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Activision-Blizzard continues obstructing QA worker unionization with latest appeal
A few weeks ago, the QA division of Blizzard Albany - that is, the studio formerly known as Vicarious Visions that is working on...
Diablo IV devs talk up the ARPG’s ‘return to darkness’ in the tonal and literal sense
Dark. Darkity dark dark. Darkness. It's what the devs of Diablo IV have crowed about before, and it's the subject of discussion once again...
Overwatch 2 dev hints at more support heroes as Blizzard sends out a monetization survey to players
Overwatch 2 is continuing its tuning and adjustment efforts, or at least is planning to by all accounts. After the shooter put out an...
Overwatch 2 previews character balance adjustments arriving November 15
If you're finding life in Overwatch 2 to be more than a little hellish and were worried that changes wouldn't be coming until Season...
Former Diablo producer discusses Activision’s heavy hand as Diablo Immortal adds character transfers
It's slowly becoming more obvious that the merger between Blizzard and Activision has had an indelible effect on the games coming from the studio,...
Activision-Blizzard’s petition to dismiss discrimination suit was thrown out, company faces fresh unfair labor practice charges
The legal woes for Blizzard continue to stack up today as the company has both lost an attempt to dismiss the California gender discrimination...
Overwatch 2’s flawed design and gamer toxicity drive off support players – and drive up queues
It looks like some bad apples in the Overwatch 2 community and some overall poor design are spoiling the bunch for everyone. The game's...
UK regulatory body puts out a call for public evidence and opinions on the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout
The ongoing scrutiny of Microsoft's enormous purchase of Activision-Blizzard by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has entered its next phase. The CMA has...
Blizzard Albany’s Diablo QA wins right to unionize as NLRB rejects Activision-Blizzard challenge
It's a good day for games industry workers as Activision-Blizzard has once again failed to suppress the burgeoning worker unions forming within the company:...
Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 employees across the entire company, including at its Xbox division
Much of the discussion around Microsoft is unsurprisingly focused on its attempt to buy up all of Activision-Blizzard to the tune of $70 billion,...
UK government argues that Microsoft has incentives to block Sony’s access to Call of Duty
The big money acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft has been running afoul of the UK government for the better part of a month now,...
Activision-Blizzard is being sued by yet another of its sexual harassment victims
Well, damn. We saw this story floating around the other day with weak tabloid-esque sourcing, but now it's been confirmed by the attorney: Yet...
Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack, accidentally removes everyone’s earned heroes
The goof parade that is Overwatch 2 keeps marching along, regrettably. The most recent SNAFU suffered by players of the game involved an intended...
China celebrates the launch of WoW’s Wrath Classic with a dazzling drone light show
No matter how excited you may have been for the launch of World of Warcraft Classic's Wrath of the Lich King expansion (assuming you...
Overwatch 2’s first big update tackled SMS Protect as Blizzard teases Kiriko animated short
As promised, Blizzard patched Overwatch 2 overnight, effectively nullifying the deeply unpopular "SMS Protect" feature that required all players to link specific types of...
Labor board determines Activision-Blizzard retaliated against unionizers, Microsoft launches acquisition website
Last spring, Activision-Blizzard was hard at work trying to suppress the burgeoning unionization movement within its walls, spearheaded by QA testers at Raven Software,...
Overwatch 2 outlines global release timing and a pre-launch checklist as the original shooter goes offline
A new era of Overwatch is just around the corner. The sequel to the hero shooter - or at least its PvP portion -...
Controversial ActiBlizz exec Frances Townsend moves roles to ‘senior counsel’ to Bobby Kotick
It's always good to try to hide your corporate-level shenaniganry late on a Friday, but that's pretty much what Activision Blizzard did in announcing...
Overwatch 2 details a host of changes being made to competitive play
An arguably heavy-handed free-to-play setup isn't the only thing that's going to be different in Overwatch 2. The shooter is also looking to use...
Overwatch 2 plans to combat player toxicity and secure accounts with a ‘defense matrix’
Wrath what? Blizzard doesn't have time to think about the immediate past when it has another launch coming right around the corner. Next week,...
