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Blizzard Committed to Bringing Back BlizzCon in 2023 - Los Angeles Times Interview with Mike Ybarra
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Mike Ybarra announced that Blizzard is committed to bringing back BlizzCon in 2023.
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Microsoft Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Faces Scrutiny in the U.K.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is facing increased scrutiny from the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority, to determine whether the merger would hurt competition through higher prices, lower quality, or reduced choice.
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Expanding the Development Pipeline of World of Warcraft Bluepost
Following the recent news that Blizzard Entertainment had acquired the Spellbreak development studio Proletariat, Warcraft General Manager John Hight has shared the official announcement and a short blog post regarding the future of World of Warcraft content development.
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Blizzard Summertime Reading & Listening Recommendations
With summer upon us, many gamers will seek added ways to keep up on their favorite franchises while enjoying time outdoors. Fans can now consider the latest slate of novel, comic, soundtrack, and other offerings from Blizzard’s Overwatch®, Warcraft, and Diablo® universes as they spend time under the sun or chilling in the shade!
Please take a moment to consider our recommendations inside.
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Naxxramas Testing Clarifications on Season of Mastery
Blizzard has shared a Development Update, clarifying some information regarding the testing in Naxxramas on Season of Mastery.
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World of Warcraft: Complete Collection Now Available
Blizzard is now offering the World of Warcraft: Complete Collection bundle, which includes the Heroic Edition of Shadowlands and the Heroic Edition of the upcoming Dragonflight expansion.
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Activision Shareholders Against Board of Directors on Misconduct Report
In a rare move against the wishes of the Board of Directors, shareholders voted in favor of a proposal requiring Activision Blizzard to prepare a public annual report quantifying their efforts to prevent abuse, harassment, and discrimination of employees.
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Naxxramas Testing Begins June 23 on Season of Mastery PTR
Blizzard will open the Naxxramas raid for testing on the Season of Mastery Public Test Realm this upcoming Thursday.
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Expansion Releasing This Year!
The Dragonflight expansion Battle.net shop page is indicating that we will see the newest expansion released this year!
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Pre-Orders for World of Warcraft Dragonflight Now Available
Pre-orders for World of Warcraft Dragonflight are now available!
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Activision Blizzard Reports No Evidence of Systemic Harassment
In an SEC filing released today, Activision Blizzard has reported that there is no evidence to suggest that senior executives ever intentionally ignored or attempted to downplay the instances of gender harassment that occurred and were reported.
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New Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 Merchandise on Gear Store: Necromancer & Junker Queen
With the announcement of Diablo IV's Necromancer class and the October 4th release of Overwatch 2, the Blizzard Gear Store has revealed art prints and t-shirts to commemorate their upcoming releases. Last month they also added Sojourn art prints.
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Microsoft Will Support Raven Software Employee Union after Merger
During a remote meeting with Xbox Game Studios employees, Head of Gaming Phil Spencer said Microsoft will absolutely recognize and support Raven Software's Game Workers Alliance union after Activision merges into the company.
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Blizzard Employee LGBTQ+ Network Launches Pride Collection In Partnership with LGBTQ Center OC
In preparation for the upcoming Pride Month in June, Blizzard has released a Pride Collection on the official Blizzard Gear store! All purchase proceeds from May 27 through June 30, 2022 will be donated to the LGBTQ+ Center Orange County.
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Season of Mastery Realm Shadowstrike War Effort Bugged
Blizzard has shared a Blue Post explaining that the realm Shadowstrike has issues with auto-completion and being stuck on the resource delivery stage. Blizzard forced the gong to ring, starting the 10-hour war on the realm and will be looking into issues that might have caused the bugs.
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Activision Blizzard's Raven Software Union Vote Passes 19-3
The vote to unionize quality assurance employees at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software has passed! The National Labor Relations Board counted ballots via video conference today, in which 19 voted for and 3 against.
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Second Dinner Announces Marvel Snap - Super Hero Card Battler by Ben Brode
Second Dinner, an independent gaming studio created by former Hearthstone director Ben Brode, has announced Marvel Snap - a free-to-play mobile and PC card battler set within the Marvel comic book multiverse!
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Activision Blizzard Issues Update and Clarification Regarding Diversity Space Tool
Following community backlash regarding the Diversity Space Tool revealed earlier today, Activision Blizzard has issued a follow up statement and edited their blog post to clarify that the tool is not currently being used in active game development and has only been tested internally.
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King's Diversity Space Tool: A Leap Forward for Inclusion In Gaming
Activision Blizzard has released a blog detailing their Diversity Space Tool: a new system for character design which translates elements of diversity into character attributes to facilitate more diverse character narratives.
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WoW Classic Character Clone Service Retiring Soon
The option to clone characters to Classic Era Realms and Burning Crusade Classic is coming to an end soon, likely because of the upcoming transition into Wrath of the Lich King Classic. The Character Clone Service will be retired on July 26, 2022.
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