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According to Uppercutcrit.com, Activision leadership held a Zoom meeting with employees, calling Fran Townsend's poorly received message an "apology" and stating the corporate headquarters intent to fight against the California lawsuit.
For Wowhead Weekly #275, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Tyrande cinematic as well as the Activision Blizzard Lawsuit.
A surprise set of hotfixes were pushed today, as the Shards of Domination set bonuses were nerfed for about an hour, then un-nerfed shortly thereafter. These nerfs are un-announced tuning with the largest nerfs going to the popular Chaos Bane Unholy set bonus. Could these tuning hotfixes go live in the future?
Players are organizing a virtual protest and walkout in support of the #ActiBlizzWalkout taking place on Wednesday. To stand in solidarity with the employees protesting outside the Blizzard campus, players are planning a mass logout in Oribos at 10am PST on July 28th.
Kotaku has published a detailed report on Alex Afrasiabi's "Cosby Suite" mentioned in the Activision Blizzard Lawsuit allegations, as pictures and chat messages from a 2013 group chat called the โBlizzcon Cosby Crew" have surfaced. Blizzard has also confirmed Afrasiabi was terminated in 2020 due to a separate investigation.
Several investor rights law firms have announced investigations of potential securities claims on behalf of Activision Blizzard shareholders, claiming the company's failure to inform the public of the ongoing discrimination investigation could be considered a breach of their fiduciary duties and has misled investors.
Blizzard has announced that the Shard of Domination set bonus nerfs briefly visible earlier in the week, will not be implemented at all in the future.
Employees and players gathered on Wednesday, July 28, to stage a walkout in protest of the official handling of the discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit that Activision Blizzard is facing, and to call for an improvement in working conditions for employees, especially those from marginalized groups.
An official Twitter account has been created for the employees at Activision Blizzard who are currently calling for an improvement in working conditions at the company. This Twitter account, @ABetterABK has recently created and uploaded an image that people who wish to show support can use on their social media.
IGN has reported that a coalition of Activision Blizzard employees have formed the ABK Workers Alliance, sending a new letter to Activision Blizzard leadership expressing dissatisfaction with the choice of WilmerHale to conduct an internal review and urging leadership to address the demands outlined last week in their statement of intent.
Fixed an issue where an incorrect amount of experience was being awarded when completing a Timewalking dungeon.
Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Sanctum of Domination, based on data from the week of July 27th. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Sanctum of Domination statistics.
Following her ill-fated email deflecting the allegations made against Activision Blizzard, Frances Townsend has stepped down as Executive Sponsor of the ABK Women's Network, although she still remains employed by the company. Her stepping down was a major point in an open letter signed by thousands of employees criticizing the corporate response.
For Wowhead Weekly #276, Annie and Perc discuss the end of the Covenant Campaign, including the new Anduin cutscene, as well as recent developments pertaining to the Activision Blizzard lawsuit.
At the end of the Covenant Campaign in Chains of Domination, Alexandros and Darion Mograine meet once more, engaging in new dialogue regarding their past.
The Hall of Fame for Sanctum of Domination will be closing at the end of the current reset (August 17th for NA and August 18th for EU) for the Horde faction with 100 Horde Guilds defeating Mythic Sylvanas Windrunner. For the rest of this lockout, Horde guilds will still be able to obtain Hall of Fame: Sylvanas (Horde). After this lockout, the achievement will only be available for Alliance guilds, with only 11 slots claimed.
Overwatch has lost a hero, following the death of Christiane Louise, who was the voice of Mercy, Cortana, and Sivir in the Brazilian versions of Overwatch, Halo, and League of Legends; though a story that already started sad has since turned much darker. Content Warning involving real-life violence and death.
For Wowhead Weekly #277, Annie and Perc discuss the new conversations at the end of the Covenant Campaign, as well as ongoing lawsuit developments such as the Diablo IV Game Director let go from Blizzard.
Blizzard has announced that characters must now be level 60 to list groups for Mythic+ Dungeons or Shadowlands raids in Group Finder.
With Phase 2 looming on the horizon and the Burning Crusade Classic PTR still available for testing, we've prepared the following strategy guides for the 2 upcoming 25 man raids, Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep: The Eye.
You will be able to complete solo island expeditions in Patch 9.1.5.
World of Warcraft: Classic launched two years ago today, on August 26, 2019. Since then, Classic has gone through all six phases of the original game's content and stepped through the Dark Portal, into Burning Crusade. Today, let's celebrate what World of Warcraft: Classic has brought to the game by taking a look at all the biggest pieces of news of the last two years.
