Patch Notes
Diablo 4 HOTFIX 1 - - 3.0.2 Patch Notes (19th May 2026)
Blizzard has pushed out a hotfix for Diablo 4 today, targeting issues introduced in the 3.0.2 update. Here's what's been addressed.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Tag
Activision Blizzard
74 articles tagged with “Activision Blizzard”
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 35.4.2 Patch Notes (19th May 2026)
Blizzard's latest Hearthstone patch buffs underperforming Class Set cards and overhauls Battlegrounds with minion, spell, and trinket changes across the board.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Fortnite Gave Tracer a Bigger Butt Than Overwatch Did
Fortnite's Overwatch collaboration dropped this week, and somehow the biggest talking point isn't the maps, the weapons, or D.Va. It's Tracer's butt. Again.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
A Returnal Dev's Geometry Wars Successor Hits Switch 2
Sektori slipped past most people when it launched last November. A Switch 2 release gives one of 2025's best arcade shooters a second chance at the audience it deserves.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
Overwatch Turns 10 and Fortnite Threw the Better Party
Blizzard's own 10th anniversary event landed so flat that Fortnite's Overwatch collab became the real celebration, and game director Aaron Keller had to publicly acknowledge the criticism.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Black Ops 7 Update Notes (14th May 2026)
Ranked Play Forfeit is back and Totenreich's nastiest progression bugs are gone in today's Black Ops 7 update.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (13th May 2026)
Blizzard drops a tank-focused hotfix pass alongside a PvP rating fix and several Prey system improvements.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 (Legacy) Patch Notes (12th May 2026)
The 10th Anniversary patch brings hero balance across the board, a reworked Initiator subrole, and a community-driven lootbox event running until June 1.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (12th May 2026)
Overwatch 2's 10th Anniversary update brings a Kiriko Suzu rework, Mercy mobility revert, and a big Initiator subrole overhaul alongside seasonal celebrations.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes (11th May 2026)
Blizzard drops a balance patch with notable changes to Arthas, Gazlowe, and the Haunted Mines map, plus a raft of long-overdue bug fixes.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Diablo 4's Warlock Was Built to Beat Every Mage in a Fist Fi
Blizzard's lead class designer revealed the team's surprisingly physical litmus test for making the Warlock feel distinct from Diablo 4's other spellcasters: who would win in a fist fight?
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (9th May 2026)
Blizzard drops a multi-day hotfix batch covering class tuning, dungeon bugs, and a Mistweaver heal that was quietly failing.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 3.0.2 Build #71841 (All Platforms) Patch Notes (8th May 2026)
Diablo 4's 3.0.2 patch lands May 13 with a major Storm Shephard rework, sweeping Talisman fixes, and a long list of War Plan corrections.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Diablo 4 Players Pay Billions for Former Salvage
Lord of Hatred's Horadric Cube has completely upended Diablo 4's trade economy, turning items players used to trash into multi-billion gold listings.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Gaming News
Forget the Cow King, Diablo 4 Players Now Hunt a Cow God
Defeating the Cow King wasn't the end. A mysterious quest item called Prime Rib has Diablo 4's secret hunters convinced something much bigger is waiting.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 3.0.1c Build #71858 (All Platforms) Notes (6th May 2026)
Blizzard's latest Diablo 4 micro-patch targets a crash affecting the Paladin Free Trial on Battle.net, arriving a day after Hotfix 5 wrapped up the bulk of 3.0.1's fixes.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 HOTFIX 5 - - 3.0.1 Patch Notes (5th May 2026)
Blizzard pushed Hotfix 5 for Diablo 4 on May 5, bringing another round of targeted fixes under the 3.0.1 banner.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Call of Duty Finally Dumps PS4 After Six Years
Six years. That's how long Call of Duty kept shipping on PS4 hardware after the PS5 launched. Activision has finally confirmed the next entry is current-gen only.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (5th May 2026)
Blizzard pushes sweeping class tuning across World of Warcraft: Midnight, pulling back Unholy Death Knight and Guardian Druid while giving Marksmanship Hunter and Outlaw Rogue a serious shot in the arm.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Black Ops 7 Update Notes (5th May 2026)
