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Blizzard is continuing to clean up World of Warcraft, removing several risqué jokes and flirtatious lines of dialogue from the game.The changes appear to be live now on the Public Test Realm, or PTR, (as spotted by WoWHead) and come as part of the 9.1.5 patch.

World Of Warcraft nerf is to blame for the blockchain and resulting cryptocurrency he created.Spotted by PC Gamer, Buterin’s bio shares that World Of Warcraft is directly responsible for the Ethereum blockchain, which set off the Ether cryptocurrency and a large part of NFTs.To be precise, the exact moment was one day in 2010 when “Blizzard removed the damage component from my beloved Warlock’s Siphon Life spell.”Following the nerf, Buterin says he “cried myself to sleep” and, upon realising

Diablo 2: Resurrected means that some players cannot boot the game, but a fix is coming.The issue relates to how Blizzard built the remaster. Despite the game’s engine being very similar to the original, it has caused some problems running on older hardware.

Activision Blizzard since July, here’s a catch up of everything going on within the company in recent months.Legal troubles for Activision Blizzard started when the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing submitted a lawsuit against the company on July 20, 2021.At the heart of the lawsuit are allegations that Activision Blizzard is rife with a “frat boy workplace culture” that act as “a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women”.

Activision Blizzard has confirmed that Chacko Sonny, executive producer of Overwatch, is leaving the company this week.As reported by Bloomberg, Sonny is leaving Blizzard on Friday (September 24).

Activision Blizzard is being investigated by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission following allegations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct.The latest report comes from The Wall Street Journal where it was reported that the SEC has subpoenaed the company along with several current and former employees – including CEO Bobby Kotick – following the publisher’s handling of the lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing in July.SEC is reportedly looking

Call of Duty: Mobile Season 8 launches on Wednesday, September 22 at 1AM BST and players will be able to revisit the very first Call of Duty Battle Royale map – Blackout.To celebrate the second anniversary of Call of Duty: Mobile, Season 8 will introduce Blackout, a map first seen in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

Activision Blizzard, this time by its own employees, which accuses the company of using intimidation and “coercive tactics” against efforts to improve working conditions.As reported in Protocol, the lawsuit was filed by Communications Workers of America (CWA) – on behalf of Activision Blizzard employees as part of the “A Better ABK” collective, which has been organising for better working conditions.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorActivision Blizzard has hired Julie Hodges, a 32-year veteran of the Walt Disney Co., as its chief people officer.Hodges joins the games giant effective Sept.

NME is offering fans of the Call Of Duty franchise a chance to win a code for the Call Of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer beta, which is sure to be one of the biggest beta event this year.NME has teamed up with Activison Blizzard to give away free multiplayer beta codes of Call Of Duty: Vanguard for the PC, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.Call Of Duty: Vanguard is a historically-inspired World War II based first-person shooter from Sledgehammer Games.

World Of Warcraft Classic guild ‘APES’ has shut down, following guild leader Maitoz quitting the game after 15 years due to dissatisfaction with its current state.As spotted by Dexerto, Maitoz announced the closure of APES in a livestream on Thursday (September 9).  APES is a famous guild in the World Of Warcraft community, as it was the first group to clear the Molten Core and defeat Ragnaros in World Of Warcraft Classic back in 2019.Discussing his decision, Maitoz stated “enough is enough” and

Star Trek, GOG and Activision have brought back some of the most critically acclaimed Star Trek games including Star Trek: Elite Force II and Star Trek: Starfleet Command III.In all, six classic Star Trek games have been updated to run on modern PCs including Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force, Star Trek: Elite Force II, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, Star Trek: Starfleet Command III, Star Trek: Hidden Evil, and Star Trek: Away Team.

