Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Event in Taiwan

Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by ssully on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:14PM (#21315419)

I think people could argue that modern Blizzard does specifically lean into being diverse or "woke". Overwatch got a lot of praise on it's release for having such a diverse cast and they have continued to lean into that over the years since. I also think people could argue they started being more inclusive and diverse with some stuff they did in WoW, but I think they really got attention for it starting with Overwatch.

With that said, I kind of agree with you in that the foundation of their success was making fantastic PC games.

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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by baddox on Monday October 21, 2019 @04:03PM (#21316641)

Fair enough. Overwatch and WoW happen to be the two Blizzard games I never really got into, so it makes sense that I missed that connotation. I've kept up with the competitive Starcraft 2 scene (mostly in Korea) and I haven't really noticed any association of Blizzard with being particularly concerned with social justice.

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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by jnwatson on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:08PM (#21318027)

They removed Raynor’s cigar in some situations, and removed some skeletons in WoW, both for Chinese audiences.

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