard announced today

Jeff Grubb November 4, 2016 4:30 PM

Google’s DeepMind A.I. takes on something even more complicated than chess or go: StarCraft II

Jeff Grubb November 4, 2016 3:09 PM

DDoS cyberattack hits Battle.net: Overwatch, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft are down

Jeff Grubb September 18, 2016 4:50 PM

How Heroes of the Storm’s production director turned a testing gig into a Blizzard career

Mike Minotti July 2, 2016 4:00 PM

Blizzard made a fun StarCraft-themed browser game for April Fool’s

Mike Minotti April 1, 2016 1:30 PM

StarCraft II’s first mission bundle — Nova Covert Ops — starts on March 29

Mike Minotti March 15, 2016 11:45 AM

Review

Legacy of the Void is the weakest of StarCraft II’s single-player campaigns

Rowan Kaiser November 25, 2015 8:35 AM

Review

Legacy of the Void shows why StarCraft II is the king of real-time strategy multiplayer

Kevin Hovdestad November 20, 2015 1:15 PM

Exclusive

Heroes of the Storm designer: ‘I’d change every single hero in the game’

Heather Newman June 1, 2015 11:00 AM

Crimean gamers blocked from World of Warcraft, Steam due to U.S. sanctions

Jeff Grubb April 8, 2015 9:50 AM

BlizzCon 2015 will celebrate all things Warcraft, StarCraft, and more in November

Jeff Grubb March 12, 2015 10:19 AM

GamesBeat e-sports giveway: You and a friend could watch League of Legends or StarCraft II live at IEM San Jose

Mike Minotti December 2, 2014 12:00 PM

Don’t call it a comeback: How Blizzard reinvented itself for a post-Titan world

Giancarlo Valdes November 20, 2014 7:30 AM

Exclusive

Major League Gaming: 'All players, regardless of gender' should have right to compete in e-sports

Jeff Grubb July 2, 2014 1:00 PM

Here’s the next batch of game franchises that Disney should rip off

Samir Torres April 11, 2014 12:08 AM

Blizzard makes tens of thousands of arcade games available for free

jmosley671 February 12, 2014 2:46 PM

Hollywood turns to Twitch and Major League Gaming to market ‘Ender’s Game’

Jeff Grubb February 3, 2014 8:00 AM

E-sports association Major League Gaming welcomes back StarCraft II

Jeff Grubb January 8, 2014 2:45 PM

Lost in a Blizzard: An outsider’s view of BlizzCon 2013

Giancarlo Valdes November 18, 2013 4:00 PM

The DeanBeat: A visit inside Blizzard shows what it’s like to live and breathe games

Dean Takahashi August 9, 2013 1:35 AM

Blizzard delays Diablo III expansion until 2014 (exclusive)

Dean Takahashi June 11, 2013 4:07 PM

Filling World of Warcraft's boots: Why Blizzard had to delay Titan

Jeff Grubb May 29, 2013 11:31 AM

Blizzard purchases IGN e-sports league to help manage StarCraft II competitions

Jeff Grubb April 9, 2013 12:12 PM

MLG, Twitch, and Blizzard execs talk the business, growth, and popularity of e-sports

Jeff Grubb March 8, 2013 4:14 PM

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Zynga shuts studio, top exec leaves EA, and Ouya ships March 28

Jasmine Maleficent Rea March 1, 2013 10:12 AM

Major League Gaming: Serving 11.7 million viewers in 2012

Jeff Grubb November 14, 2012 9:33 AM

12 incredible Lego projects inspired by video games (gallery)

Dan Crawley June 30, 2012 10:35 AM

Activision Blizzard’s quarterly earnings report predicted to shine come Wednesday

Rob LeFebvre May 4, 2012 7:00 AM

IGN Pro League viewers highlight the rise of eSports online

D. F. Smith April 17, 2012 10:16 AM

Pro athlete Gordon Hayward to become a pro gamer

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