Call Of Duty: Warzone is reportedly generating £3.7million in revenue every single day, according to a financial report evaluating how much top-grossing games across the world make.In a study conducted by NetBet and spotted by Dot Esports, 24 months of “sales and revenue data” were examined to work out how much “top-grossing AAA and free to play (F2P)” are making, down to the very second.The study reports that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare brings in £1.3billion every year, which comes down to

Hearthstone players are unhappy with the pricing of card packs for the upcoming mercenaries mode.Blizzard has revealed a new Mercenaries mode is coming to Hearthstone. However, card packs containing Diablo, Sylvanas Windrunner, and the Lich King are listed at £45 ($50 USD), which has caused an outcry on social media.One user in r/Asmongold said, “Just when you thought Blizzard couldn’t go any lower: They create a Raid Shadow Legend clone for Hearthstone, and yes, you have to buy packs”.

Overwatch 2 may finally have a release window in sight, with reports that the hero shooter sequel could arrive in the second quarter of 2022.The timeline comes from a recent Dexerto report on the future of the competitive Overwatch League (OWL).

Activision Blizzard has announced a brand new Hearthstone Battlegrounds revamp for the game’s latest update.In a new blog post, the developer has shared information about the next Battlegrounds update for Hearthstone, saying it will be the biggest update to date.First up, the update will add a major minion shakeup, replacing 37 minions with brand new ones, which will possess a new ‘Avenge’ keyword skill. This will do “something after (x) after (x) friendly minions die”.

Blizzard’s classic RPG Diablo II has received many mods over its long lifetime, but the biggest, Median XL – Sigma, has recently been overhauled.The Meidan XL – Sigma mod has received a 2.0 version that changes nearly everything in Diablo 2 in small or large ways.

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that the upcoming World Of Warcraft update will remove developer names to “better reflect our shared values”.In a new tweet from the World Of Warcraft development team last night (August 27), Shadowlands update 9.1.5 will be going into the PTR next week and will introduce a bunch of changes to the game.“Over the past few weeks we shared an update, the WoW team has been focused on the immediate future – both for our players and workplace, and what’s next for

Activision Blizzard to include contracted workers.Read more: ‘Recompile’ review: a bite-sized but disappointing MetroidvaniaThe lawsuit, which was filed late last month, alleges Activision Blizzard employees face “constant sexual harassment, including groping, comments and advances” while at work.

Sledgehammer Games has said it may want to make other games, the studio has only developed games in the Call Of Duty franchise since its formation in 2009. Speaking to VentureBeat in a recent (August 18) interview, studio head Aaron Halon said: “We love our legacy and what we’ve created, but we also wanted to think about the future of the studio and how we could set ourselves up to be even stronger.”Sledgehammer Games has co-developed and took the lead on multiple titles in the franchise,

Diablo II: Resurrected open beta.The open beta begins simultaneously in all regions at 5 PM GMT August 20, which works out as 10 AM PDT, 1 PM EDT, 6 PM BST and 7 PM CEST.

Diablo II: Resurrected, Blizzard’s upcoming Diablo II remake is getting an open beta this weekend.The beta has already been running for almost a week – for those who pre-ordered or received a beta code via Twitch.

Activision Blizzard, which includes Candy Crush developer King, are claiming that recruiters are telling them to stop talking about the company’s toxic culture.The claim appears to have come from Valentine Powell, a senior UI engineer for World Of Warcraft, who tweeted yesterday (August 17), “I’m seeing recruiters approaching ABK workers who are pushing for change, telling them to stop being so loud.

Sledgehammer Games has just dropped the first official look at Call of Duty: Vanguard.The 100-second video compiles previously “leaked” clips of various deserted World War 2 battlegrounds alongside new footage with some bonus, eerie images of faces thrown in for good measure.Fans online have already started piecing together the clues from the clips and it looks like various characters will be based on real life soldiers who fought in World War 2.The video comes with the tagline “see them rise”

Content warning: this news story mentions topics involving death, murder and violenceAn arrest has been made in connection with the murder of Christiane Louise, who voiced Mercy in the Brazillian voice over for Overwatch.News of the actress’s death spread online last week, as members of the Overwatch community and the wider gaming community expressed their sadness over the news.

