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"No amount of hard work is enough to protect us": Over 450 Diablo devs sick of "the constant pressures of layoffs, passion tax, and crunch" under AI-obsessed Microsoft vote to unionize
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "I've witnessed the dread"

World of Warcraft takes home decorating in MMOs like Final Fantasy 14 and adds the freedom of The Sims 4 building to it, letting you "resize and rotate stuff" using 3D software made to look more "WoW-like"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News World of Warcraft's in-depth home decorator originally looked "too much like a software," so Blizzard "changed the art to feel like magic"

World of Warcraft design lead says the upcoming housing feature is a "challenge" for performance and accessibility because it's not "anything like existing zones and the kinds of content that we've had before"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Blizzard wants to make WoW housing both deep and accessible

World of Warcraft ends 21-year drought and adds housing with MMO's new Midnight expansion – but Blizzard has a good reason it took so long: "We couldn't just check off a box and do the minimum"
By Anna Koselke published
News "We get one shot at this to impress people"

After 2 years, Diablo 4 fans might finally be getting the Paladin class they've been asking for since launch
By Scott McCrae published
News It's Palad-in the game

Blizzard narrative team votes in favor of union one week after Call of Duty workers did the same, pushing back against mass layoffs at Microsoft that saw 9,000 jobs lost in favor of AI
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "With a union, we're able to preserve what makes this place special"

Former Gears of War boss becomes former Diablo boss as Rod Fergusson leaves Microsoft a third time, "sword in hand," after 5 years overseeing the ARPG series: "I'm proud of what we've built"
By Dustin Bailey published
News I look forward to seeing what Fergusson accomplishes at the next studio to be inevitably acquired by Xbox

The 25 best RPGs you can (and should) play right now
By Alyssa Mercante last updated
Best List Ranking the best RPGs, from classics like Assassin's Creed to the punishing Lands Between of Elden Ring
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