Black Ops 7's Season 03 Reloaded update quietly addresses some frustrating Endgame and Zombies bugs alongside a Strider 300 fix that nearly slipped through the cracks.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Blizzard Finally Frees Warcraft 3 From Reforged
Six years after Warcraft 3: Reforged effectively held the original game hostage, Blizzard has quietly made the pre-Reforged client available on Battle.net again.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 35.4 Patch Notes (4th May 2026)
Patch 35.4 brings Class Sets to Restoration of Azeroth, a fresh Dual Class Arena season, and fixes for some nasty card interaction bugs.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Modern Warfare 4 Reportedly Tested on 13-Year-Old PS4
A leaker claims Activision is playtesting Modern Warfare 4 on the PlayStation 4, a console that launched in 2013. If it ships there, every version of the game pays the price.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 HOTFIX 4 - - 3.0.1 Patch Notes (1st May 2026)
Blizzard keeps the post-launch fixes rolling for Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion with Hotfix 4, the latest in a busy run of 3.0.1 updates.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Quadrillions of Damage Force Blizzard to Disable Diablo 4 It
A three-item barbarian combo let players stack Limitless Rage over 15,000 times, dealing quadrillions of damage and trivializing Diablo 4's hardest content. Blizzard killed it within hours.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
WoW Now Sells a Single House Skin for $40
Blizzard's newest housing exterior costs 4,000 Hearthsteel, roughly $40 in real money, and the full bundle runs $75. This arrives barely a week after housing was literally turned off due to game-breaking bugs.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 3.0.1b Build #71747 (All Platforms) Notes (30th April 2026)
Blizzard drops another small hotfix for Diablo 4 today, following a busy week of post-launch patches for the Lord of Hatred expansion.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Call of Duty: Warzone Notes (29th April 2026)
Warzone's mid-season update brings back Hot Pursuit, introduces Spikes to Buy Stations, and previews a significant anti-cheat requirement tied to TPM and Secure Boot.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (29th April 2026)
Blizzard rolls out hotfixes across WoW: Midnight and Classic, with Warlock and Mage getting the most attention alongside a dungeon timer bump for Algeth'ar Academy.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 HOTFIX 1 - - 3.0.1 Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
A small but targeted hotfix lands for Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion. Here's what Blizzard addressed.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 3.0.1a Build #71696 (All Platforms) Notes (28th April 2026)
Diablo 4's latest hotfix corrects a loot filter issue that was quietly hiding your highest-rolled items. Here's what changed.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 35.2.2 Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
Patch 35.2.2 keeps Standard mostly intact while Battlegrounds gets a significant overhaul, including Dragon buffs, Elemental nerfs, and a reworked Ship Jumper.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
105-Minute Queues Mar Diablo 4's Best-Reviewed Expansion
Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion is sitting at an 84 on Metacritic, but many players spent launch day staring at queue timers instead of playing it.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
The Guy Directing the CoD Film Hates Video Games
Peter Berg called Call of Duty players pathetic and weak in a 2013 interview. Now he's directing the franchise's first movie for Paramount.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (25th April 2026)
Blizzard rolls out hotfixes across WoW: Midnight and Classic, with Marksmanship Hunter taking a significant PvP hit and Unholy Death Knight getting some structural rework.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Blizzard Apologizes for WoW's Most Broken Patch in Years
WoW's patch 12.0.5 launched with broken bonus rolls, an exploitable prop hunt mode, a busted housing system, and an unkillable raid boss. Blizzard says it will "do better," but players are asking whether the studio's eight-week patch cadence is the real problem.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Gaming News
Ex-Blizzard Boss Says WoW Needs a 'Reset' to Survive
Mike Ybarra, former Blizzard boss and Xbox corporate VP, says World of Warcraft will 'continue to decline' without a firm reset. His comments land as Blizzard scrambles to fix one of the worst patches in recent memory.