Activision Blizzard over alleged sexual harassment, a new report claims that the company has been deadnaming transgender quality assurance (QA) staff.The report, from Kotaku, states that the company will “almost always default to legal names,” a QA tester at a contract QA studio claimed.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will be receiving a weapon rebalancing update, according to Treyarch.The company confirmed that several weapons will be altered in the patch, including SMGs, assault rifles, and dual wield pistols. The EM2 rifle and TEC-9 SMG will both be available as new weapons during Season Five.In the full release notes, each weapon change is detailed, providing a rationale for the selection and technical adjustments to be made to each one.

Diablo II: Resurrected, the upcoming Diablo II remaster from Blizzard, won’t include TCP/IP multiplayer despite previous promises.During a recent blog post, Blizzard revealed that Diablo II: Resurrected won’t include the classic TCP/IP multiplayer options – a firm favourite for LAN parties in the past.“TCP/IP support will not be available in the upcoming Beta or the final game,” they confirmed.

Blizzard Entertainment employees – two key Diablo IV figures and a World Of Warcraft designer – are no longer with the company.Diablo IV game director Luis Barriga and its lead level designer Jesse McCree, as well as World of Warcraft designer Jonathan LeCraft, have left the video game company, reports Kotaku.

Blizzard Entertainment‘s games has fallen from 46million players to 26million.As reported in GameRant, the drastic decline of players of Blizzard’s games – which include World Of Warcraft, Overwatch and Hearthstone – was revealed during Activision Blizzard‘s latest earnings call, with a chart shared on Reddit.The studio hits its peak in Q2 2021 with 46million monthly active users, a year following the launch of both Overwatch and WoW‘s Legion expansion.This figure has however continued falling

Activision Blizzard investment group spoke out against the company’s response to the lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment.In an exclusive letter from SOC executive director Dieter Waizenegger to Axios, the Activision Blizzard shareholder says that recent promises don’t go “nearly far enough to address the deep and widespread issues with equity, inclusion, and human capital management.”“No changes have been announced with respect to executive pay,” the letter adds.“Either with respect to

Overwatch 2 being released in 2022 is very unlikely, as development is taking “longer than expected”.Overwatch streamer Metro tweeted that they had “heard from multiple people” that development on the much-awaited sequel is taking longer than expected, pushing the game to release a year later than was initially hoped.OW2 NewsI've heard from multiple people close to my original source with OW2 that the development is taking longer than expected.

Overwatch League may be about to lose more sponsorships in the wake of a lawsuit alleging abuse and sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard.As reported in The Washington Post, Coca-Cola and State Farm are reassessing their partnerships with the Overwatch League.

World Of Warcraft streamer Asmongold says that the community is trash compared to Final Fantasy XIV’s.In a recent Twitch stream Asmongold, a prominent figure in World Of Warcraft’s community, has agreed with another streamer on opinions about the WoW community. He said that:“I saw a clip of Esfand talking about how the Final Fantasy community is a better community than the WoW community, in terms of like being supportive etc.

Diablo Immortal has had its release date pushed back to 2022, following player feedback from a recent closed alpha test of the game.In a blog post, developer Blizzard Entertainment says “the game is now planned for release in the first half of 2022, which will allow us to add substantial improvements to the whole game”.Blizzard added that it “has been tuning core and endgame features”, with an emphasis on iterating and improving PvP content “to make it more accessible”, as well as fine-tuning

Blizzard Entertainment following the ongoing lawsuit and allegations on abuse and sexual harassment that has rocked the company in recent weeks.As reported in Bloomberg, an Activision Blizzard spokesperson has confirmed that Jesse Meschuk, formerly Blizzard’s senior vice president of HR, is “no longer with the company”.Meschuk was the most senior figure in Blizzard’s HR, which allegedly worked to cover up abuses.