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Of Pauldrons, Patience and Petty Arson: Warcraft's storytelling challenge
Last week a fire rocked World of Warcraft. It was an epic act of petulance, strategically foolish. It seemed bizarrely out of character for a beloved

The future for Warcraft storytelling: Part Three
This week we've explored the technicalities and the teamwork that has worked to develop World of Warcraft into the game it has become over its fourteen year history.

How Warcraft builds stories players care about: Part Two
Want more insight into the World of Warcraft storytelling process? Step right up.

How World of Warcraft keeps evolving its epic storytelling: Part One
Game storytelling doesn't get much more epic than the Warcraft universe. Next year the franchise turns 25 years old, and in two weeks World of Warcraft goes

A chat with Hearthstone's Dean Ayala & Peter Whalen about some marvellous magnetic mechs
The next big expansion for Hearthstone, The Boomsday Project, launches August 7! It's full of science and technology of the weird-fantasy kind. Just the way

How are the Aussies finding life in the Overwatch League?
“They’re ready. You’ve got about eight minutes, sorry.”

Hearthstone Ranked Ladder gets a March update!
If you've been tired of the long, slow road to the middle of the table, there's good news afoot. In a blog post - complete with Ben Brode video update -

Interview: Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner, Nate Nanzer
I recently interviewed Nate Nanzer, Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner for all things Overwatch League, for this story in the Australian Financial Review.

Blizzard vows tougher action against toxic players in Overwatch
Nasty, aggro, rude players love to ruin games for everyone. They make good people stop playing, which tips the scales toward only those willing to fight

Blizzard built StarCraft: Remastered from scratch. From. Scratch.
Interesting to learn that Blizzard had lost most of the old code and assets for StarCraft, so when it decided to create a 'Remastered' edition they had to go
