Blizzard appears to have broken its own promise on WoW housing. The shop is now selling the Haunted Grimtide Estate for $25 and the Grimtide Decor Pack for $10, both featuring decor themed around the Kul Tiran playable race. The problem is that Blizzard said in November 2025 that housing items tied to the core fantasy of a playable race or class would not be sold in the shop. Players and creators are now calling out the apparent contradiction.

Blizzard's comeback got compared to a Claude-generated business plan. The joke: revive every franchise, expand the IP, take few risks. The uncomfortable part? A boring plan can still be the right business decision.

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Forever beta is suffering from success, It has become so popular that Blizzard has had to raise the population cap again. WoW executive producer confirmed the latest increase, saying: “We had to increase the WoW: Forever Beta population cap again. The wild ride continues.” This follows server problems at launch. Senior game designer Josh Greenfield said he was seeing “the craziest numbers I’ve seen in 17 years working at Blizzard.” The beta reportedly costs at least $59.99 to access, yet players keep piling in. Blizzard originally described WoW: Forever as an edition aimed at “the millions of people who have had their accounts lapse” in Classic. Whatever Blizzard is doing with this version of WoW, it seems to be attracting far more players than the servers were prepared for.

Blizzard is apologizing to Diablo 4 players after a rough start to Season 15. The season had server problems and Blizzard left players a message apologizing for the “unexpected issues” and thanking them for “standing with us.” Some players are also receiving a free Resplendent Spark, one of the rarest crafting materials in the game

Blizzard is handing Diablo 4 players one Resplendent Spark after a messy Season 15 launch, with a short in-game note that says sorry and thanks people for “standing with us.” Season of Hell’s Legacy was meant to open September 15, 2026 as the series’ 30th anniversary season. Login errors delayed it the same day. After it went live, Solo Self-Found stayed down and Tree of Whispers caches failed to pay out for a stretch. The Spark arrives through the new Horadric Post in town. One Spark is the rare Mythic-crafting material you usually get by salvaging a Mythic Unique or grinding season ranks. Blacksmith Mythic crafts still cost two. It does not fix the week players lost. It does put a scarce currency in every mailbox. Check the mail icon before you burn another Unique in the Cube.

Blizzard Entertainment's President @Joh_Burg is excited for the next season of Overwatch. 👀🎮 "We reinvested. We made a real big turn back into the narrative," Blizzard Entertainment President Johanna Faries tells @RyanPatelGlobal. Watch the full interview on YouTube:

Blizzard’s lawsuit against the developers behind the Ascension World of Warcraft private server is still ongoing. The developers have filed a counter-notice asking the court for more time to respond to Blizzard’s claims, which could delay the case. At the same time, they are still releasing new updates and content for the server. Blizzard says the private server breaks its copyrights and trademarks, violates the DMCA, and includes other illegal activities. The company wants the server shut down and is seeking financial damages.

Blizzard is handing over Overwatch’s PC publishing rights in South Korea to Nexon, with the change taking effect on August 12. From that date, Nexon will manage the game’s live service in South Korea, including player support, local events, and regional content. Blizzard will continue developing Overwatch and will retain full ownership of the game and its IP. Nexon CEO Junghun Lee said the company has been working closely with Blizzard and wants to deliver “best-in-class live operations and hyperlocalization” for Korean players. He also said the partnership is about “creating the best possible Overwatch experience” in South Korea.

Blizzard almost gave Overwatch’s new combo-heavy hero Shion a Devil May Cry-style ranking system, but the idea was eventually scrapped. Lead hero designer Scott Kennedy said the team experimented with “a style meter and style rankings” similar to Devil May Cry but decided against it because “we didn’t want players to feel like they had to optimize for style points.” Instead, Blizzard wanted players to focus on “making smart decisions” and using Shion’s abilities effectively rather than chasing high combo grades. Even so, Kennedy said the team still wanted to capture “the fantasy of a character action game” with Shion’s design. Via : interview with PCgamer