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Blizzard Issues Six-Month Ban to College Hearthstone Players for Protesting for Hong Kong on Stream

October 16, 2019

The competitive Hearthstone team from American University has been handed a six-month ban from competition by Blizzard in response to the team’s show of support for Hong Kong protestors and a boycott of Blizzar...

Professional Hearthstone Player Blitzchung Responds to Blizzard’s Decisions; Will Keep Support for Hong Kong to “Personal Platforms”

Spencer Baculi

October 16, 2019

Video Games

Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai, the professional Hearthstone player whose public display of support for the protests in Hong Kong and subsequent punishment by video game developer Blizzard sparked international outr...

Hearthstone Caster Brian Kibler Quits in Protest of Blitzchung Ban

Drew Taylor

October 11, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

Hearthstone Grandmaster tournament caster Brian Kibler has quit in protest of Blizzard's punishment against Asia-Pacific Hearthstone Grandmasters winner Blitzchung. Kibler announced his decision to quit on h...

World of Warcraft Vanilla Team Lead Mark Kern Explains Why He Joined #BoycottBlizzard

John F. Trent

October 9, 2019

Video Games

World of Warcraft Vanilla Team Lead Mark Kern announced he's joining the #BoycottBlizzard movement. Kern explained his reasons for joining the movement after Blizzard condemned, banned, and rescinded the win...

Boycott Blizzard Trends on Twitter

John F. Trent

October 8, 2019

Video Games

Boycott Blizzard is now trending on Twitter. In fact, alongside the main Blizzard trend it's the 6th most popular topic in the United States. The reason it is trending because Blizzard decided to ban the...

WoW Classic: Players Experience Long Queues Both In Game and Out, Blizzard Explains

Jorge Arenas

August 29, 2019

Video Games

World of Warcraft: Classic finally went live earlier this week. It only took years of petitions and begging from both fans and former World of Warcraft team lead Mark Kern to make it a reality. With the game...

Democrat Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Calls For Game Developers To Unionize

Jorge Arenas

June 19, 2019

Video Games

Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently called on video game developers to unionize. Sanders took to Twitter and shared an article from Time Magazine titled "Video Games Creators Are Burned ...

TheScore Esports’ Daniel Rosen Applauds Blizzard’s Reported Decision to Ban ‘Okay’ Sign in Overwatch League Arena

John F. Trent

April 11, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

TheScore Esports' Daniel Rosen applauded Blizzard's reported decision to ban the 'Okay' sign from the Overwatch League Arena. In a short YouTube video, Rosen stated, "Doing the 'Okay' hand gesture is not oka...

Report: Blizzard Forbids “Okay” Symbol in Overwatch League Arena – Claims It’s a “White Power Symbol”

John F. Trent

April 5, 2019

Video Games

Blizzard has reportedly forbidden the "okay" hand symbol in the Overwatch League (OWL) Arena claiming it's a "white power symbol." Esports reporter Rod Breslau reported that "Blizzard told a fan in the Overw...

After Split With Bungie, Activision Under Investigation For Fraud

Jorge Arenas

January 14, 2019

Video Games

After last week's surprising split between Activision and Bungie, Activision has come under investigation for securities fraud. In an alert to shareholders, The Pomerantz LLP, a law firm that describes itsel...

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