Everyone has a fighting chance
Swords of Legends Online is a weird MMO for Bradford. On one hand it is a beautiful world full of interesting locations and awe-inspiring lanscapes. However, the lack of a West Coast server, as well general absence of polish really sours the experience thus far in our review in progress.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has finally addressed the allegations levied against the publisher in a public statement sent to employees earlier this evening. The statement calls the company’s initial responses "tone deaf" as he thanked employees who have come forward in recent days.
EVE Online’s Grand Heist is underway, so capsuleers will want to start putting together their crew to try to ge their hands on the trillions of ISK up for grabs.
World of Warcraft’s team finally put out a statement in the wake of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit which broke news last week. The statement, which doesn’t directly reference the lawsuit or any specific actions alleged by the California agency which filed the complaint, the statement does acknowledge the hurt caused at the studio and affirms its stance to "take immediate action" to better protect its workers and players.
Pathfinder Online’s developers made the announcement today that the MMO will be coming to a close, sunsetting on November 28th. The MMO, which was Kickstarted for over a million dollars back in 2012, has seen its fair share of struggles over the years. However, Paizo has announced that the game will be coming to a close later this year, though they do state they will be working on a storyline for players to enjoy till the end.
Earlier today, the organizers of the Penny Arcade Expo have announced that the upcoming PAX West 2021 will have stricter Covid-19 policies in play. While before the event was simply requiring that every attendee, vaccinated or not, wear a mask, the event organizers announced today that attendees will now need to prove they’ve taken the vaccine or have a negative Covid-19 test result.
In response to how management has handled the blowback since a California agency brought a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard alleging, among other things, sexual discrimination and harassment at the company, employees of the gaming giant are staging a walkout on Wednesday in protest.
In a letter sent to management today, over 1000 current Activision Blizzard employees have strongly denounced the company’s public response to the current ongoing lawsuit against the studio. The letter, which was sent to gaming news site Kotaku, has employees of the gaming giant call the response to the allegations the studio fostered an environment which allowed sexual discrimination to flourish "insulting."
RuneScape’s ongoing Elder God Wars story arc will be getting a new addition today as The Nodon Front chapter comes to the long-standing MMORPG. The new chapter will players ultimately take on Kerapac, the general of RuneScape’s Nodon Dragonkin, as well as reap rewards such as the first ever Tier 95 weapon, the Staff of Armadyl.
In response to the allegations by a California agency of a pervasive ‘frat boy culture’ allowed to flourish at gaming giant Activision Blizzard, work has effectively stopped on the company’s largest title, World of Warcraft, according to Senior System Designer Jeff Hamilton. Meanwhile, since the news broke a multitude of former and current Activision Blizzard employees have come out with stories of their own, denouncing the culture and the response to the lawsuit by Activision Blizzard itself.