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Blizzard President J. Allen Brack Is ‘Stepping Down’
J. Allen Brack, the President of Warcraft and Overwatch studio Blizzard Entertainment, is leaving his position less than two weeks after an investigation by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing made public explosive allegations of harassment and discrimination within the company.
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Heaps Of H1Z1 Players Drop Weapons In Protest Against Violence
The scene: a battle royale (that is, last man standing) match in zombie survival MMO H1Z1. The goal: to convince a teeming crowd of bloodthirsty players to drop their weapons and survive encroaching toxic clouds together, hand-in-hand. The result: improbable success! Well, mostly.
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Sorry We Lied: H1Z1 Developer Explains Microtransaction Airdrop Mess
H1Z1 had a rough debut on Steam Early Access. SOE’s sandbox zombie survival game is currently sitting on a 6/10, according to Steam’s user review system, with 47 per cent of reports citing a negative experience with the game. To add to the publisher’s troubles, the undisclosed ability for players to purchase gear “airdrops” was…
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Online Attacks Cripple Sony’s PSN, League Of Legends, Blizzard Games
Three of the biggest gaming services on the planet have been down for parts of the weekend, with DDoS attacks hitting the servers of the PlayStation Network, Riot’s League of Legends and Blizzard’s Battle.net (affecting titles such as World of Warcraft and Hearthstone).