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Bobby Kotick Takes Pay Cut and Waives Arbitration at ABK During Commitment to Change
CEO Bobby Kotick announced new commitments being made by Activision Blizzard, including waived arbitration, increased diversity hiring, and a pledge to cut his own salary and bonuses to the California minimum of $62,500 until changes have been achieved.
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Classic WoW Season of Mastery New and Updated Spells for Build 40818
A new Classic WoW Season of Mastery build has been pushed which includes many new spells that are likely new or updated mechanics for the harder raids!
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THIEF! Debuff on Classic Season of Mastery Beta
One of the updates in the latest build for the Classic Season of Mastery Beta is a new debuff called "THIEF!" which is likely to curb pick pocketing Rogue bots in Blackrock Depths. We've gone in and tested how the debuff works, breaking it down in this article.
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Classic Season of Mastery Beta Development Notes for Week 4
Blizzard has shared a Blue Post detailing the updates to the Classic Season of Mastery Beta, which includes additional guards in Alterac Valley, changes to Blackrock Depths to curb Pickpocketing, changes to Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair, and an accelerated Ranking System.
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Vicarious Visions to Drop Name as Part of Merger With Blizzard Entertainment
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.
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Season of Mastery Beta Offline at 11:30 am PDT
Blizzard has shared a Blue Post that the Classic Season of Mastery Beta will go offline at 11:30 am PDT. We recently datamined the latest build (40800) and speculated at what some of the changes might be.
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Classic Against Cancer - Classic Community Fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
The World of Warcraft Classic Community is putting together a fundraising event, "Classic Against Cancer" in partnership with Game Theory and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This fundraising event started on October 29, 2021 and is going until November 14, 2021. If you're interested in participating and donating to this cause, click the link below --
Classic Communities & Streamers Fundraising Page
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Reimagining BlizzCon - BlizzConline 2022 Event Cancelled
Blizzard has announced that the February 2022 BlizzConline event has been cancelled.
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Classic Season of Mastery Patch 1.14.1 Build 40800 - Hardcore Achievements, Blessing of Theradras, Thief!
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.
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Changes to Molten Core and Onyxia in Season of Mastery Beta
Blizzard has shared a Blue Post explaining their development choices around restoring mechanics to Raid Bosses for Season of Mastery. In an upcoming build on Thursday, there will be "significant adjustments" to almost every encounter in Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair.
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Notorious Studios - New Video Game Startup From Former World of Warcraft Developers
Notorious Studios is a new video game studio startup founded by former World of Warcraft developers, named after their guild of 17 years. The small eight man development team is focused on building the next great multiplayer RPG game world.
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Classic Season of Mastery Beta Updates - Petrification Disabled, Server Tests, Disconnect Issues
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.
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Upcoming Extended Maintenance for US Realms - Tuesday 10/26 2 am to 10 am PDT
Blizzard has announced that US realms will have an extended maintenance this upcoming Tuesday October 26th from 2 am to 10 am Pacific Time.
During this time, players will be unable to play Shadowlands, Classic, or Classic Burning Crusade.
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Activision Blizzard Request to Pause DFEH Investigation Denied - May Continue to Look Into Ethics Violation
While not barred from looking into whether professional ethics were violated, Activision Blizzard's expedited request to pause the DEFH discrimination lawsuit has been denied. Meanwhile, state and federal agencies continue to bicker.
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The World of Warcraft Student Art Contest 2021 is Now Accepting Entries
Entries are open for the eleventh annual World of Warcraft Student Art Contest. Check out the details for this year, and take a look at last year's winners.
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Blizzard Offering One-Time Free Battletag Name Change Until November 5th, 2021
Blizzard is offering a one-time free Battletag name change until November 5th, 2021 for players who have already used their one-time Battletag name change.
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Season of Mastery Beta Raid Testing Ends at 4:00 PM PDT
Blizzard has released a Blue Post announcing that Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair raid testing is scheduled to end at 4:00 PM PDT on the Classic Season of Mastery Beta. Blizzard intends to make some tweaks to the raids and will have more testing in a future Beta build.
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Season of Mastery Raid Testing, Templates and Vendors Now Available
Blizzard has announced that raid testing for Season of Mastery is now available, as well as templates and gear/consumables vendors.
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Activision Blizzard Cleaning House - Dozens Fired and Disciplined Following Internal Investigation
Activision Blizzard is cleaning house, revealing in a letter to employees that more than 20 individuals have been fired for misconduct and another 20+ are facing disciplinary action following a months-long internal investigation.
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Classic Season of Mastery Soul of Iron Mechanics - Hardcore Support
Blizzard has added support for the Classic Hardcore community
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