Along with the quality of life changes of patch 9.1.5, Blizzard is making the allowing players to skip the Shadowlands introduction that takes you through the Maw for the first time. This will allow players to directly go to Oribos and pick a covenant, without having to escape The Maw first if they wish to do so.
n an in-depth reveal stream, Blizzard's Team 5 unveiled their brand-new "Mercenaries" game mode. Together with a group of brave adventurers, players will be able to play through a story-driven rogue-like card game experience. Besides the addition of Diablo, the Lord of Terror, to the team of recruitable mercs, WoW players are in for a treat as well. Sarge, the famous mouse found in multiple of Hearthstone's legendary cinematics, will be available as a ground mount as soon as soon as you finish the Mercenaries tutorial starting October 12th
For Wowhead Weekly #278, Annie and Perc discuss the new Patch 9.1.5 information revealed last week.
Blizzard has announced a series of discounts on Battle.net games, including 30% off the Shadowlands base edition through September 12th.
For Wowhead Weekly #278, Annie and Perc discuss the Patch 9.1.5 PTR update which contained new customization options, recolored Tier 20 sets, and new starting armor sets.
This Mythic+ tip of the week revolves around the Necrotic affix, detailing ways to handle the affix including a Guardian Druid Legendary, Kyrian Phial and more!
We've datamined a recolor of the Druid Mythic Tier 20 armor set, inspired by Tier 6 Black Temple Thunderheart armor!
Blizzard has shared a Developer Blog Post, explaining the challenges and development choices for bringing Diablo II: Resurrected to Consoles. Diablo II: Resurrected launches September 23, 2021 and is available for pre-purchase on the Battle.net website.
A very common strategy in Mythic raiding is to "Focus the Gateway", and Blizzard has added an additional way to use a Demonic Gateway that should be a huge quality of life improvement for Mythic raiders. This should allow players to get their focus frame back, while still being able to quickly use a Demonic Gateway.
Dratnos and Tettles Discuss the Possible Return of the Mage Tower and Datamined T20 Recolor Transmog
This week, Dratnos and Tettles are taking a look at some of the new developments on the PTR including the possible return of the Mage Tower and the datamined tier 20 recolor sets!
Blizzard has released the Cinematic Trailer for Diablo II: Resurrected, showing off new snippets of unreleased cutscene footage from the upcoming title. Diablo II: Resurrected launches September 23, 2021 and is available for pre-purchase on the Battle.net website.
With Arena Season 2 beginning tomorrow, Wowhead has decided to use the data provided by Drustvar.com to take a detailed look at the demographics for Arena Season 1 and Rank 1 Team Compositions.
For Wowhead Weekly #280, Annie and Perc discuss the unexpected 9.1.5 PTR updates, such as Highmountain Tauren customizations and hints the Mage Tower could return.
One hundred Alliance guilds have now defeated Mythic Sylvanas Windrunner, finishing out the Alliance Hall of Fame and unlocking cross-realm Mythic Sanctum of Domination with the next weekly reset. The Hall of Fame will remain "open" for the remainder of the raid week in which the 100th guild earned it, giving guilds the remainder of the lockout to earn Hall of Fame: Sylvanas (Alliance) before closing it entirely.
Double Tier Token drops and reputation PvP gear is available in Burning Crusade Classic. Bosses that would normally drop only 1 Tier Token are now dropping two. Reputation vendors are now offering PvP Gear to players that are Revered, which should be a welcome change for many players going into Arena Season 2.
Blizzard has tuned many Tier 5 encounters to re-create the early "pre-nerf" versions, detailing a list of the biggest ability changes below.
Diablo II: Resurrected launches on Thursday, September 23 and Wowhead has prepared some advanced guides for the upcoming release. Yesterday, we highlighted some Beginner Guides such as how to reset skills, game difficulties, and normal versus Hardcore. Today, we're highlighting some guides for endgame content.
For new players to Diablo II: Resurrected, it can be helpful to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts and how to set keybinds for skills, allowing you to quickly swap your right click ability mid combat. Wowhead has prepared a helpful guide explaining all of the default Keyboard shortcuts for PC players.
Spring has arrived, and with it the free Wandering Ancient mount is changing over from its white winter wonderland appearance to a leafy green spring one on March 21st in each region. Along with the new color, the ice crystal variant of the mount special animation has been replaced by fresh apples falling from the Ancient's branches.