Nathan Lees5 min read
Gaming News
Battlefield vs. Call of Duty Now Headed to Theaters
Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan are attached to a Battlefield movie currently being pitched to studios, putting the franchise on a collision course with Paramount's Call of Duty film.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Gaming News
Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred Packed a Useless Item on Purpose
Blizzard's associate game director admits at least one item in Lord of Hatred is "basically useless" by design, and the Horadric Cube is the reason why.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
WoW Hikes Sub Prices While Housing Is Still Broken
Blizzard announced subscription price increases for World of Warcraft in the UK, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, all while patch 12.0.5 remains a mess and housing sits disabled in multiple regions.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 (Legacy) Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)
A balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, adjusting Roadhog, Sombra, and a swathe of Stadium heroes whose win rates drifted further than Blizzard intended.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)
A balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, targeting win rate outliers from Season 2's start and reining in some Stadium builds that have gotten out of hand.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 3.0.1 Build #71566 (All Platforms) Notes (23rd April 2026)
Blizzard drops a pre-expansion patch that reshapes every Gem in the game and cleans up a long list of bugs before Lord of Hatred arrives.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Game Pass's $7 Price Cut Was Just the First Step
Microsoft slashed Game Pass prices and pulled Call of Duty from day-one launches. Reports now suggest a 'pick your own plan' model is in the works, and it could reshape the entire subscription.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft The 12.0.5 Content Update Notes (21st April 2026)
Blizzard's 12.0.5 update pushes the Midnight story forward with new open-world activities, a gear upgrade system, and a hide-and-seek mini-game in Silvermoon City.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Xbox Slashes Game Pass Prices, Pulls Call of Duty from Day O
Microsoft is cutting Game Pass Ultimate from $29.99 to $22.99 per month, but the trade-off is losing day-one access to Call of Duty. New entries will arrive about a year after launch instead.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 Diablo IV Developer Update - Lord of Notes (21st April 2026)
Blizzard has dropped a full developer update for the Lord of Hatred expansion, covering everything from new Class Skill Trees to the returning Horadric Cube.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Classic: Joyous (21st April 2026)
Blizzard has activated the Joyous Journeys experience buff in Mists of Pandaria Classic, giving players a 50% XP boost up to level 90 until the next content update.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes (20th April 2026)
Arthas is fully reworked, Haunted Mines is back in Quick Match, and Unranked Mode has been quietly removed in today's Heroes of the Storm update.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 (Legacy) Patch Notes (17th April 2026)
A quick balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2 Legacy, targeting new damage hero Sierra just days after her Season 2 debut.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Fable's Cutscenes Are Being Built by the Diablo Team
Playground Games is getting cinematic backup from the team behind Diablo and Overwatch's legendary cutscenes. For a studio making its first RPG, that's a smart call.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
11 Years Later, the Call of Duty Movie Finally Has a Date
After over a decade of false starts and indefinite hiatuses, the live-action Call of Duty movie finally has a concrete release date: June 30, 2028.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Gaming News
A $2 Spray Is Black Ops 7's Best Anti-Cheat Tool
A cosmetic spray you can buy with CoD points is doing more to fight AI aimbots in Black Ops 7 than Activision's own anti-cheat system. The clip has over a million views.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
Call of Duty's First Sizzle Reel Was Just Game Footage
Paramount revealed a June 2028 release date for the Call of Duty movie at CinemaCon, then showed a sizzle reel that was almost entirely game footage set to Seven Nation Army.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft 12.0.5 Content Update Notes (16th April 2026)
WoW's 12.0.5 update pushes deeper into the Midnight story with new world activities, a targeted loot system via the Voidforge, and a hide-and-seek minigame in Silvermoon City.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (13th April 2026)
Blizzard's April 13 hotfixes bring meaningful class tuning and some overdue dungeon fixes to World of Warcraft: Midnight and Classic.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
60fps Portable Overwatch Is Finally Real on Switch 2
Overwatch hits Switch 2 today with 60fps in both docked and handheld modes, a massive upgrade over the original Switch version. Season 2 of Reign of Talon launches alongside it.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 35.2 Patch Notes (13th April 2026)
Battlegrounds Season 13 kicks off tomorrow with Trinkets, two new heroes, and a pair of new keywords. Here's everything in Patch 35.2.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Gaming News
Black Ops 6 Cost Xbox $300M, Next CoD May Leave Pass
A $300 million loss in potential sales from Black Ops 6 is reportedly forcing Microsoft to rethink whether Call of Duty belongs on Game Pass at launch.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
Blizzard Never Nerfed Tracer's Butt, Kaplan Confirms
Ten years of internet mythology, killed in one sentence. Jeff Kaplan confirms Blizzard never actually nerfed Tracer's butt, they just changed a pose.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (9th April 2026)
Blizzard has pushed a fresh round of World of Warcraft hotfixes, with the April 7 changes doing the heavy lifting across tanks and DPS specs.
