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I don't really feel like anything in that section is at all controversial unless you are a pirate or thief, with the possible exception of the Warden section which is already being discussed below. Since when is a company legitimately defending its copyrights and intellectual property considered controversial? I'm not saying these things didn't happen or that the information should be removed, but the word "controvery" implies a very negative and biased viewpoint that really goes against Wikipedia's NPOV policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.3.77 ( talk) 18:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
There used to be a note on wikipedia. Something like "It should be noted that Blizzard is the only video game developer who currently have a cinematics departament.". Or something like that. It has since been deleted. Why? I'm pretty sure THEY DO HAVE ONE. Check Blizzard Official Site at Jobs. It states there that they are currently looking for CINEMATIC ENGINEERS for their CINEMATIC DEPARTAMENT or something like that. 89.114.56.249 ( talk) 20:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Not every one of Blizzard's games since Warcraft have been best-sellers. This seems like an assumption or generalization, which isn't appropriate for an encyclopedic article. I'm just going to delete that section since it doesn't have any citation anyway. MirageOfMadness 21:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Which one was not? Diablo followed by Starcraft, Warcraft II and III, all have been MASSIVE successes.
Wow, that is some incredible Warden propaganda. I wouldn't be at all amazed if that section was written entirely by a Blizzard employee.
Yeah, the Warden program is only even very SLIGHTLY a threat and thats only if you leave your browser window open with secret information on it. If you're stupid enough to do that while playing the game then boohoo. Yeah, remove the Propaganda
Saying that Blizzard "must" be sending more than a violation flag to Blizzard's servers because of the Cedega incident is pure conjecture. Most likely Blizzard simply reactivated any accounts that were caught on the day of that (buggy) Warden update and claimed to be running Cedega. In addition, this would be relatively easy to eavesdrop on to verify what is being sent to Blizzard's server for a violation. Based on all of this, the part suggesting Blizzard lied about warden only sending a violation flag is nothing more than fear mongering. Also, the forum post cited as a reference is no long available. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.12.106 ( talk) 01:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Going by the information on Wikipedia, it seems this game was made by Condor BEFORE they were acquired by Blizzard, and thus it is not a Blizzard Entertainment game and does not belong on the page. I question a couple other titles on that list too Deusfaux 23:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC) But the game wasn't released until 1995, by which point they'd been purchased by Blizzard. If you don't believe it go play the game yourself and see the giant BLIZZARD logo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.41.6.23 ( talk) 18:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Er, does this article really warrant its own separate category? I mean, it's not exactly IBM, is it? (wrt industry significance¹, longevity, no. of products, etc etc). So, if nobody voices serious protests I will list Category:Blizzard Entertainment for deletion. The accompanying articles won't be any problem to find from the main article (this one) anyway. -- Wernher 18:39, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
( ¹ not that I think computer game companies are insignificant as such; far from it! )
Blizzard is one of the biggest and most famous game companies. If you delete this, then you have to delete all others as well. I say nope. Btw, anyone can conform or deny the 'Diablo 3 cancelled when Blizzard North was closed' rumor? ~~BrotherLaz, 19:29, August 15, 2005 (GMT)
The opening statement in this article is just plain bad, "consistently and grotesquely overshooting release dates"? That's not true. Afaik, Starcraft and Diablo 2 and Starcraft Ghost were the only games to be pushed back consistently. "Blizzard has a track record for producing almost nothing but classic games that are played for years to come." sounds very subjective, almost like it was written by a copywriter. Mastgrr 22:28, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
The information that Blizzard bought Condor and renamed it Blizzard North isn't quite accurate. Blizzard was purchased, as the article notes, by Davidson, and then Davidson also purchased Condor, at Blizzard's urging.
it was announced at blizzcon... -- Gflores 07:47, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
does any one know the exact location of where blizzard entertainment is?
and wouldn't want to do anything to upset The Company 76.103.47.66 ( talk) 21:43, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Just a quick point, the list is missing at least one game, shattered something, never got finished.
Warcraft Adventures was canceled, Starcraft: Ghost was indefinitely postponed and an unannounced title was canceled, when most of the Blizzard North employees left and they closed that branch. These are all ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.228.34.75 ( talk) 22:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
"On June 20, 2003, Blizzard obtained a cease and desist order against an open source clone of the Warcraft engine called FreeCraft."
