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Important to MMO players primarily for its relationship to Blizzard aka Blizzard Entertainment.

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World of Warcraft attempts to diversify its player council as Microsoft prioritizes Activision-Blizzard corporate culture

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The player council for World of Warcraft has already been formed and provided feedback, but Blizzard has made it clear that the initial lineup was...
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Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?

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Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...

Microsoft says that it will keep Activision Blizzard games on Sony’s PlayStation

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If you were worried that the sale of Activision Blizzard might leave a good portion of the gaming console community without their Orcs, superheroes,...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

The Daily Grind: Are you going to play New Blizzard’s mobile games?

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One of the big takeaways from the Activision-Blizzard investor report last week was the reminder mobile is still a cash cow for the company....

Diablo II Resurrected plans Patch 2.4 ladder testing in the very near future

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Diablo II: Resurrected is continuing to turn the knobs on its ballyhooed Patch 2.4 as PTR testing has moved along. The next step in...

WoW Classic updates its list of servers offering free realm transfers

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Those who are looking to move to new server pastures in WoW Classic but were limited in their choices are waking up to some...

The Daily Grind: Do you even want a survival game from Blizzard?

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Last week, amid the Microsoft buyout and unionization/unionbusting within Activision, Blizzard boldly, absurdly stepped forward and announced that it was hiring for a survival...

Activision-Blizzard Q4 2021: Blizzard lost another 2M monthly actives as ABK revenue holds steady

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Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As readers are aware, the company, its leadership, and its games have been the...
Point.

The FTC will investigate the Microsoft Acti-Blizz buyout, company to skip Q4 conference call

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When Microsoft announced that it was buying Activision-Blizzard - that was just two weeks ago, to put time into perspective - we knew the...
Thanks, I hate it.

Sony boss stresses that Bungie acquisition is about multiplatform live service games

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If you were worried about the future of Destiny 2 on your platform of choice, the latest interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan...

Blizzard’s recently announced survival title has been developing for just over four years

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Blizzard's "unannounced survival game," which recently started seeking new roles to flesh out its dev team, certainly came as a surprise to many fans,...
Ponder the acquisition

Sony is acquiring Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6 billion

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The acquisition train just keeps on rolling, as Sony announced today that it's acquiring developer Bungie for $3.6 billion US. Bungie is best known...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

Union asks SEC to investigate Activision-Blizzard’s ‘inaccurate and misleading’ acquisition statements

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Part of the process necessary for Microsoft to buyout Activision-Blizzard is its submission of a disclosure letter to the SEC about its current state...
Popcorn appropriately.

Raven Software files for union election after ActiBlizz ignores recognition request

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Activision Blizzard's Raven Software has moved forward with its next step in officially forming its Game Workers Alliance union. Readers will recall that ActiBlizz...
A world of disappointments.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 357: Microsoft swallows Blizzard whole

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Justin and Bree discuss the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout, the EverQuest franchise roadmaps, Nightingale's ex-MMO status, Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, and the Riot MMO, with adventures in LOTRO and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on Blizzard and games made for streaming.

Blizzard is hiring for a new unnamed survival game set in an ‘all-new universe’

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We've long known that Blizzard is working on several new unannounced games, but today, the company has confirmed that one of them is a...
Paws for impact.

MMO Business Roundup: Unionbusting, Kakao, sportswashing, DDOS attacks, plagiarism, and PUBG

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO- and MMO-adjacent industry news. I'm sorry. Raven Software: The internal Activision studio that saw first a strike and...

Activision’s Raven Software workers end strike pending official recognition of its union

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The strike from ActiBlizz's Raven Software, which was kicked off when QA workers were facing surprise firings before the holidays after being told some...

The MOP Up: Anvil hitches up its combat pants as it looks at 2022

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Coop shooter Anvil pushed out its first update since the game's December early access launch. The patch brings in balance adjustments, a new relic,...

Activision-Blizzard’s Raven Software is formally unionizing

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Perhaps ignoring and gaslighting the strikers wasn't the best move for Activision after all: WAPO reports that "over 30" QA testers at Activision's Raven...

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