Home MMORPG blizz hong kong drama – inpost roundup (med temp dated)
October 12, 2020: Not So Massively: Reflections on Blizzard, one year after the Hong Kong fiasco
February 5, 2020: Leaderboard: Four months after the Blitzchung Hong Kong mess, are you still boycotting Blizzard?
January 24, 2020: Blitzchung: No regrets for speaking up for Hong Kong despite Hearthstone suspension
November 20, 2019: Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick downplays the role of politics in games
November 14, 2019: J. Allen Brack says the Blitzchung incident ‘exposed some immaturity’ in Blizzard
November 9, 2019: Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan thinks Blizzard’s Blitzchung punishment was too harsh
November 6, 2019: Vague Patch Notes: Ethics, PR stunts, and the BlizzCon apology
November 6, 2019: BlizzCon protesters remain unmoved by Blizzard apology as industry groups propose unified esports principles
November 5, 2019: Even some Hearthstone devs thought Blizzard overreacted in the Hearthstone fiasco
November 2, 2019: Despite BlizzCon apology, Blizzard stands behind ‘Hong Kong liberation’ suspensions
November 1, 2019: BlizzCon 2019: Here’s Blizzard’s apology for its Hearthstone esports disaster
October 29, 2019: Mitsubishi dropped its Blizzard esports sponsorship following the Hong Kong fiasco
October 25, 2019: Lawful Neutral: What’s China really worth to the Western gaming industry?
October 18, 2019: US politicians chastise Activision-Blizzard for its handling of the Hong Kong fiasco
October 18, 2019: Riot Games expresses ’empathy’ for Blizzard after its Hong Kong fiasco
October 17, 2019: Massively Overthinking: Are you boycotting Blizzard?
October 16, 2019: Blizzard finally decides to ban the college Hearthstone team that called for a Blizzard boycott too
October 16, 2019: WoW Factor: Blizzard’s nonpology and the ethics of boycotting
October 15, 2019: Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’
October 15, 2019: Overwatch brings back Halloween today but cancels the Nintendo Switch launch event
October 15, 2019: Blizzard solves its ‘one company, two policies’ problem by hiding pro players and canceling an event
October 14, 2019: Not So Massively: The Blizzard I loved is dead
October 14, 2019: BlizzCon protests begin to officially organize in response to the Hong Kong controversy
October 11, 2019: Blizzard finally addresses Hong Kong esports fiasco, reducing bans and reinstating prize money
October 11, 2019: League of Legends tells casters and pro players to avoid ‘sensitive issues’ at the World Champs
October 11, 2019: Blizzard dev says there’s no internal comms over Hong Kong fiasco: ‘It’s pulling our teams apart at the seams’
October 11, 2019: Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of Chinese corruption
October 11, 2019: Blizzard won’t punish the US college Hearthstone players who protested in support of Blitzchung – so they quit
October 10, 2019: Analysts fret over Blizzard’s prospects following wildly unpopular ban of Hong Kong Hearthstone esports star
October 9, 2019: Global Chat: The Hearthstone Hong Kongstraversy
October 9, 2019: WoW Factor: The shabby ethics of Blizzard’s ‘Hong Kong liberation’ ban
October 9, 2019: Players, pros, and politicians join in protest over Blizzard’s censorship of Hong Kong Hearthstone pro
October 8, 2019: Blizzard bans Hearthstone esports player and fires casters over pro-Hong Kong protest
