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October 26, 2021 07:02 pm

Blizzard will pause plans for an online BlizzCon event in 2022





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The pandemic canceled BlizzCon 2021, and it appears that a planned online event next year from Blizzard will also be a scratch. An uncredited blog post says, “We’ve decided to take a step back and pause on planning the previously announced BlizzConline event scheduled for early next year.”


It didn’t specifically cite a reason, but after revelations surfaced about a company culture rife with sexual harassment and discrimination, the last several months have seen an employee walkout, the departure of president J. Allan Brack, and several competing investigations.


Most recently, Blizzard renamed the cowboy hero in Overwatch to Cole Cassidy. The employee the character got his name from was one of several high-profile departures following...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/26/22746780/blizzard-blizzcon-harassment-cancel-warcraft-overwatch-blizzconline

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