Does this mean that FreeCraft sent a cease and desist TO Blizzard? The wording makes it seem as if Blizzard ripped off the FreeCraft source, yet it seems clear from the rest of the section that FreeCraft stole from Blizzard. ApocalypseCow 02:16, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
No, this is a misreading on your part, ApocalypseCow. Blizzard obtained the order from a judge. The order is clearly AGAINST FREECRAFT. This is the standard wording. -- DestroyAllFrameworks
Stevie G 16:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC) I'm proposing that we add a subtitle related to hacking and 3rd party topics. The following subtitles should be rolled into this new subtitle since they are all related to one another by this common theme:
Any ideas on names for this new subtitle? How about "Hacks and Clones"
I've heard that the Blizzard Server is impossible to hack. Is this a myth? If not how is it possible? Symmetric Chaos 14:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
It's a huge corporation and only from WOW they gained many many millions of dollars.. How come it doesnt say on wikipedia article anything about the company worth?
On Wikipedia article it is stated: "In 1994, the company briefly changed its name to Chaos Studios, before finally settling on Blizzard Entertainment after it was discovered that another company with the Chaos name already existed. That same year, they were acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates for under $10 million." Isn't 10 million exaggerated for 1994?
I don't think that Diablo: Hellfire is "co-created by Sierra Studios." It should have been correct to say that Hellfire was "created by Sierra Studios." Diablo: Hellfire should not have been deserved to be included in the Titles section since this game was not made and even recognized by Blizzard Entertainment. -- Darth Narutorious 13:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Should it be mentioned that they almost always delay the release dates of their games? anyone have any statistics on this? Chud50 04:33, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
The section which listed a ton of former employees of Blizzard Entertainment was really unreadable nonsense. I see no editorial point to it at all. Wikipedia is not a data dump. An encyclopedia article should be the essentialized summary of what is known.-- Jimbo Wales 19:10, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Not sure if this is still in debate but the section looks good now regarding the companies that have spawned from Blizzard, its one of the things they are known for industry wide. -- Nuclear Zer0 20:25, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
It's basically just a list of the employees and their titles--often then with a bunch of web links. It doesn't say anything interesting about them and some were interesting people. Anomo 20:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Oops on the comment for last edit, it was not vandalism simply a mistake -- the Blood Elves are the new Horde race... -- Bookgrrl holler/ looksee 03:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
If you're going to include the producers/designers of WoW, shouldn't the producers/designers for Diablo, Diablo II, Starcraft/BW, Warcraft II, Warcraft III, ETC be included? Or, rather, shouldn't the producers/designers of one specific game be deleted from the "key people" section representing the entire company? Mattomynameo 05:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
On my old WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness CD from back in 1995 (I believe), there's a demo video for Diablo, Shattered Nations and Pax Imperia 2, with the tagline "The Galactic Empire Simulator". I assume that this game was never released by Blizzard, so it should probably be added to the list of games that were never completed. I leave that task up to you guys (I figured I should post about it here rather than adding it immediately, and once you read this, I've probably already forgotten about it) -- Ojan 01:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
It lacks a neutral point of view in some aspects... "Blizzard has always demanded excellence..." doesnt sound very neutral —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Species2112 ( talk • contribs) 05:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC).
May 19th, 2007 there's suppose to be an annoucement of some kind by blizzard. Can someone cite this and include it in tnhe article —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.205.70.254 ( talk) 06:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC).
http://www.starcraft2.com/ and http://www.blizzard.com/ both link to the same page. Coincidence? RedKlonoa 21:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I remember awhile ago when I read this article, there was a history section. Where did it go? I remembered because it mentioned Blizzard dev team was under another name before 1994. -- Voidvector 02:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Stating "what?" isn't sufficient justification for reverting proper contributions. Just so you know:
Someone (anon IP) changed template:gamesite to template:noongasite. I'm not sure what it is, but the template doesn't exist. I meant to revert it, but I accidently undo-ed it. Calamarain 11:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I can't find any source saying "Silicon & Synapse" developed "J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I" and "Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess". Mobygames pages for those games state that they were developed by Interplay and published by Interplay. In fact the only place associating them with Blizzard is when you browse the list of Blizzard created games, that could be a database error or human error. In addition, if you click on names in the credits, all of the people listed are members of Interplay, not Blizzard (i.e. they go on to develop more games for Interplay). -- Voidvector 22:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Silicon and Synapse worked on Battlechess (specifically the CDRom edition). Interplay was having some problems with the port so Patrick (another S&S employee) took the project over. Beyond that, I don't remember us working on any other Battlechess variants before I left the company in 1993. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allenxyz ( talk • contribs) 00:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted two of Xgmx's edits. -- Voidvector 03:05, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Well I know Stratagus wasn't by Blizzard but I added it to the list because it is a Battle.net game (or was, from what I hear Blizzard banned the game and halted all development for it, so the people there went to go work on
Bos Wars, which at the time was called
Battle of Heavens or something like that. As for the
C&C statement, I have 2 references right here.
