As fans watched the Bastion rework video revealed during the Overwatch League Grand Finals last night, a diligent Redditor noticed that a reference to former game director and longtime Blizzard developer Jeff Kaplan appears to have been removed from Ov…
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Overwatch Executive Producer Chacko Sonny Leaving Blizzard Entertainment
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has reported that Overwatch 2 Executive Producer Chacko Sonny will be leaving Blizzard Entertainment this Friday. The five year production director and executive producer announced his departure in an email to staff, saying t…
Chief Legal Officer Claire Hart Leaves Blizzard Entertainment
Chief Legal Officer Claire Hart left Blizzard Entertainment today after more than three years with the studio, sharing a brief farewell message over Linkedin. While there’s nothing to directly link her departure to the recent legal issues at the compan…
SEC Investigating Activision Blizzard Regarding Improper Disclosures of Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been added to the list of agencies investigating Activision Blizzard. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the SEC is requesting information to discern whether Activision and its executives prope…
Activision Blizzard Hires Julie Hodges as Chief People Officer & Sandeep Dube as Chief Commercial Officer
Activision Blizzard announced the hiring of two new senior executives today, naming Julie Hodges as Chief People Officer and and Sandeep Dube as Chief Commercial Officer. Said by CEO Bobby Kotick, "these two outstanding leaders from companies with…
Communications Workers of America Files Unfair Labor Charges Against Activision Blizzard
The Communications Workers of America union has filed unfair labor charges against Activision Blizzard, alleging the company has used coercive rules and tactics in an attempt to prevent employees from organizing to demand a more equitable workplace, su…
Shadowlands 30% Off Through September 12th – Blizzard Announces Battle.net Game Discounts
Blizzard has announced a series of discounts on Battle.net games, including 30% off the Shadowlands base edition through September 12th. Other Battle.net bundles are on sale through September 6th, such as 20% off the Celebration Collection.BlizzardNow …
Blizzard Renaming Characters and Cities to Remove References to Former WoW Developers
Following the announcement that the Overwatch hero McCree would be renamed, Blizzard is taking further action to remove references to former developers from their games. In an article by The Washington Post, employees have let it be known that similar …