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By Fire Be Purged – Cleaning the Blizzard Orc Statue with FIRE!
With some employees returning to Blizzard Entertainment’s Irvine campus after the holidays, we’re treated to a view of the famous Orc statue being cleaned… with fire!Sadly you won’t see the Orc bathing in an epic jet of flame, but it’s actually a fai…
Blizzard Under DDoS Attack – Battle.net Service Disconnects and Slow Login Attempts
Blizzard has announced on both their Customer Service Twitter and Battle.net Client that their authentication services are currently under a DDoS attack, which may lead to players experiencing Battle.net disconnects and slow login attempts. What is a D…
Activision Blizzard Announces New Workplace Responsibility Committee
In a late night press release, Activision Blizzard announced a new Workplace Responsibility Committee to oversee the company’s progress in successfully implementing new policies, procedures, and commitments to improve workplace culture and eliminate al…
Blizzard Employees Share What They’ve Done To Make #ABetterABK
It’s no understatement to say Activision Blizzard King has been under fire lately, largely due to ongoing revelations of long-term unchecked harassment and abuse of staff at the company. The workers themselves have mobilized to form @ABetterABK, an ABK…
Nintendo of America Distressed and Disturbed by Developments at Activision Blizzard
In a report shared by our sister site Fanbyte, Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser sent an email to all hands, calling the developments at Activision Blizzard "distressing and disturbing," in addition to "counter to my values, as w…
Bobby Kotick Will Consider Stepping Down if He Can’t Fix Problems at Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick purportedly told senior managers that he would consider leaving if he can’t fix the company’s cultural problems. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, this discussion followed a series of internal town hall meetin…
John “Sephuz” Yang Bids Farewell To Blizzard
John Yang bid farewell to Blizzard Entertainment today, after ten years and four months with the studio. Immortalized in-game by the legendaries Sephuz’s Secret, Memory of Sephuz, and Yang’s Recurve, the designer is credited with playing an unforgettab…