World of Warcraft is 20 this year. Since 2005, fans of the game have gathered annually in Anaheim, Calif., for the BlizzCon convention. But this year, Activision Blizzard says the event is canceled and while the game maker says it'll be back, fans aren't so sure. The BBC spoke to the company's Holly Longdale, a VP, and the game's associate design director, Maria Hamilton, about what's next for WoW after the Microsoft acquisition of Activision, plans to deal with toxic speech and behavior in the game, and more.
I'm a bit surprised at all the #blizzard / #blizzcon stans in the fedi feed. AFAIK, Kotick never atoned for all the trauma they inflicted on their employees, and has to this day, denied there were ever systemic problems, whilst settling lawsuits out of court.
Did y'all forget all of that because a new expansion came out that you really want to play? Or did I miss something and Blizzard is ok again?