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

Complete coverage of Blizzard’s sexual discrimination and harassment scandal

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In the summer of 2021, Activision-Blizzard made headlines when the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a civil rights and equal pay...

Overwatch League loses more sponsors as workers expose Activision-Blizzard’s toxic culture

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The fallout from the sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard just keeps on dropping. Yesterday, more sponsors of the Overwatch League pulled support from...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: What do changes in Blizzard management mean for World of Warcraft?

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Blizzard is going through some changes at the moment. This is a good thing, as Blizzard has made it clear that it is a...
We never like these things.

Congress asks publishers to self-regulate lootboxes via a UK regulation that has nothing to do with lootboxes

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There are some Democrats in the US Congress that are hoping to do something about lootboxes in the country. That's good. They even went...
And STILL champEEEEN

Activision-Blizzard shareholder group blasts response to scandal, demands board reshuffle

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There's already a would-be class-action lawsuit from shareholders against Activision-Blizzard alleging that the company withheld important information about its legal turmoil, constituting fraud against...
Torgy torgy

Blizzard workers address the drawbacks of boycotts, gamers lament WoW’s deep decline

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Ever since California filed a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard in July, the industry has been appalled, but it's also been squabbling...

Diablo community manager recounts low pay, a sexually threatening culture, and mistreatment at Blizzard

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Back in March 2020, we reported on the departure of Diablo III community manager Brandy "Nevalistis" Camel, who noted in her statement that she...
This is going great.

Activision-Blizzard: Frances Townsend steps down from one studio post, Jeff Kurtenacker departs

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It's a day that ends in "y," which means there's another new development in the ongoing Blizzard sexual harassment and sexual discrimination scandal. This...
Over and over.

New exposé reveals still more layers of sexual harassment and discrimination at Blizzard

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Bloomberg has yet another piece up on the ongoing Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal, this one interviewing "more than 50 current and former...

Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal day 17: More esports sponsors consider abandoning Overwatch League

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In the course of our reporting on the ongoing Blizzard sexual harassment and sexual discrimination scandal that's now prompted multiple lawsuits, we noted that...
Sulking.

Vague Patch Notes: Blizzard may live on, but it will never be Blizzard again

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If you want to chart the moment when Blizzard stopped being Blizzard, you got a really nice data point when J. Allen Brack stepped...
Point.

Activision-Blizzard Day 14: Brack and Meschuk exits, fraud lawsuit, proto-union, and Q2 financials

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It's been a helluva Tuesday in the swamps of the Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal: The day opened with the departure of J. Allen Brack from...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2021: Activision revenues are up, Blizzard MAUs are down amid sexism scandal

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Back in May, we got quite a bit of unexpected attention here at MassivelyOP as the headline for our coverage of Activision-Blizzard's Q1 2021...

Blizzard’s J. Allen Brack is stepping down ahead of today’s investor call

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J. Allen Brack is out at Blizzard today ahead of the investor call this afternoon, replaced by a pair of co-leaders. Activision-Blizzard President and...

Former ArenaNet co-founder Jeff Strain calls for game dev unionization

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Jeff Strain, a former employee of Blizzard, former co-founder of ArenaNet, and current founder of Undead Labs, is joining the cavalcade of voices condemning...
We represent the short-term planning guild!

An Activision-Blizzard worker was arrested for bathroom peeping in 2018

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We're on day 10 of the Activision-Blizzard scandal - 10 days since we first learned California had filed a massive sexual discrimination and sexual...

Massively Overthinking: Has Blizzard’s sexism lawsuit changed your gaming plans?

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Following last week's disturbing revelation that Blizzard has been covering up more than a decade of abuse and that the state of California is...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: Why does this latest Blizzard scandal feel so different?

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I think anyone who has been a fan of World of Warcraft over the past two decades has been trying to parse out some...

Activision-Blizzard walkout organizers respond to Kotick, Kotaku exposes ‘Cosby suite’ attendees

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In response to Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's letter to staff last night, organizers of today's walkout have issued a response arguing that his letter...

Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick: ‘The leadership team has heard you loud and clear’

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As ATVI stock dips and Blizzard employees plan a walkout tomorrow, Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has finally publicly addressed the company's workers in regard...

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