Published on: 2025-06-21 01:16:03
A previously unknown Russian-backed cyberespionage group tracked as Void Blizzard has been linked to a September 2024 Dutch police security breach. As the Dutch national police (Politie) revealed last year, the attackers stole work-related contact information of multiple officers, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and, in some cases, private details. The Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (M
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The Federal Trade Commission has finally given up the ghost on challenging Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. "The Commission has determined that the public interest is best served by dismissing the administrative litigation in this case," the agency said in an order issued today. The federal regulator had attempted to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard both before and after the deal closed back in October 2023. The FTC just lost out on its latest appea
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The team of nearly 200 Activision Blizzard developers behind the Overwatch franchise has unionized. Formed under the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Overwatch Gamemakers Guild is the latest wall-to-wall Blizzard union to be recognized by parent company Microsoft since the World of Warcraft development team announced its own union last July. The CWA announced on Friday that “an overwhelming majority of workers have either signed a union authorization card or indicated that they want
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Rumor mill: It might be a tad early to start the hype train, but long-time StarCraft fans have good reason to be excited. Blizzard has sold the publishing rights for the RTS game to South Korea's Nexon, which beat out other bidders, including Krafton. We're anxiously awaiting official confirmation and further details. Blizzard is reportedly collaborating with Nexon on the next installment in the StarCraft franchise and a mobile edition of Overwatch. According to South Korean news channel MTN, B
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is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Blizzard has announced that it will make exceptions to its hardcore permadeath policy and allow some characters to return to life. According to a report in Ars Technica, Blizzard made the pronouncement in response to a string of DDoS attacks that seemed specifically targeted to cause the in-game deaths of members of a high-p
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BlizzCon is returning to the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12 and September 13 in 2026. This means Blizzard Entertainment, owned by Activision Blizzard, which is owned by Microsoft, isn’t planning to hold the fanfest show in 2025. Nevertheless, it means that BlizzCon is back. Johanna Faries, president of Blizzard, is talking about the announcement today with Conan O’Brien at the SXSW show in Austin, Texas. One of the industry’s favorite traditions, BlizzCon brings fans together over
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After taking two years off , Blizzard will bring back Blizzcon in 2026. The publisher's fan convention will take place on September 12 and 13 next year at its usual venue, the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. That means Blizzcon is going ahead a little earlier in the year than usual. For over a decade (save for recent canceled events and an online-only edition), Blizzcon has taken place in November. The first several installments were held in August or October. The 2026 editio
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is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Blizzard’s next BlizzCon conference will take place on September 12th and September 13th in 2026. That’s not a typo — the show will happen next year. BlizzCon 2026 will once again be hosted at the Anaheim Convention Center. Blizzard isn’t sharing specific details about what games might be featured, but the company says that “alongside BlizzCon staples like Opening Ceremony, i
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