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Former World of Warcraft Dev Mark Kern Responds To Rumors of Blizzard Turmoil: “The Attitude Described About Monetization, How Devs View Gamers, And Hate Of Streamers Is True Overall In AAA Dev”

July 14, 2021

In response to rumors that Blizzard is currently bleeding players and struggling to retain interest in their titles, Em8er developer and original World of Warcraft team lead Mark Kern recently offered his opini...

As Monthly Active Users For Blizzard Decline In The Millions, World Of Warcraft Reveals Classic Character Is Transgender

John F. Trent

May 17, 2021

Video Games

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World of Warcraft Narrative Lead and Principal Narrative Designer at Blizzard Steve Danuser confirmed that the classic World of Warcraft character Chromie is transgender. The character's transgender reveal c...

Voice Actor Quinton Flynn Replaced In World of Warcraft and No More Heroes III

Spencer Baculi

April 20, 2021

Video Games

Veteran voice actor Quinton Flynn has been replaced as the voice actor for Kael’thas Sunstrider in World of Warcraft and Henry Cooldown in No More Heroes III after accusations of sexual misconduct were leveled ...

Multiple World of Warcraft Authors Including L.L. McKinney And Catherynne M. Valente Express Racist Anti-White Beliefs

Spencer Baculi

October 6, 2020

Books, Video Games

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Following the rediscovery of anti-white, anti-male tweets by World of Warcraft: Shadows Rising author Madeleine Roux, fans have discovered that similar rhetoric has been shared on the Twitter profiles of four a...

World of Warcraft Shadowlands Novel Author Madeleine Roux Mocks Fans In Response To Discovery Of Racist Anti-White, Anti-Male Tweets

Spencer Baculi

October 3, 2020

Books, Video Games

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Madeleine Roux, the author of the official Blizzard World of Warcraft Novel ‘Shadows Rising,’ has met fan concerns over her recently rediscovered history of anti-white, anti-male tweets with mockery and dismiss...

Blizzard Censors Single Curse Word in Years-Old World of Warcraft Dialogue

Jorge Arenas

August 28, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

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It seems that Blizzard Entertainment is combing through their smash hit MMORPG World of Warcraft for anything problematic, as the gaming studio has recently removed a single swear word from a piece of dialogue ...

Blizzard Watch Fan Site Cites Black Lives Matter Movement As Reason to End “World of Warcraft’s Race War”

Jorge Arenas

August 17, 2020

Video Games

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The war against fantasy races and immersion has entered into the world of Azeroth, as a recent opinion piece published by general Blizzard fan site Blizzard Watch has called for the "end of race-based factions"...

World of Warcraft To Introduce Transgender Character and Gay Pirate Couple In Upcoming Shadowlands Expansion

Jorge Arenas

July 10, 2020

Video Games

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World of Warcraft recently announced they will be introducing a transgender character as well as a gay pirate couple in their upcoming Shadowlands expansion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4gBChg6AII Ea...

Former World of Warcraft Pro And Twitch Creator Reckful Passes Away From Suicide

Drew Taylor

July 4, 2020

Celebrity, Video Games

Twitch streamer Byron "Reckful" Bernstein, who was previously a pro World of Warcraft player, passed away on July 2nd reportedly taking his own life. Bernstein was only 31 years old. A series of tweets sp...

Rumor: Blizzard Losing Key Employees From World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Starcraft

Drew Taylor

November 20, 2019

Video Games

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A new rumor details that Blizzard is losing key employees from World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Starcraft. The rumor comes from YouTuber The Quartering, who notes many of these high profile employees left d...

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