Put away the Jolt, Blizzard is limiting the time gamers will be able to play the World of Warcraft: Classic demo. Basically, after playing for an hour, players will be logged off and will have to wait 60 minutes before resuming for another hour. The goal is to ensure a mass of players do not […]
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Mike Morhaime is no longer the CEO of Blizzard
Mike Morhaime, the man who co-founded gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment in 1991 (originally under the name Silicon & Synapse) and oversaw the launch of numerous hit franchises, including Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, has stepped down as presi…
View More Mike Morhaime is no longer the CEO of BlizzardBlizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime is stepping down
Blizzard — the company behind massive game titles like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone — is getting new leadership. After 27 years, Blizzard President Mike Morhaime is stepping down from the company he co-founded back in 1991 (back when it was known as Silicon and Synapse.) J. Allen Brack, previously Senior Vice President and […]
View More Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime is stepping downIt’s not just you: Spring weather has gone off the rails in the U.S., shattering records
The weather in the U.S. has been downright biblical so far this spring, with weather forecasters practically having to borrow pages out of the Book of Revelations.
First, there’s the cold. The first two weeks of April have been the coldest on r…
The New England blizzard looks like a monster from space
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The nor’easter that has shut down much of New England on Tuesday is reaching its great arms into regions over both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, sucking moisture into the powerful storm.
In a technical forecast discussion on Monday night from the National Weather Service forecast office in Boston, meteorologists said the storm was even importing moisture from as far away as the Pacific Ocean.
The result — aided by the storm also drawing in cold air from Canada — is a blizzard wherein enough moisture and freezing temperatures can create copious snowfall and high winds.
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Overwatch is free to play this weekend on all platforms
Overwatch wasn’t what you’d call a “surprise” hit — everyone knew it was going to wipe the floor with its immediate competition. But unlike a lot of games, it still costs money. If you’ve been meaning to give it a shot but don’t feel like shelling out the $40, this weekend the game is free to play on all platforms with no restrictions. Read More
A polar vortex is headed our way (again) so here’s where to find winter jackets, boots, and other cold weather gear
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Hello, Polar Vortex, my old friend.
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Frozen weather reporter, desperate for coffee, gets a happy ending in the blizzard
If you had to report on the weather in the middle of a blizzard for hours, wouldn’t you start yelling on air for coffee too?
After reporting in the thick of the winter storm that struck the East Coast this week, Tracie Strahan yelled toward anyon…
Images and video pour in as ‘bomb cyclone’ buries U.S. northeast
Well, we were warned.
A giant swath of the east coast is getting a heaping dose of winter thanks to a powerful, fast-moving “bomb cyclone” winter storm that whipped straight along the coast, having already dumped snow across parts of the South not ac…
StarCraft II will be free to play starting November 14
It was only in April that Blizzard made the original StarCraft free to play, and now the company has done the same for its sequel. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, which is certainly the most-played real-time strategy game ever made, will be free for anyone to play starting on November 14. Of course there’s a catch, but nothing nefarious. Read More