I Actually agree with you all, I just found that interesting and inquired about it with someone else who agreed. Though I have known IGN to be wrong before. Such as when they said that Corridor 7 was developed and published by id Software, when actually it was developed by Capstone Software and published by ItntraCorp (though the game used the Wolfenstein engine, so their may have been some confusion there that led them to believe so). Also when they said that G-Nome was developed and published by TBA ( to be announced) when actually it was made by 7th Level (I should know considering I run the www.planetgnome.net.tc/ #1 G-NOME fansite]) (I also run a StarCraft community that is one of the top 100 StarCraft sites. www.ssfree.net.tc/ They also only list 3 of Reenactor Entertianmnent's games, when they made a lot more. They also don't have several games and companies on their site that also exist.
I've read the source article regarding this, but the validity of the source can be questioned. In fact, a lot of articles you come across TheInquirer is merely rumors and I do not think rumors should be considered as proof enough to list it on encyclopedia. Having that said, can we please remove this out of the title section until we have other valid sources OTHER than rumors? Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.184.243 ( talk) 23:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
The article linked as a source for the term project hydra contains no information about a hydra project, a quick search for information about 'project hydra' turns up this article http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/09/11/blizzards-third-project-hydra/ which is speculation based on something overheard and passed along, that is not real information. For all we know the guy could have been working on a hydra graphic for an announced title. Nathan Orth ( talk) 07:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Project Hydra was the codename for Diablo III, as seen on this screenshot found at the official D3 site. -- Anax ( talk) 16:30, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
The team isn't working on next gen console game, it's helping with their other games after SC: Ghost was "indefinitely postponed" - http://www.gamespot.com/news/6171172.html
Gabe Graziani: Getting back to Activision/Blizzard, an announcement will be made at E3 that Infinity Ward has been tapped to develop StarCraft Ghost for the 360, PS3 and PC. The twist will be that there will be a persistent online world component that players can enter for a monthly fee, effectively making an MMO StarCraft game similar in some respects to PlanetSide only much, much better.
http://mostwanted.gamespy.com/2008/51.html
Found this surfing on Blizzard's Starcraft 2 forums: http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=sc2-general&t=577755&p=1&#post577755
Figure it'd be important to tell the frequent editors, I know it isn't good enough for a section.
Yaguer Yaguer ( talk) 01:20, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Go to Blizzard dot com and you'll see an intro screen, before the main Blizzard dot com site loads. As of June 23 2008, that intro is something like a wall or a block of ice. Something like that had appeared a few days before the announcement for SC2. Any info on what it's about? -- h_a ( talk) 12:11, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm wondering why under the section 'Titles', blizzard's next gen mmo, which blizzard has said is a different project than Diablo 3, is no where to be found on the titles list? For confirmation directly from blizzard, in case you doubt the veracity of my statement, see the following article http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53406 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.185.239.94 ( talk) 00:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Can I go ahead and add collections/compilations of several games to the "Titles" list? There have been several published by Blizzard over the years. SharkD ( talk) 04:44, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
The early years of this company aren't very well documented here. I would like to add a bit more information, including the original company logo for silicon & synapse that I can scan from my old business card. As it was a long time ago though, I'm not sure how I would add supporting material.
Allen Adham's actual name is Ayman Adham. He used Allen to make it easier on people to pronounce.
