Tagged Blizzard Entertainment

May 11, 2021

Activision Blizzard’s recently released financial report regarding the first quarter of 2021 has revealed that revenue from Blizzard titles has grown, despite their continued loss of millions of players year-ov...

Blizzard Accused of Lying About World of Warcraft Prize Pools at BlizzCon

November 1, 2019

Fans and players are accusing Blizzard Entertainment of lying about their investment into the BlizzCon prize pool for the World of Warcraft Arena World Championship (AWC) and the Mythic Dungeon International (M...

Activision Blizzard Bans Hearthstone Grandmasters Winner Blitzchung After Supporting Hong Kong Protests

Drew Taylor

October 8, 2019

Hearthstone Grandmasters winner Chung Ng Wai aka Blitzchung was suspended from competition and had his winnings stripped after he called for the liberation of Hong Kong following his victory. Blitzchung appe...

Report: Activision/Blizzard to Lay Off 800 Employees

February 13, 2019

Last week Bloomberg reported Activision/Blizzard planned to cut hundreds of jobs and now the company has confirmed those reports announcing they will lay off 800 employees with the plan to cut more in the comin...

Blizzard Responds to Former Employee’s Accusations of Racism!

Video Game Culture, Video Games

January 11, 2019

Blizzard Entertainment has officially issued a response after a former employee accused the company of "racial abuse and discrimination." Former employee Julian Murillo-Cuellar, who worked in the company's e...

Overwatch Pro Player Who Left Team Due To Harassment Revealed to Have Never Existed

Video Game Culture, Video Games

January 7, 2019

A professional female Overwatch player at the center of a recent harassment controversy has been proven to be a duo of imposters masquerading as a single player as part of a ‘social experiment’. On December ...

Blizzard Criticized by Diablo Creator David Brevik

Video Game Culture, Video Games

November 15, 2018

Last month, during a livestream of the game Path of Exile, Twitch user thejunglequeen, real name Divo Brevik, was joined by her husband, Diablo series creator and former Blizzard North president, David Brevik. ...

Diablo 2 Producer Mark Kern Says Blizzard is Out of Touch With Gamers

November 6, 2018

Diablo 2 producer Mark Kern took to Twitter to bluntly state that Blizzard's announcement of Diablo Immortal is an example of the company "not understanding gamers anymore." Over the weekend the former produ...

Diablo: Immortal Faces Massive Backlash From Fans; Blizzard Responds By Deleting Comments

November 5, 2018