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Blizzard Entertainment Will Be Renaming Other Characters Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal 2734

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Earlier this week, Blizzard Entertainment announced that they were renaming the Overwatch character McCree after the employee that the character was named after, Jesse McCree, was fired from the company as part of Activision Blizzard’s efforts to clean house amid the sexual harassment and discrimination scandal that’s gripping the company. In addition to requiring extra man hours to roll out [...]

Activision Blizzard Shareholders Demand Policy Changes Amid Sexual Harassment Controversy t1o50

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It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Activision Blizzard in the wake of the sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by California’s DFEH. Since news of the lawsuit came out, players have been boycotting and leaving the company’s games in droves. Shareholders who aren’t happy with how the company’s executives responded to the mess have also filed their own [...]

Activision Blizzard Employees Attest To ‘Frat Boy’ Culture And Harassment In New Exposé 29s1m

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Activision Blizzard continues to feel the backlash of the ongoing sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit as Bloomberg publishes a new exposé with firsthand s from former and current employees of the company. These employees further attested to the fact that the executives themselves were a party to the alleged frat boy culture and incidents of sexual harassment within the company. [...]

Apex Legends Averaged 13 Million Weekly Active Players During Season 9 (Likely More than ALL Blizzard Games Combined) 5dh4f

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Electronic Arts published their Q2, 2021 earnings report yesterday and in it they disclosed that Apex Legends, their hit battle royale game, averaged 13 million weekly active players during Season 9. The game also broke a new record for peak daily players, but a specific concurrent number wasn't disclosed. Just to put that 13 million "weekly active players" number into [...]

J. Allen Brack And Head Of HR Jesse Meschuk Leave Activision Blizzard Amid Controversial Lawsuit 2o1ze

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Blizzard Entertainment President J. Allen Brack has left the company “to pursue new opportunities” amid the controversial sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard by the state of California. The announcement was made in a press release welcoming Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra as the new co-leaders of the company the morning of yesterday’s Q2 2021 investor report. [...]

Blizzard Entertainment 3D Artist Confirms Warcraft Mobile Game Is In Development 1w136d

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Since 2017, there have been rumors that Blizzard Entertainment is working on a Warcraft mobile game. Those rumors were confirmed earlier this month when the company’s executives revealed that multiple Warcraft mobile games are already in advanced stages of development during their Q4 2020 investor call. The announcement was further validated with a tweet from Clayton Chod, a 3D environment [...]

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We’re just a few days away from BlizzConline, this year’s entirely-free and fully-digital version of BlizzCon, Blizzard Entertainment’s annual fan convention. The two-day event will feature the usually array of keynote speeches, announcements, community activities, and Q&A sessions for Blizzard’s popular games but in virtual form. If you have questions about World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, or the Diablo franchise that [...]

Blizzard Entertainment Unveils 30th Anniversary Trailer And Commemorative Merchandise 2x5q1h

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BlizzCon 2021, a.k.a. BlizzConline, is fast-approaching and Blizzard Entertainment is drumming up the hype for the fully-digital event and the studio’s 30th birthday the only way they know, with a new trailer and a quick look at official BlizzCon merchandise which will be available for purchase when the event kicks off on February 19. The new BlizzCon merchandise will include [...]

BlizzCon 2021 Goes Fully-Digital And Will Be Free-To-Watch Worldwide This February 1tu3d

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After being cancelled last year due to the pandemic, BlizzCon is back in a completely virtual format this year dubbed BlizzConline. The free-to-watch virtual convention will run from February 19th to February 20th and will feature a Community Showcase that will give Blizzard fans the chance to show off their talents and creativity. “One of the events we’re planning for [...]

Get Great Discounts On Almost Every Blizzard Entertainment Game In This Year’s Holiday Sale 3xb5b

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Blizzard Entertainment is offering huge discounts on almost all of their games in this year’s Ho-Ho-Holiday Sale. “Winter is here. The days are growing shorter, the layers of clothing are growing thicker, and people around the world are getting ready to celebrate the holidays. If you are looking for some last-minute digital presents for your friends that won’t get stuck [...]