One thing I also noticed is that Frank Pierce is listed as one of the founders. He was one of the original employees but he didn't contribute capital. His original duties were working on an amiga port and answering the phone. Is he thus really a 'founder'? I still can't believe this article lists him as a founder.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Allenxyz ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Someone needs to put some information about the WoW Glider controversy. For more info: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/19/172205&from=rss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.26.86.149 ( talk) 04:23, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Just think if Blizzard Entertainment were to make a movie! Blizzard's trailors and cinimatics are without a doubt the most amazing of any company. They have everyone that they would need to make it happen and anyone and everyone that has ever played Blizzards games would go see that movie multiple times. That is not to mention the hordes of others that would come see it after viewing the epic movie trailor that only Blizzard's team could produce. This is a call out to Blizzard fans everywhere to start posting messages anywhere that other Blizzard fans might see it. If we could fan this flame enough eventually Blizzard's team would have to catch wind of it and hopefully be so inclined as to create the greatest movie this world has ever seen! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.230.248.34 ( talk) 20:51, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
On the blizzard page i think a section about spam is in order as follows: Blizzard lets automated spam bots run lose on its servers, this includes but is not limited to the Diablo II: LoD in game chat and the channel system for chating with out of game users. Blizzard also allows the spamming of users that payed for the game by spam bots using the Messaging System (PM). This can also be seen in the game World Of Warcaft (WoW)and StarCraft. By not reacting to the mockery of the game(s) by item selling website's and trading forums we can only assume that Blizzard Entertainment supports this type of behavior.
I disagree. Blizzard benefit from people buying gold from gold sellers as these people, who would otherwise leave the game, stay and continue to pay subs. Yes you can ignore a player but when they are constantly making lvl 1 toons to whisper you it gets annoying. I reported one toon REPEATEDLY for this and after several wweks of inaction against him gave up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.117.184 ( talk) 02:44, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
New blizzard game, un annouced, not new mmo, cat, SC2 or D3. Its on their job page. Looking for a 3D production artist. http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/
In the paragraph detailing Blizzard's battles with private servers (in the Legal Disputes section), the closing sentence states, "Despite this action, thousands of these servers still exist." Thousands? I'd want some sort of citation for that. I can believe dozens, and maybe hundreds, but thousands strains credibility. - 12.9.229.191 ( talk) 01:10, 25 February 2010 (UTC) (Nekojin)
Side note: The babble below, aside from having poor spelling and grammar, really has nothing to do with Blizzard Entertainment, it's just fanwank based on Warcraft.
Back a few years ago, long before the Lich King's return, I spent many hours searching the icy slopes of Azeroth in search of the legendary Frostmourne relics. I was sure there would be some clue to be found in the mountains outside of Ironforge, knowing that the Dwarfs must have been responsible for it's forging. Somehow the knowledge of the Dark Dwarfs had disappeared just as mysteriously as had the dagger Arthas used to kill his Father Teranas II. This just didn't make sense that there was only one Frostmourne weapon. I had heard rumours that Frostmourne was reforged in the fires of Blackrock and that the dagger was actually part of a set of magical relics the were imbued by the Cult of the Damned. It was my belief that there was a dagger that Arthas found one day when travelling from Menethal to Ironforge when he killed one of the Bollar Trogs. I will research this further and look into the exact locations. You should understand, that at this point in history there was no scourge the were no black artists, except for Narzul and his followers; Northrend had still yet to be discovered. There must of been some magical force that was disrupted for this to happen and my knowledge of the black arts and the forging of ancient relics leads me to believe a dark ritual of secrecy began to cover up for the missing guardians of time. It only goes to prove that something happened because the scourge began to cross the land. The arc of time was broken and the Dark Dwarves became the masters of a powerful legacy. Unfortunately a small group of humans were so convinced that this wasn't true that my saga of the search was removed from the database.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard34761 ( talk • contribs) 14:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
The article states that "Warden is also famous for being the first anti-cheat with open source code." I can't find any sources nor any confirmations of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.23.156.24 ( talk) 15:53, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi all,
I recently added a section regarding the new forum changes. I've been working on it for a while and I think its pretty well sourced with RS and I hope that its NPOV. Please feel free to add and change things as new info comes in. Zuchinni one ( talk) 00:48, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
So, I guess it's a moot point now. I wonder though, if there's any way to verify whether this is the longest thread on any internet forum, clocking in at almost 2,500 pages and 49,000 posts. I tried, but I couldn't find anything that gives any definitive answer. Margeman2k3 ( talk) 23:06, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Greetings,
Blizzard has a "new" 3D-esque logo. Can someone upload it and replace the main article's logo? It is being used in all games and on the official Blizzard website. Here is the link to ImageShack:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4620/maintenancelogo.gif
It was taken from Battle.net, a Blizzard website.
