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Overlords of Outland’s pre-patch is coming tomorrow and the developer behind the Burning Crusade Classic update to World of Warcraft Classic is detailing updates to its Looking for Group interface.
World of Warcraft Shadowlands 9.1.5 is going into PTR next week and brings with it some long-requested community features.
Robin is back with another World of Warcraft column, this time taking a look at Torghast and how its improved since 9.1.
In a post on the forums, Blizzard community manager Linxy addressed the lack of customization in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion.
Robin has been trying to write their World of Warcraft column now for week, but just has no been able to bring themselves to fully do so. Well, having got their thoughts somewhat untangled, Robin is back to talk Blizzard and WoW.
Activision Blizzard has confirmed to Kotaku that former creative director Alex Afrasiabi was fired from the company following allegations of misconduct during his tenure at the gaming giant. The confirmation comes as part of a larger report into what was called the "Cosby Suite" at Activision Blizzard, which was also referred to in the complaint filed by a California agency.
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.
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.
In another update in the ongoing dumpster fire that is the Activision Blizzard sexual harassment lawsuit, more former Blizzard leads are weighing in. This time, it’s the turn of Chris Metzen and Greg Street.
Players in the World of Warcraft have organized an in-game protest in the wake of sexual discrimination allegations levied at Activision Blizzard by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The protest, organized by role-playing guild Fence Macabre, is seeing players file into the social hub of Oribos to protest Activision Blizzard over the allegations it fostered a "frat boy culture."