![[EARLY ACCESS] What's Going To Happen After 9.2? ...And When?](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/10/zm/zz/4e9b88-019e8425-ecf6-7115-867b-fffc2ef8648a.jpg)
Will there be a 9.3? When's the next expansion? What about Blizzcon? We've looked at some past dates, and thought about the production realities of the game - so we have some pretty good estimates.
Hope you enjoy this one - but here's a question for you, Patrons. Would you rather WoW take a 'hiatus' to get a bigger and better expansion, o...
The studio, which is best known for developing narrative-driven titles like Oxenfree, will create original gaming content for Netflix's own foray into gaming. Writing in a blog post confirming the acquisition, Night School Studio founder Sean Krankel said that the Net...
2021-09-29 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier this week, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a complaint against Activision Blizzard. The filing, the culmination of a three-year investigation into the company, alleged that Activision Blizzard subjected employees to sexual harassment,...
2021-09-28 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] The Boosting Problem Part 2: Game's Broke?](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/3/qz/ha/4e9b88-019e8425-ed18-7278-a485-1badd2650424.jpg)
Boosting as an activity is ruining WoW, but it's not the actual disease - merely a symptom. The root cause, and the cure, is Blizzard. Here's what we think.
![[EARLY ACCESS] 10 Times THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Was Actually True](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/1/lq/il/4e9b88-019e8425-ed2e-7845-a3b4-b9b836707214.jpg)
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING! Or so we usually say, anytime a big lore thing happens. When, though, were we actually right? These are the events in WoW that actually changed everything about the lore.
2021-09-27 20:58:28 +0000 UTC View PostThings have been pretty quiet on the project since it was (sort of) announced a while back but, speaking in a new blog posted to the official Naughty Dog website, senior communications manager Rochelle Snyder says that work is still well underway and that the studio will s...
2021-09-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathloop! Splitgate! Halo! Resident Evil! Horizon Zero Dawn! Ender Lilies! Nier Replicant!
We've been playing games, and figured we might as well talk about them. The first portion of this podcast is an insightful 25-minute discussion on Deathloop... but the rest is us riffing on a bunch of different games.
Plus, we get into an impo...
2021-09-27 11:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDiablo II: Resurrected released this week and, like any Blizzard game worth its salt, was immediately beset by server issues. Twitter and Reddit were full of reports of crashes, lag, and general connection issues. Blizzard quickly announced that they would be taking the g...
2021-09-24 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] Has WoW's Lore Become Hostile To Players?](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/8/bc/vk/4e9b88-019e8425-eda3-7488-9784-ddf21e02fd0a.jpg)
Who does Azeroth, and the lore, belong to? Is it Bobby? Ion? The writing team? Or does it actually belong to us, the players?
This is an important conversation for us to have. How has the lore changed, and... why?
Following a ruling finally being passed in the dramatic Epic v. Apple lawsuit not so long ago, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says that Apple will blacklist Fortnite from their development ecosystem until the end of the appeals process. This could be anything up to five years, which is a ...
2021-09-23 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostChacko Sonny joined Blizzard back in 2016 and served first as executive producer on Overwatch and then as development head on Overwatch 2. Sonny announced his departure in a letter to staff last week in which he said that working at Blizzard "has been an absolute privilege and one of the best e...
2021-09-22 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] The Most Awful Jobs On Azeroth: Forced To Work, Experimented On & WORSE](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/2/pe/ie/4e9b88-019e8425-eddb-738c-a79b-f291196e725a.jpg)
Ever stop to think what life in Azeroth is like? For many, it wouldn't be so bad... but for certain occupations, it would be torment. We've thought about it, and did the research - what we're going to show might surprise you. The next time you're levelling an orc in Durotar, or wandering around Silvermoon, you might want to think about what you'...
2021-09-21 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThat's according to The Wall Street Journal, who this week reported that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission have launched a full investigation into how Activision Blizzard have handled the ongoing allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and misconduct. Citing do...
2021-09-21 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We sat down to talk about 9.1.5 and our plans for it. We ended up talking for almost an hour and a half about World of Warcraft. Again.
We start on 9.1.5, but eventually branch into some other topics: no artifacts in the Mage Tower, Legion Timewalking, Shadowlands design vs Legion, Covenant swapping.... and a weird misunderstood part of My...
