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Riot Games’s $100M discrimination lawsuit settlement is final with over 2000 women and contractors benefiting
Before the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal blew up last year, the games industry was fixed on the 2018 Riot Games sexual harassment...
Jagex acquires US-based work-for-hire game developer Pipeworks Studios
Jagex, which is best known around these parts as the company behind RuneScape and Old School RuneScape as well as the publisher of Space...
WoW Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King launches September 26 according to yet another Blizzard leak
Sooooo either Blizzard's web team had another oopsie or somebody really wanted to distract everyone from the fact that Activision-Blizzard workers staged a walkout...
It’s been exactly one year since Activision-Blizzard’s sexual discrimination and harassment scandal broke out
One year ago today, I was puttering around in the evening, probably playing video games, when our tipbox exploded with the news that a...
MMO Business Roundup: Blizzard Albany’s union, BioWare Pride, Sony’s antitrust lawsuit, and the P2E ‘hustle’
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Activision-Blizzard: Another group of QA testers within Activision-Blizzard have announced they're...
Diablo Immortal adds a class change feature, Hero’s Journey endgame activity, and new Helliquary boss
Players of Diablo Immortal have some new content to sink their teeth in to with this week's update, with some events, endgame activities, and...
Diablo IV goes up on PlayStation store, beta access guaranteed with tattoos
Some movement this week in Diablo IV's quarters, as the official PlayStation store page for the upcoming ARPG went live. While the page doesn't...
World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight alpha removes gendered body type text, briefly adds selectable pronouns
There are a lot of features present in the first alpha test of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, but one feature that wasn't highlighted directly...
World of Warcraft Dragonflight begins its first alpha test, previews the Azure Span and crafting updates
World of Warcraft has taken its very first step in bringing Dragonflight to the wider world. Today begins the expansion's very first alpha test...
Activision-Blizzard is using some of its $250M diversity fund to convert and ‘uplevel’ new game devs
If you can't hire them, then buy them or build them, right? Activision-Blizzard's already done some buying; now it's time for building, as last...
World of Warcraft’s latest Dragonflight talent tree previews feature the Rogue and Hunter
Hunters and Rogues of World of Warcraft, the time to get a peek at your Dragonflight talent trees is now. Blizzard has once again...
Diablo III’s Season 27 will let players craft the perfect gear (literally)
Getting the weapon with the right stats that are perfect for your class in Diablo III is looking to get a whole lot easier...
MMO Business Roundup: Preservation, charity, modding, memes, and Microsoft’s merger
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business.
Microsoft ABK: It's not just the US digging into Microsoft's...
Blizzard bought out Spellbreak’s Proletariat to shore up the World of Warcraft team
Hey, remember Spellbreak? It was a 2020 battle royale that was actually pretty well-liked around here, though it's been quiet the last few months....
Hearthstone’s Murder at Castle Nathria expansion brings a murder mystery and new card types on August 2
Hearthstone is once again playing around with the lore and setting it's based on, though considering this all takes place in the Shadowlands -...
Overwatch 2 will officially be a replacement for the original shooter when it launches October 4
A recent AMA held by the devs of Overwatch has officially confirmed what many people perhaps anticipated: When the sequel goes live on October...
These are the online gaming companies supporting reproductive choice and healthcare for workers
When news of the impending overturn of Roe v. Wade in the United first leaked in early May, so few games companies spoke up...
Diablo Immortal player outlines how he used 600M gold from World of Warcraft to buff his gems
By now, players of Diablo Immortal are likely familiar with the Redditor Daymeeuhn; he's the guy who first calculated the real money cost to...
Overwatch 2 takes a closer look at Junker Queen’s suite of abilities
Now that the new tank character Junker Queen is confirmed as part of the Overwatch 2 roster, players are likely going to be curious...
Activision-Blizzard shareholders reject employee Board rep, approve workplace abuse reports
So we've got good news and bad news when it comes to the brief Activision-Blizzard stockholder meeting and vote yesterday.
The shareholders, representing almost 83%...
