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The Daily Grind: Are you still excited for today’s BlizzCon reveals?
This is a rough year to be excited about BlizzCon. It was a rough year a while back, with World of Warcraft in the midst...
Our complete BlizzCon 2019 coverage
BlizzCon 2019 is upon us, set against the backdrop of a boycott over the Hearthstone mess, but we're covering Blizzard's annual fan convention just...
The Daily Grind: Will BlizzCon weaken gamers’ #BoycottBlizzard resolve?
Two forces are destined to collide at this coming weekend's BlizzCon: the force of fan fury over Blizzard's recent actions and the force of...
Mitsubishi dropped its Blizzard esports sponsorship following the Hong Kong fiasco
Were you thinking Blizzard was going to just coast into BlizzCon as if its "international incident" hadn't gripped the whole damn industry for a...
World of Warcraft will be locking down corruption values on the test server
The new Corrupted item system being tested for World of Warcraft has already received a fair amount of feedback, generally in the negative. The...
World of Warcraft: Classic layering, Corruption, and the BlizzCon Q&A
Layers! Huh! Good God, y'all, what are they good for? Keeping player populations in early phases of World of Warcraft: Classic at manageable levels (say...
Leaderboard: Will Blizzard announce Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon?
Among the many rumors being kicked around about BlizzCon is the rumor that the company is gearing up to announce a sequel to its...
The Daily Grind: What are you hoping to see in Diablo 4?
Rumors and leaks are making it seem ever more likely that Blizzard will finally reveal Diablo 4 at this year's BlizzCon, and though it...
German magazine ad appears to confirm impending announcement of Diablo 4
It's been long-rumored - and heck we all expected it last year - but it kinda looks like Diablo 4 has been confirmed by...
Complete coverage of Blizzard’s ‘Hong Kong liberation’ Blitzchung fiasco
In October of 2019, Blizzard made international news headlines when it banned a Hong Kong Hearthstone esports pro and two Taiwanese contracted casters over...
US politicians chastise Activision-Blizzard for its handling of the Hong Kong fiasco
If Blizzard thought its Hong Kong liberation fiasco couldn't possibly get worse than international headlines, a wide-ranging boycott, Riot Games' public pity, and a...
Riot Games expresses ’empathy’ for Blizzard after its Hong Kong fiasco
One might wonder why, possessed as it was of a pretty good week of announcements, Riot Games would willingly put Blizzard's One Ring on...
Massively Overthinking: Are you boycotting Blizzard?
Tyler's piece this week about the Blizzard he loved being dead actually brought tears to my eyes. It hurts to lose a game and...
Blizzard finally decides to ban the college Hearthstone team that called for a Blizzard boycott too
Did it bother you that Blizzard had punished Blitzchung over his Hong Kong liberation stunt but planned to permit American University players who similarly...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s nonpology and the ethics of boycotting
Last time we were here, we discussed the intensely shoddy ethics of Blizzard's behavior surrounding the banning of Hearthstone professional Ng "Blitzchung" Wai Chang....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.
Blizzard solves its ‘one company, two policies’ problem by hiding pro players and canceling an event
While many gamers are now looking ahead to BlizzCon for its reveals after the Hearthstone Hong Kong esports fiasco, I'm far more curious about...
The Daily Grind: Where do you go to get your World of Warcraft fix?
Following last week's nasty Blizzard Hong Kong mess, many players publicly stepped away from the studio and its games, in some cases deleting accounts...
BlizzCon protests begin to officially organize in response to the Hong Kong controversy
In news that will come as no surprise to anyone, word has surfaced of an organized protest scheduled for the first day of BlizzCon....
Blizzard finally addresses Hong Kong esports fiasco, reducing bans and reinstating prize money
All week, we've been covering the absolute chaos surrounding the punishment of pro Hearthstone esports player Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung, whom Blizzard banned along...