For many players preparing Runeword combinations and venturing into Hell mode, the Horadric Cube becomes an important part of the end game in Diablo II: Resurrected. We've prepared a Horadric Cube Recipe guide, which explains how to obtain the Horadric Cube and a breakdown of all transmute recipes in the game.
Blizzard ANZ, AMD, and Australian Tech Modder TAG Mods have teamed up to celebrate the launch of Diablo II: Resurrected by giving away two custom Diablo themed PCs and two busts of the Lord of Terror himself! The giveaway runs until October 13th, although it is only open to residents of Australia and New Zealand.
Blizzard has provided some insights into the removed innuendos and tweaks to old content coming in Patch 9.1.5, as well as announcing plans to create an incubus demon model in the future.
We've prepared even more Advanced Guides for Diablo II: Resurrected! Like our previous beginner and advanced guide spotlights, we're highlighting guides that help you on your adventures slaying demons. The guides highlighted cover topics such as farming rare items, best Magic Find equipment, best leveling Runewords, and Auto Map features.
Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft Classic "Season of Mastery", which goes into Open Beta starting on October 5th, 2021. In the news post, Blizzard detailed many upcoming changes, such as no world buffs in raids and faster phase cadence. The Classic community is left with many questions, of which we've listed here...
For Wowhead Weekly #281, Annie and Perc discuss recent news like the Season of Mastery in WoW Classic and confirmation the Mage Tower is coming in Patch 9.1.5.
There are many PvP related changes coming in Patch 9.1.5 which includes changes to PvP item levels, titles and improvements to the group finder. We give our thoughts and opinions of these changes.
Twitch streamer PapaChrisTV marshalled his community to spawn the first Uber Diablo Clone on Diablo II: Resurrected Battle.net servers, allowing players in every active Hell difficulty game the chance to obtain the unique Annihilus Charm.
Diablo II: Resurrected players have continued to experience long stretches of server instability, including being unable to log on or create games, crashing to desktop, characters not showing up, sudden disconnects, and significant in-game lag.
Magic Find is one of the most powerful attributes in Diablo II: Resurrected and we have prepared guides covering every topic. From a general overview, best magic find gear, and class builds centered around magic find, these guides will help you suit up with magic find and hopefully get the best items to drop.
Wyatt Cheng, Blizzard Developer and Game Director for Diablo Immortal, shared development insights on Twitter covering Diablo III. Many players criticize Diablo III for the Real Money Auction House and how players felt 'forced' into using it to progress their character. Wyatt Cheng explains what happened during development, from not enough public testing, needing a longer testing schedule, and the lessons learned.
Diablo II: Resurrected was just updated to Patch 10.12 for PC and Consoles. This patch fixes crash and stability updates, as well as improvements to character deletion, preventing players from accidentally deleting a character. In addition, Blizzard is currently reverting the update for PS5 users in EU, as those players are experiencing game launch issues as a result of this patch.
In the latest patch for Classic Season of Mastery, there was updates to global strings which seem to be centered around Looking For Group mechanics. Looking For Group is a significant change to Classic and is a notable quality of life change that was not mentioned in the announcement blue post for Season of Mastery. The Classic community was quite vocal in the past about Looking For Group, so it is interesting that Blizzard would be developing this tool for Season of Mastery.
Blizzard has updated the Classic Season of Mastery Beta, adding many new features that were datamined previously. The level cap has been raised to 60, Adventure Awaits has been buffed, the debuff limit has increased, new mechanics to nerf Mage Boosting, actual hardcore support, and many other changes have been implemented.
Patch 9.1.5 launches on November 2nd.
Blizzard has shared a Blue Post detailing the latest hotfix to Burning Crusade Classic, addressing spell resist changes. This hotfix to Spell Hit and Spell Resist will impact PvP and in particular the arena, where Rogues have been dealing with 80% Resist chance from Cloak of Shadows, instead of 90%.
In Diablo II: Resurrected, attributes from items such as Faster Caster Rate, Increased Attack Speed, Faster Hit Recovery, and Faster Block Rate are extremely important for end game characters. These attributes have "breakpoints" before being impacted by diminishing returns and Wowhead has prepared a guide explaining these values.
On the latest Patch 9.1.5 build, we've datamined that the auto-attack ring from Legion's Court of Stars has been reworked. The special 10% auto-attack damage has disabled for high level characters and with this rework, this could mean this ring's special effect may become available again with Legion Timewalking!
Blizzard has released three Blue Posts detailing some changes to the Classic Season of Mastery Beta. Flask of Petrification has been disabled from the raid consumable vendor, Blizzard is looking into disconnect issues in capital cities, and the "Classic Era PTR" realm is only up temporarily for Blizzard to test background processes.
