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Microsoft Partners With Nvidia & Nintendo To Justify The Purchase Of Activision Blizzard

February 22, 2023

It's no secret that Microsoft has had its eye on popular video game company Activision Blizzard, a byproduct of the 2008 merger between Activision and Vivendi Games, the latter of whom owned Blizzard Entertainm...

Multiple Blizzard Titles Including ‘World Of Warcraft’ And ‘Overwatch 2’ Shut Down In China As NetEase Partnership Comes To An End

Ryan Pearson

January 24, 2023

Video Games

Multiple Blizzard Entertainment have ceased operations in China, as they have been unable to repair their partnership with NetEase. Players face off against Umbrelskul in the The Azure Vault via World of Wa...

Junker Queen (Leah de Niese) makes her debut in Overwatch Animated Short | “The Wastelander” [4K], PlayOverwatch via YouTube

Activision Blizzard Financial Results For Second Quarter Of 2022 Shows Drops In Nearly Every Year-On-Year Metric, Revenue Down 28%

Ryan Pearson

August 5, 2022

Video Games

Activision Blizzard have announced their financial results for Q2 2022, showing year-on-year revenues have fallen in nearly every metric, amidst imminent Microsoft acquisition. Source: Sekiro: Shadows Die T...

World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight To Feature Body Type Instead Of Gender, Voice, And Potential Pronoun Selection

Ryan Pearson

July 26, 2022

Video Games

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will feature body types for player characters instead of gender, along with voice and pronoun selection. Source: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (2022), Blizzard Entert...

Blizzard Entertainment Now Requires World of Warcraft Players To Sign Anti-Harassment “Social Contract” Before Logging In

Ryan Pearson

June 14, 2022

Video Games

In their latest effort to try and rehabilitate their public image, Blizzard Entertainment has introduced a new anti-harassment "Social Contract" which World of Warcraft players must agree to before logging into...

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

Ryan Pearson

March 11, 2022

Video Games

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...

Blizzard Says Ongoing World of Warcraft Content Edits Being Done In Service Of Being “Inclusive”

Spencer Baculi

October 1, 2021

Video Games

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Amidst their ongoing effort to stealthily edit various World of Warcraft elements now deemed too ‘uncouth’ by the game’s more offense-prone players, Blizzard has finally addressed the situation and revealed tha...

Blizzard Censors ‘Sexualized’ Background Paintings Featured In World of Warcraft Since Launch

Spencer Baculi

September 21, 2021

Censorship, Video Games

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A pair of paintings featured in World of Warcraft since the game’s initial launch, one slightly sexualized and the other a bikini pinup, have been censored by Blizzard. Source: World of Warcraft: Shadowland...

Blizzard Announces Various World of Warcraft Locations and NPCs Will Be Renamed In Wake Of California Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Spencer Baculi

August 31, 2021

Video Games

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Activision Blizzard will rename various locations and NPCs featured in World of Warcraft following their decision to rename popular Overwatch gunslinger Jesse McCree. Source: World of Warcraft McCree was...

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