2021-09-21 10:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] Boosting, Part 1: The MILLION Dollar Industry Hidden In WoW](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/2/jz/yk/4e9b88-019e8425-ee30-78ca-a632-7665b0efbd87.jpg)
Boosting is all over WoW. Trade chat is full, the group finder is full, but no one's really talking about it. So we spoke to boosting communities, ex-boosters, and some people who made a LOT of money from it.
Boosting, RMT, the boosting community's side of the story, and most importantly: Blizzard's role in it all.
Let us know ...
2021-09-21 09:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe much-anticipated remaster will be the first release to come out of Blizzard since the California Department of Fair Housing and Employment's lawsuit was filed back in July of this year. Though the situation is somewhat complicated by the fact the game is being develop...
2021-09-20 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing varying reports that the newly-released PS5 model was both superior and inferior to the launch model, a new report by Digital Foundry appears to set things right. In short, it's about the same. Richard Leadbetter writes that, while changes have be...
2021-09-17 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe have a producer! What does that mean? That means Dackor, our researcher and overall great WoW dude, is now making sure everything runs like a well-oiled machine. But what does that mean for you? Content! More of it! And it'll be better!
In this ep, we talk about the role of a producer, the importance of deep work, and then get a bit phi...
2021-09-16 19:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello all, my name is Adam and I'm a staff writer here at Bellular and one of the people responsible for the Daily Briefing.
Due to a regrettable publication issue there was no Daily Briefing published on Monday or Wednesday of this week, though Tuesday was unaffected. Please rest assured that we are monitoring the issue to ensure that it ...
2021-09-16 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe news that God of War Ragnarök will mark the end of Kratos' Norse saga was met by a little bit of surprise and confusion by fans who were expecting another trilogy. The reasoning for this, according to developers Sony Santa Monica, centres around the sheer amount of time it...
2021-09-16 15:40:04 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier this week details emerged of a way to access the database for Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming serve, a series of back-end protocols mostly used by developers to test new builds, especially during remote work. This resulted in the leaking of several unreleased and unannounced games including t...
2021-09-14 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSony held another PlayStation Showcase last night and, while a number of game shows in recent times have been rather tepid affairs full of pre-tempered expectations, Sony decided to go all-in on what turned out to be a bumper show. It was a little light in terms of ac...
2021-09-10 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Liverpool-based studio have worked with Sony a number of times in the past across titles like The Playroom, The Playroom VR and Run, Sackboy! Run! In fact, several of the studio's members were actually part of Sony Interactive Entertainment Studio Liverpool back in the day so this recent acquisition has brough...
2021-09-09 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostActivision's logo has been conspicuously absent from previous pieces of media surrounding the upcoming Call of Duty: Vanguard as the company attempted to slip away into the background in the wake of the devastating sexual harassment lawsuit. The plan was presumably to distance themsel...
2021-09-08 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostJohn Gibson, the now-former CEO of Maneater and Killing Floor studio Tripwire Interactive, has "stepped down" from his post following heavy backlash to a statement he made on Twitter regarding the new Texas abortion law. He tweeted his support for the controversial pi...
2021-09-07 14:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe change in policy, which was officially confirmed by Sony over the weekend, comes in response to some pretty fierce backlash from fans who were unhappy at the game's dual console entitlement being locked behind fancy editions costing upwards of $80. Writing on the officia...
2021-09-06 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostOn Thursday September 9ths, at 1PM PDT/9PM BST, Playstation will show off 40 minutes of updates from Playstation Studios and 'some of the industry's most imaginative developers', for games releasing this holiday and beyond.
Hey! Michael here again! It seems loads of you enjoyed the Class Order Halls idea that I posted a few days ago, so here's my top level proposal for Patch 9.2. Essentially, it's the direction I'd go in, if I were in charge.
This is a...
2021-09-01 20:34:02 +0000 UTC View PostPEGI, the European ratings board for games, has updated their criteria so that any game that encourages or teaches gambling is now rated 18+ at a minimum. Specifically, games that “teach and/or glamorise the use of games of chance that are played/carried out as a tra...
2021-09-01 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
LOOT! Man, I love the Grpyhon! Also, one of our chunkier pins! If you're subscribed at the loot tier for September (which is billed 1st - 4th of October), then we'll send along the pack.
Have a great day!
2021-09-01 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post