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

October 9, 2019

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 Kern explained his reasons for joining the movement after Blizzard condemned, banned, and rescinded the win...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

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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

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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

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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...

Kotaku Reporter Doubles Down on False Overwatch Controversy Article

Spencer Baculi

January 8, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

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Last week, the Overwatch community found itself embroiled in a controversy surrounding both the apparent resignation of a professional female Overwatch player, Ellie, due to rampant harassment and the subsequen...

Blizzard Criticized by Diablo Creator David Brevik

Spencer Baculi

November 15, 2018

Video Game Culture, Video Games

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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

Jorge Arenas

November 6, 2018

Video Games

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...

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