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Blizzard has apologised for the rocky launch of Overwatch 2 after suffering cyber-attacks and facing backlash over phone verification requirements.In a post to the US Blizzard forum, a community manager wrote: “Yesterday was an exciting day for the Overwatch team—a day that we know you have been looking forward to for a long time. While millions of people have been enjoying the game, the launch has not met your, or our, expectations.“First, we want to apologize to our players.

Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 people in its gaming division following the closing of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Bobby Kotick is officially leaving Activision Blizzard on Dec. 29, after more than three decades as CEO of the gaming giant, following Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover of the company.

Overwatch 2 launched last night (October 4), however it’s not been an entirely smooth release. Currently, a message reading “player is in a different version of Overwatch” is making it difficult to play the sequel with pals – here’s how to fix it.If the option to invite your friends to a group in Overwatch 2 is greyed out and you get a message claiming they’re playing a different version of the game, open up the game’s chat and type “/invite” with their Battle.net ID.By going through the invite system manually rather than using the game’s interface, it should bypass the error message and allow you to invite your friends to a group.Beyond that bug, Overwatch 2 is currently struggling with several other problems.

Warcraft 3: Reforged will be announced sometime in June.That’s according to Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra, who stated on Twitter that new information will be coming next month (via, VGC).You'll hear from them soon (in June).— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) May 28, 2022The remaster of Warcraft 3: Reforged was released for PC in January 2020, but attracted widespread criticism for its incredibly buggy state at launch.The game Warcraft 3: Reforged featured upgraded character models and environments, as well as integration with Battle.Net.But the remaster was missing critical features, including support for clans and ladders.In May 2020, Blizzard pledged to fix the game, “building a plan to deliver on our next steps.” While a number of fixes were made to the game, just a few months later, the game stopped receiving updates completely.Hopefully, the response from Ybarra is an indication that Blizzard is newly re-committed to supporting the game.Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos – which Warcraft 3: Reforged is a remaster of – was released back in 2002 and received critical acclaim. The first Warcraft game to be rendered in three dimensions, it quickly became a game of huge cultural significance for the internet age.The game was a commercial success, selling 4.4million copies worldwide, and spurred the release of an expansion pack: Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne.But Blizzard has been stretched thin over recent years, with much of the development effort spent supporting Overwatch as a live service game and in the development of Overwatch 2.In other news, someone has datamined Evil Dead: The Game and has found files that suggest Ruby Knowby, a villain from Ash vs.

There’s a lot going on in the world of Blizzard right now. Along with the announced acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for £50billion, Blizzard itself just announced a brand new survival game that takes place in a new universe is coming to PC and console.

Blizzard studio head, Mike Ybarra, has told fans to “stay tuned” for more news on Warcraft, Overwatch and Diablo.The news came via Twitter. When a Twitter user suggested that Blizzard should dedicate more of its time on existing products, Ybarra revealed more.In a tweet, Ybarra explained that “Blizzard is a big studio [with] talented and growing teams”. He continued by adding that “you’ll be hearing more on that from Warcraft and Overwatch“.

Blizzard co-lead, Jennifer Oneal, reportedly only received an equal pay offer alongside fellow co-lead Mike Ybarra after handing in her resignation letter.The news comes amidst a flurry of negative and worrying reports about activities within Activision Blizzard.

Activision Blizzard announced today that the co-leader of the publisher, Jen Oneal, would be stepping down from her post.Mike Ybarra, who joined the company with Oneal in August will step into the role of being the sole leader of the company. The pair joined following the departure of J.

Blizzard co-head Mike Ybarra and his guild sells raid boosts within World Of Warcraft, causing players to debate the ethics of trading in-game progress for money.As reported by TechRaptor, Mike Ybarra – who was promoted to Blizzard co-head along with Jen Oneal back in August – has revealed that he sells raid boosts in World Of Warcraft.On October 16, Ybarra tweeted he would be streaming a “heroic SoD sales run”.

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). Addressing colleagues, Sonny said that working at the company “has been an absolute privilege and one of the best experiences of my career”.Bloomberg has also reported that Blizzard co-leaders Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra said in an email that they were grateful for his time at Blizzard and called him a “thoughtful leader”.

Blizzard Entertainment president J.Allen Brack has stepped down from his post, nearly two weeks after an investigation by the  California Department of Fair Employment and Housing exposed numerous allegations of harassment and a “frat boy” work place culture within Activision Blizzard.

Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack is stepping down from his role, following a lawsuit served to the company alleging widespread sexual harassment.The announcement comes from Blizzard itself, saying in a statement that Brack will be “stepping down” to be replaced by a leadership team of Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra.“To all members of the Blizzard Community,” the statement read.

protest over Blizzard’s response to an equality lawsuit.Replacing him will be Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra, appointments that were announced by Activision Blizzard, Inc. president and COO Daniel Alegre Tuesday in a memo to employees.Alegre wrote: “I am pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra have been appointed co-leaders of Blizzard. Jen and Mike will share responsibility for development and operational accountability for the company.