Thanks all.
Calpurnia1 ( talk) 18:44, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be more ideal to list this title as "Cancelled(1998)" instead of just "Cancelled" and place it with the other 1998 releases instead of letting it ride the bottom of the list forever? -- Fyrefly ( talk) 15:22, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
In the December 2010 the videogame podcast show Legendary revealed that the rumored next Blizzard Entertainment MMORPG codenamed Titan is based on Halo universe developed by Bungee Studios and previously published by Microsoft. Apparently Activision and Bungee have siged somekind of deal in April and there are already lots of other hints supporting this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.65.192.83 ( talk) 07:20, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
I was confused when reading the introduction as it suddenly mentions Activision being bought by Vivendi to form Activision Blizzard without first mentioning Blizzard being acquired by Vivendi, having last mentioned its ownership as being acquired by a company called Davidson & Associates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.88.174 ( talk) 06:03, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
What about the upcoming MOBA game by Blizzard?-- 24.171.6.27 ( talk) 04:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Indeed it should. Has someone gone out of their way to create the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kkaran99 ( talk • contribs) 02:39, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
common, someone attempt to cover up the flaws of blizzards did.... keep removing links to area which the company wish to cover up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.70.7.2 ( talk) 10:16, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Per WP:SEEALSO, the See Also section contains internal links to other Wikipedia articles that are related to the subject. It is not the place for links to other places on the web, regardless of the content. It really doesn't get any more straightforward than this. -- Fyrefly ( talk) 18:13, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Please read WP:NPOV and WP:RS. We need actual sources to add material. As well, read WP:AGF, it is a rather gross violation of policy to call people censors and accuse them of a conflict of interest without cause (as you have in your edit summaries). Dbrodbeck ( talk) 13:59, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
I have just reverted this per WP:BRD, it seems to be a case of WP:UNDUE. Thoughts? Dbrodbeck ( talk) 22:23, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Just to be clear, the source that was given doesn't say "suspect" anywhere on the page. It actually reads, "Internal testing on Blizzard All Stars is going well, according to Mike Morhaime, and more information will be shared at a later date." Make of that what you will. -- Fyrefly ( talk) 23:22, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
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There was some dispute over the Overwatch App for mobile devices to enhance paintball gameplay. I would make it myself, but I'm on a school network, so some news sites are blocked, plus I have little experience in making article edits. If someone could add this, it would make this article that little bit better. =) -- Bedsidelamp ( talk) 16:52, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
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I was wondering if the Hearthstone expansions and campaigns should be added to the games section. I'm thinking yes, but didn't want to do that if it has already been decided. Blizzard has released a lot of content for Hearthstone on par with expansions of other games.
