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Rumor: Blizzard Will Only Allow Submitted Questions at BlizzCon

October 24, 2019

A new rumor indicates Blizzard will only allow submitted questions to be asked during their World of Warcraft Q&A panel at BlizzCon 2019. The rumor stems from a screenshot of Blizzard's Question Submissi...

Blizzard Forces WoW Guild “Make Azeroth Great Again” to Change It’s Name

Jorge Arenas

October 23, 2019

Video Games

Blizzard Entertainment, the company behind World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and Diablo forced the guild "Make Azeroth Great Again" to change their name. WoW Classic player and the leader of the guild Cogblast...

Chinese Company Tencent Expands Reach In Western Entertainment Markets, Partners with Disney

Drew Taylor

October 18, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

In the wake of Blizzardgate, a lot of gaming consumers are wondering just where their money is going. It's no secret that China has a heavy stake in the United States entertainment market. Chinese Companies...

Nintendo Offers Refunds for Overwatch on Switch as Blizzard Cancels Promotional Event

Spencer Baculi

October 17, 2019

Video Games

Despite the popularity of Blizzard’s multiplayer first-person shooter Overwatch, the game’s arrival on the Nintendo Switch (NSW) after three years of the console’s existence was met with little fanfare as the r...

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

Spencer Baculi

October 16, 2019

Video Games

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...

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