People are furious after Blizzard Entertainment suspended Hearthstone player Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai for expressing support for Hong Kong during an official tournament broadcast. Gamers are calling for a boycott of Blizzard games — and now, some are turning Overwatch hero Mei into a symbol of the Hong Kong resistance.
Overwatch Classic is gaining quite a bit of attention as the newest Arcade mode in Overwatch 2 Season 13, but it isn't exactly 'Overwatch Classic.'
Overwatch: Classic is a new limited-time mode available in Arcade to relive the game during various eras over its run.
When Overwatch was good and fun, now who the hell cares. Blizzard is just shit and doesn't care about it's employees. OW2 just needs to go away.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra wanted to cut back on Diablo 4 microtransactions and reboot Overwatch.
"But, his push for these changes made him unpopular with some Blizzard employees." He was the president, should have just fired them.
I can just imagine the scene between him and Kotick being something like a scene in Simpsons with Mr Burns feigning interest while repeatedly pressing his button.
Sadly any positive changes that we as gamers thought might take place are over and done with
Are people really buying what Ybarra is selling?
Remember - this is the same guy that said he wishes you could leave a tip after buying a game.
Him saying now he wanted to *reduce* MTX is riiiiich, seems like he's using Schreier's book to try and save face now that he doesn't have to face his former employees.
Good, Blizzard, the NBA, and whatever other companies are caving that that authoritarian communist regime deserve to fail.
I’m surprised polygon didn’t ignore this. They seem like they type that would approve of China’s censorship methods and crackdown on dissent. One would think they are pro-gaming with shit like this.
It’s not right. People should have the ability to express themselves freely online without the fear of death or banishment.
NIce post. Thanks for sharing.