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‘We do not serve Activision Blizzard’: Furious WoW players stage protest against Blizzard
Following yesterday's revelation that the state of California is suing Activision-Blizzard in a 29-page complaint that alleges a serious pattern of sexual harassment and...
Ubisoft’s sexual harassment and racism scandal extended to Skull & Bones studio in Singapore
We realize that Activision-Blizzard's horrifying sexual misconduct and discrimination lawsuit stole all the headlines last night and will probably dominate the news cycle for...
California sues Activision-Blizzard over discrimination and sexist, toxic work culture
Activision-Blizzard has had an abysmal couple of years, and it's about to get much worse, as the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing...
The MOP Up: World War II Online divides into two battle fronts
Even as World War II Online (aka Battleground Europe) kicked off its 183rd campaign this past week, the studio is running a spin-off game...
Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
U.S. Department of Justice investigates Overwatch League over salary concerns
While Blizzard wants as many eyes as possible on its Overwatch franchise, the studio could probably do without the recent gaze of the U.S....
A slim majority of Acti-Blizz investors approved its ‘say-on-pay’ policy after vote extension
Score another win for the C-suite.
As we've been covering, Activision-Blizzard investors purportedly represented by CtW Investment Group had been agitating to vote down the...
Activision-Blizzard extends contentious shareholder vote on executive pay
MMO readers will recall that earlier this year, the industry erupted over a public relations fiasco Activision-Blizzard failed to adequately counter: In the midst...
The sun is setting on Need for Speed’s online offerings, Call of Duty Online in China, and multiple SUBA MMOs
I'd like to say that a roundup of impending sunsets is a first on MOP, but this is 2021, the year Gamigo sunsetted a...
Blizzard is already cracking down on Diablo II Resurrected modders and hackers
Apparently, Blizzard has decided to crack all the way down on the modding community that's popped up around Diablo II: Resurrected.
Following the technical alpha...
New Blizzard analysis chronicles the studio’s five-year decline and developer exodus
The slow decline of Blizzard has been exhaustively covered over the last couple of years, but sometimes, it's more jolting to see it all...
Here’s how Geoff Keighley aims to improve on 2020’s neverending summer of not-E3
I'm super grateful to all the organizations and games companies that did their level best to provide convention entertainment last summer when the pandemic...
Activision-Blizzard wins a nine year-long patent infringement lawsuit
Today in "our legal system is absurdist and utterly broken probably beyond any and all hope of repair" news, Activision-Blizzard can now officially claim...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2021: Blizzard lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years
Welcome back, my friends: It's time for another Activision-Blizzard investor report, and we're expecting this one to be a ride. Readers will recall that...
Massively Uplifting: Gaming charity endeavors support vets, autism, and AbleGamers
While still sneaking some spring snow in (bad weather!), April also showered us with some uplifting moments and goodness. Warm fuzzies are far better...
Activision-Blizzard is halving Bobby Kotick’s exorbitant salary and bonuses
Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick made headlines back in March when on the same day the company was going through its (at least) fourth round of...
Activision launches lawsuit against indie game dev over Warzone trademark
RPS has a juicy piece up this week on a lawsuit Activision is waging against an indie game developer that should probably prompt Activision...
The MOP Up: Skyforge takes Switch players to the moon
Earlier this year, Nintendo Switch users were treated to a full-fledged MMORPG with the launch of Skyforge on the platform. Now, Skyforge is taking...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 314: Blizzard’s a hot mess
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Wildwood, Astellia, SWTOR's next big thing, Magic Legends, and the Activision-Blizzard layoffs, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on the hot mess known as Blizzard.
Blizzard admits to more layoffs, starts up alumni network
Last week, Blizzard Entertainment began laying off 190 employees, 50 of whom reportedly came from esports and live events. Now we know which other...