Blizzard has just pushed Classic Season of Mastery Patch 1.14.1 Build 40800, which we've datamined new or changed Spell IDs. Some of these new or changed spells might leave clues to what they are about, which we speculate might have to do with Hardcore achievements, changes to Princess Theradras in Maraudon, and a potential crack down on Blackrock Depths pickpocketing.
For Wowhead Weekly #282, Annie and Perc discuss recent news like the 9.1.5 release date and cancellation of BlizzCon 2022.
Vicarious Visions, the Activision studio which worked on Diablo II: Resurrected, will soon be dropping its name to reflect the permeance of its merger into Blizzard Entertainment. While no new name has been announced, some speculate that it will be renamed Blizzard Albany to reflect their office location in Albany, New York.
Best Covenants to Level Renown for in Patch 9.1.5 - DPS, Tank and Healer Covenants in Raid & Mythic+
In Patch 9.1.5, you'll be able to swap Covenants once you hit Renown 80! With the help of the class guide writers, we're highlighting the best Covenants to level Renown for each class in Patch 9.1.5.
We've now released our Patch 9.1.5 Shadowlands Tank Tier List for the Sanctum of Domination Raid. With the help of our class writers, we've made our Tier List for raiding in Patch 9.1.5, commenting on the strengths and weaknesses of each tank spec for the raid and how each spec performs.
With Patch 9.1.5 arriving this week for all regions, it is the perfect time to highlight the updates to our Class Guides for the new patch! Our Class Writers have been working tirelessly to bring you the best information for all specializations and have added all information you need to be prepared for the new Patch.
For Wowhead Weekly #283, Annie and Perc discuss recent news like the VentureBeat interview with Ion Hazzikostas and the WoW Community Council.
Blizzard Entertainment co-leader Jen Oneal announced her departure from Blizzard Entertainment today in a message to the Blizzard community, leaving Mike Ybarra as sole leader of the studio. In her honor, Activision has pledged a $1 million grant to the Women in Games International non-profit organization.
Blizzard shared a Blue Post regarding Season of Mastery, explaining how Blizzard wants to increase availability to some crafting materials. Black Lotus will now have a chance to drop off of high level Herbalism nodes as well as increasing the availability of Elemental Fire, Earth, and Water. Season of Mastery launches on November 16, 2021.
With Diablo Immortal entering Closed Beta, we're continuing our preview of the game with the Crusader Armor sets!
The Weekly Reset with Taliesin and Evitel - Patch 9.2 PTR is Imminent? Cross-Faction Raiding Coming?
In the latest edition of "The Weekly Reset," Taliesin and Evitel discuss Patch 9.2 and the VentureBeat Interview with Ion Hazzikostas as well as the latest World of Warcraft news.
For Wowhead Weekly #284, Annie and Perc discuss recent news like the Patch 9.2 vendor build and Quarter 3 Earnings Call.
Earlier today, Blizzard revealed a mysterious teaser image for Shadowlands Patch 9.2, featuring several runes. Warcraft narrative lead Steve Danuser tweeted a quote from a book found in Tazavesh, providing more context on the image and referencing the Sepulcher of the First Ones.
In an interview with Nga, Executive Producer John Hight confirms that the ability to equip two Legendaries is coming in Patch 9.2, with hints that Legendaries can be obtained outside of Torghast. The ability to equip two legendaries needs to be unlocked from the new Zone, but the unlock seems to be account-wide.
With the announcement of Patch 9.2, Eternity's End, Blizzard has also announced a level 60 Character Boost!
In an interview with Morgan Day on GramerBraves, Lead Game Designer on World of Warcraft, it was announced that Solo Queue is finally coming to World of Warcraft. Solo Queue has been a community request for many years within the PvP community and Blizzard is finally looking to implement the feature as a PvP Brawl.
GameRant Lore Interview on Patch 9.2: Where Will the Story Go Next? Sylvanas, Anduin, Tyrande, Uther
GameRant has posted details of an interview with Steve Danuser and Morgan Day about the Shadowlands story and where it is going.
Blizzard has shared a new Press Kit for Shadowlands Eternity's End Patch 9.2, featuring screenshots of new Class Tier sets, enemies, artwork of zones, mobile wallpapers, and desktop wallpapers.
The new zone Zereth Mortis in Patch 9.2 has the Cyphers of the First Ones progression system, which has seven stages of content unlocks including new World Quests and daily quests. By participating in this content, you unlock the ability to equip two Legendaries and unlock the ability to craft tier sets!
