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Blizzard Reveals Announcement Date For Next World Of Warcraft Expansion, New Warcraft Mobile Game

March 11, 2022

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed both the announcement date of the next World of Warcraft expansion and development of a new Warcraft mobile game. Source: World of Warcraft Old Soldier Cinematic (2018), ...

Blizzard Announces Future World of Warcraft Update Will Introduce Cross-Faction Play

Ryan Pearson

February 3, 2022

Video Games

Blizzard has announced that a future World of Warcraft update will allow Alliance and Horde players to communicate and play together. Source: World of Warcraft Twitter RELATED: Blizzard Censors ‘Sexualiz...

Overwatch 2 LEGO Set Delayed Indefinitely As LEGO Reviews Partnership With Activision Blizzard

Ryan Pearson

January 11, 2022

Video Games

A LEGO set based on the upcoming Overwatch 2 has been indefinitely delayed as the popular toy maker reviews their partnership with Activision Blizzard. Source: LEGO Overwatch - How Heroes Play Tribute, LEGO...

Blizzard President J. Allen Brack Steps Down Amid Activision-Blizzard Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit

Spencer Baculi

August 6, 2021

Video Games

Amidst a storm of backlash sparked by the recently filed lawsuit which alleges that Activision-Blizzard had promoted a ‘frat boy’ workplace culture rife with sexual harassment, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack...

Activision Blizzard’s Latest Financial Report Reveals Blizzard Games Losing Millions Of Players But Making More Money

Spencer Baculi

May 11, 2021

Video Games

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

Jorge Arenas

November 1, 2019

Video Games

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

Video Games

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

Jorge Arenas

February 13, 2019

Video Games

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!

Jorge Arenas

January 11, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

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

Spencer Baculi

January 7, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

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 ...

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