World of Warcraft director 'doesn't expect blind faith' in its plans to unshackle the MMO from popular combat mods: 'We take none of this lightly'

World of Warcraft director ‘doesn’t expect blind faith’ in its plans to unshackle the MMO from popular combat mods: ‘We take none of this lightly’

As World of Warcraft’s next expansion nears release, players are preparing for the first time in the MMO’s history where combat mods, or addons, won’t offer much help. The most popular ones simply won’t work when Midnight arrives as part of Blizzard’s plan to level the playing field for all players. Unsurprisingly, this hasn’t gone…

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Home Improvisation Coming to PS4 with Online Play

Since the conception of our furniture assembly simulator/domestic “modern art” engine, we’ve consistently had the most fun watching groups play it together. Over time, our focus on multiplayer has grown, and we’re happy to announce that we’re working on bringing seamless online furniture assembly to the world for the first time ever. Yes, that’s right,…

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2 months after killing the Overwatch League, Blizzard teams up with Saudi Arabia’s esports org for ‘a new era of Overwatch esports’

As promised, Blizzard has unveiled “the next chapter” of professional Overwatch esports: The Overwatch Champions Series, a multi-region competitive circuit that will culminate in two major tournaments at Dreamhack. The Overwatch Champions Series will be operated in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa by, an esports company owned by Saudi Arabia’s Savvy…

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uBlock and a handful of other popular Google Chrome extensions have been axed overnight, but some of them just require turning off and on again

With the introduction of Manifest V3, Google’s latest extensions software, some Chrome extensions have been removed from its Web Store. This includes the popular ad blocker uBlock. However, for most removed extensions, the easiest way to get them back is just to turn them back on again. Today, Manifest V3 rolled out in an attempt…

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