Blizzard has shared a Blog Post detailing every change made to Classic for Season of Mastery, similar to patch notes. There have been many Development Notes Blue Posts shared during the Season of Mastery Beta, so having a detailed list of all the changes is quite helpful. Classic Season of Mastery launches on November 16, 2021.
Blizzard shared a Blue Post explaining that they will not be making any changes to the Kael'thas or Lady Vashj encounters in the upcoming week. Blizzard previously said they would be nerfing the content before quickly changing their mind. As of right now, Blizzard is paying close attention to player feedback on this issue before making any changes to the current raids.
Wowhead's Best in Slot Gear Guides for WoW Classic Season of Mastery are now live, featuring lists of items that are valuable for Pre-Raid and Phase 1 Raid Best in Slot. Many changes are coming to WoW Classic in Season of Mastery, such as Dire Maul, Dungeon 0.5 Quest chain, PvP Honor System, and late game Reputation vendors all in Phase 1. Season of Mastery Best in Slot Gear Guides will look quite different than previous Classic BiS lists.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is under fire again, but rather than the now somewhat common complaints regarding his compensation, a scathing article by the Wall Street Journal asserts that the long-time executive has been deeply involved with many reports of sexual harassment and discrimination infecting the once well respected video game publisher.
The ABK Workers' Alliance, ABetterABK, has announced a Walkout in protest of Bobby Kotick, calling for community support. This comes shortly after the Wall Street Journal published a story alleging Activision CEO Bobby Kotick knew far more about the sexual harassment at Blizzard than he claims.
For Wowhead Weekly #285, Annie and Perc discuss recent news like the Patch 9.2 preview and the shocking Wall Street Journal report, resulting in an ABK Walkout in protest of Bobby Kotick.
With the WoW Classic Season of Mastery launch taking place later today, we've prepared a Tier List for Phase 1, featuring DPS, Healing, and Tank tier lists. Because Season of Mastery is a completely new experience for WoW Classic, the information gathered for this article covers player uploaded data on Warcraft Logs from the Season of Mastery Beta.
Blizzard has updated the Shadowlands hotfix blog to account for the 17th anniversary drop changes, as well as address issues with the Rogue legendary power Deathly Shadows and Invigorating Shadowdust. Additionally, female Highmountain Tauren characters will now be able to change necklace customizations in the barbershop.
Our Diablo Immortal Closed Beta preview continues, this time with the Male and Female Monk Armor sets!
All Melee Raid Clears Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep on Burning Crusade Classic Korean Realms
On the Korean Realm ๋กํฌํ๋ผ, the guild prepared a raid group consisting of all melee damage dealers and has fully cleared Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep.
Tommysalami and Tactics on Obsidian Edge (PvE North America), achieves world first Hardcore level 60 on WoW Classic Season of Mastery. This feat was accomplished as a duo leveling group between a Paladin and Rogue (Tactics) following the RestedXP Leveling Guide and Addon - which both players are contributors to!
The Soul of Iron addition to Season of Mastery is Blizzard's support for the Classic Hardcore community. One part of the Hardcore community is how players share "death clips", the final moments of a player's run. A mix of morbid curiosity and cruel enjoyment, there are some valuable lessons to be learned from other's failures.
Blizzard has announced on both their Customer Service Twitter and Battle.net Client that their authentication services are currently under a DDoS attack, which may lead to players experiencing Battle.net disconnects and slow login attempts.
For Wowhead Weekly #286, Annie and Perc discuss recent news like the Patch 9.2 datamining and latest ABK lawsuit updates.
Blizzard has announced that the Patch 9.2 PTR realms will remain offline tonight, hopefully going up December 2nd for testing.
In the latest Patch 9.2 PTR build, some of the previously datamined PvP trinkets have been retuned. In addition, new spells have been added that could be additional new PvP trinkets, which include the ability to make you CC immune for a short duration. Edit: Now that the PTR is up, these CC immune spells have been confirmed to be trinkets.
After players discovered there was an error to Rank Point distribution on WoW Classic Season of Mastery, Blizzard corrected the issue. However, it was only fixed in time for EU's second reset, but not NA players. Just today, Blizzard has retroactively granted Rank Points to NA players to compensate.
After players discovered there was an error to Rank Point distribution on WoW Classic Season of Mastery, Blizzard corrected the issue. However, it was only fixed in time for EU's second reset, but not NA players. Just today, Blizzard has retroactively granted Rank Points to NA players to compensate.