Nathan Lees1 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (4th April 2026)
Blizzard has dropped a fresh round of World of Warcraft hotfixes covering class balance, dungeon fixes, and a notable Sun Darter Hatchling bug rescue.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 35.0.3 Patch Notes (2nd April 2026)
Hearthstone 35.0.3 is live today, and Druid is taking the brunt of it, three cards nerfed as Blizzard moves to break up the class's grip on the post-CATACLYSM meta.
Nathan Lees11 min read
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 4.1.26 Patch Notes (1st April 2026)
Blizzard has dropped the Hearthstone 4.1.26 patch, and given today's date, it is exactly what you'd expect.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo II: Resurrected Reign of the Warlock - 3.1.2 Patch (1st April)
Blizzard has dropped the 3.1.2 client patch for Diablo II: Resurrected's Reign of the Warlock season, targeting crashes, UI issues, and a handful of Warlock-specific bugs.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (31st March 2026)
Overwatch 2's March 31 update is a targeted bug fix patch, wiping replay codes and squashing three specific issues that have been frustrating players in Stadium and beyond.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 2.6.1 Build #71172 (All Platforms) Patch Notes (20th March)
Diablo 4's 2.6.1 patch lands March 24 with a significant Bloodsoaked Sigil difficulty reduction and a long list of Season of Slaughter fixes.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (18th March 2026)
Blizzard has pushed a fresh round of World of Warcraft hotfixes, and Unholy Death Knights are taking the biggest hit with an across-the-board 20% damage reduction.
Nathan Lees16 min read
Patch Notes
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Call of Duty: Warzone Season 02 (10th March)
Warzone Season 02 Reloaded arrives March 11, headlined by Black Ops Royale, a new mode built around the Avalon map with no loadouts, Wingsuits replacing parachutes, and a reworked health system.
Nathan Lees32 min read
Patch Notes
Hearthstone 35.0 Patch Notes (9th March 2026)
Hearthstone Patch 35.0 goes live tomorrow, clearing the board ahead of CATACLYSM with balance hits to several Standard overperformers and a wave of Wild reversions.
Nathan Lees17 min read
Gaming News
EA Cuts All Four Battlefield Studios After Record Sales
Battlefield 6 sold 7 million copies in three days and topped the US sales charts for all of 2025. EA's response was to cut staff at every single studio that built it.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
Diablo 4 2.6.0 Build #70982 (All Platforms) Patch Notes (5th March 2026)
Diablo 4's 2.6.0 update drops March 11 and it's a meaty one, bringing Bloodstained Sigils, a reworked stagger system, and a fresh batch of class-spanning uniques.
Nathan Lees25 min read
Gaming News
Diablo 4 Season of Slaughter Turns You Into the Butcher
Blizzard's next Diablo 4 season has one mechanic that actually matters: kill enough demons fast enough and you stop being the hunter. You become the Butcher.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Gaming News
Activision Kills CoD's Biggest Leaker and Mocks Him After
Activision hit TheGhostOfHope with a legal demand to stop leaking Call of Duty information today. Then the official CoD account went on Twitter and twisted the knife.
Nathan Lees3 min read