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WoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out of quests right away!'

"And we're like, wait a second, you just expect to have quests keep going?"

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Playing World of Warcraft with a controller might become my preferred playstyle thanks to this excellent gamepad-friendly addon that's letting me enjoy Azeroth from my couch

Please, try to contain your contempt.

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Jeff Kaplan calls Overwatch 2 "one of my biggest mistakes," names devs who "didn't like PvP" and executive pressure as reasons for troubled development

He learned the hard way about putting a timeline in front of a higher-up

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Blizzard's canceled World of Warcraft follow-up was a "1 server, 1 world" MMO with GTA and Animal Crossing influences, ex dev says, but it was so big it "could never ship"

Project Titan was a "gargantuan, huge undertaking" that eventually paved the way for Overwatch

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Ever complained about Overwatch matchmaking? There's a chance Jeff Kaplan checked your account and all he has to say is: 'There's gotta be winners and there's gotta be losers'

In short: git gud.

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A terrible quest in vanilla WoW 'holds a really special place in my heart', says Jeff Kaplan, but was also 'the hubris of a junior game designer who thinks he's clever but is actually a dipsh*t'

"I'm just sh*tting up their inventory with all these pages."

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One of Jeff Kaplan's 'regrets about Overwatch' was making it so team-orientated: 'I would downplay the team factor and try to put more focus on individual contribution'

The worst part of multiplayer games are all the other players.

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WoW's Horde/Alliance split was 'really controversial', says Jeff Kaplan, to the point where it was only locked in 9-12 months before the game's launch

"He liked the fact you were instantly on a team."

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How to get the free Skill Point in Diablo 4 Season 12 Mangled Message

A good way to start.

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"It felt surreal": Overwatch co-creator allegedly left Blizzard after a former exec said he'd be responsible for 1,000 layoffs if the shooter didn't hit financial targets

Jeff Kaplan remembers "that was the biggest f**k you moment I had in my career"

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The Legend of California by Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan aims to redefine survival crafting into art

Not just another Rust clone.

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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career'

Overwatch League was instrumental in sending Overwatch off the rails.

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Overwatch's Nier Automata collab is here, but with no voice lines and a price higher than the action RPG it's based on, players aren't happy: "Hello Kitty got more than these folks"

It seems popular regardless, however

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"It's going to be really f***ing hard": Diablo 4 is getting 8 new difficulty tiers in Lord of Hatred because Blizzard wants OP builds to actually have to try

"Is the game actually asking you to have numbers that need to be that high to begin with?"

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Blizzard nerfed this WoW item, but players found an even better loophole that allowed them to travel across the planet every 2 minutes

A magical, misbehaving key indeed.

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Blizzard wants Diablo 4's outrageous damage numbers to mean something again in Lord of Hatred, so it's letting you crank the difficulty up to near-impossible levels: 'It's going to be really f*cking hard'

Finally, something to use those big numbers on.

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WoW's recent revamp of Silvermoon for Midnight is so good, I'm starting to wonder if the MMO's model of a 'new exciting continent every 2-3 years' was ever the right way

Home is where the hearthstone is.

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A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock

Blizzard has finally given players a reason to find this secret event.

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Overwatch's 69.1% ban rate for Jetpack Cat will surprise "absolutely no one," Blizzard admits, but the devs have a "bonus hint" for everyone banning Domina: get good

"Our balance team believes Competitive players might be following the perception that Domina is overpowered, even though her win rate says otherwise"

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"What the f*** are these prices?": World of Warcraft fans question Blizzard's $7.50 trees, prompting swift discounts – but some say the MMO's new housing decor is "still comically overpriced"

"A bit pricey is an understatement"

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Ah yikes, World of Warcraft: Midnight's otherwise solid housing system is soured by its premium currency, which makes you 'minimize leftovers' even though Blizzard said it wouldn't

Just let me buy the exact amount, I beg you.

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Diablo 4 will let you transform into its most fearsome demon, the Butcher, in an experimental mini season before Lord of Hatred drops

The Season of Slaughter is also bringing back killstreaks from Diablo 3.

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Blizzard is giving away access to paladins for free at the start of Diablo 4's next season

A chance to try the new class before the expansion arrives next month.

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For the first time in Diablo history, the Butcher will be a playable character in Diablo 4's new Season of Slaughter

"Cleave through monsters, charge fearlessly into the fray and unleash a hail of hooks to drag your prey to a bloody end"

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Casting demons like they were spells with Diablo 4's warlock rules, but now I'm dying to see how Lord of Hatred will transform the other classes

All I could do is dream about what's possible with the new expanded skill trees.

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