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Games should be first grouped as series and single titles and then sorted by name (alphabetical). It will make most recognizable Blizzard series to be on top, and still products will be sorted by name. 109.93.250.174 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:59, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
"If I'm just scanning a list, I'm looking by alphabetical order" @Ferret, if you scanning a list, and you dont know who is blizzard, maybie you want to see (most popular) series first, and not just alphabetical order with Blackthrone and some small games before warcraft and starcraft. And I said "popular", but I think "popular in blizzard for developement" aka series. I agree there should be alphabetical order, but group series first make much more sense for everyone who doesnt know who is blizzard and come to wikipedia to read about it, looking at infobox first. 109.93.250.174 ( talk)
update: I removed legacy games and kept blizzard's main franchises. If someone wants to read about all blizzard games, he can find them in article. 109.93.250.174 ( talk)
Should Diablo: Hellfire be added under expansions? It is part of the Diablo series, but I am not quite sure as to the extent of Blizzard's involvement in the game. -- AuroraFX ( talk) 04:45, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
In the section of the article entitled Key People Ion Hazzikostas has been listed as Game Director (2008 - Present) This is inaccurate. Ion Hazzikostas was not announced as Game Director until Tom Chilton vacated that position earlier in 2017. He was Lead Designer before that going back to 2015 and prior to that from some time in 2013 he was Lead Raid Encounter Designer. Can someone edit this to reflect his appropriate position and timeline? Thanks 47.35.201.197 ( talk) 08:14, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hello fellow Wikipedia users,
I will just be adding a small section about their participation in E-sports, specifically Overwatch League. As I am new to this, if there is anything wrong with this or if i'm missing anything that could hurt this page please help fix, I don't mean to do any harm to this page I just hope to add more helpful knowledge about Blizzard Entertainment, if there is anything I missed about Blizzard Entertainments participation in E-Sports please feel free to add to it, thanks everyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hacksaw59 ( talk • contribs) 19:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
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Please amend the third paragraph of the History section to point that not Blizzard has changed hands, but in fact its parent company (Davidson Associates/later Vivendi Games). Appropriate sourcing can be found on the Vivendi Games article. 2A02:908:1013:C540:48F5:BF99:C8A9:7FE9 ( talk) 19:42, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
So, this seems to be brewing up: https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1181442535962632193
Blizzard censoring pro gamers from Hong Kong. Anyone know more, and have the ability to add a section? Andy Dingley ( talk) 15:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
Should even consider having this as its own article, this appears to be big, specially with the NBA and South Park incidents being so recent, Senators getting involved, and BlizzCon being around the corner. Loganmac ( talk) 06:38, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
I think it is of outmost importance that Blizzards standing to the protests is made publik to every audience possible. To save money or becouse of their poltical agenda they silenced a pro-player who was rooting for Hong Kong, and not only punishing him, but fireing the interviewer, which did not support what he said but tried to hide in order to not face concequences. This a step against democratic values. Ron Wyden (US Senator):"Blizzard shows it is willing to humiliate itself to please the Chinese Communist Party. No American company should censor calls for freedom to make a quick buck.". https://www.cnet.com/news/blizzard-pulls-blitzchung-from-hearthstone-esports-tournament-over-support-for-hong-kong-protests/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninjado ( talk • contribs) 13:25, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
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Add a link to /info/en/?search=American_University for the words 'American University' Lgazoo ( talk) 17:46, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
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"The subreddit r/Blizzard went private amidst all other subreddits dedicated to Blizzard properties showing anger toward the company's actions." should be removed or at the very least the idea behind it should be changed. Majority of users in r/Blizzard disagree that the subreddit's shutdown was an act of anger towards Blizzard, and instead was a way for the moderators of the subreddit to censor the backlash, this is supported by a few of the moderators having a history of writing pro-China comments in other forums. 128.125.146.25 ( talk) 10:09, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
I would be against such split, at this point. We've documented in depth to this point as it was unclear where this was going.
If this still is a big deal next week, then we might need to figure out something. If with Blizzard's statement, this dies out, then we need to drastically trim back the coverage to be more appropriate of the situation. But in generally, we should avoid splitting controversies out to separate articles in the first place. -- Masem ( t) 17:51, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Suggestion Shunt to the article Tactics and methods surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests. 293.xx.xxx.xx ( talk) 00:14, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
This has become such a massive controversy that has had a profound impact on Blizzard and the video game industry – it is well beyond the scope of any actual events in Hong Kong, and this article can no longer reasonably hold all notable and cited information on this controversy. The thing is now eight paragraphs long as of writing, after all. I'd like to suggest some options for titles for this proposed new article.
– PhilipTerryGraham ( talk · articles · reviews) 14:24, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
I have found the page Blitzchung. Should we move to it? Mariogoods ( talk) 22:17, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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Please change:
| num_employees = {{Increase}} 4,700<ref name="gamasutra-dice-2012">{{cite web |author=Gamasutra Staff |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/40230/DICE_2012_Blizzards_Pearce_on_World_Of_Warcrafts_launch_hangover.php |title=DICE 2012: Blizzard's Pearce on World Of Warcraft's launch hangover |website=[[Gamasutra]] |date=February 9, 2012 |accessdate=January 23, 2013 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208121006/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/40230/DICE_2012_Blizzards_Pearce_on_World_Of_Warcrafts_launch_hangover.php |archivedate=February 8, 2013}}</ref> | num_employees_year = 2012
To:
| num_employees = {{Decrease|7.07%}} 9,200<ref name="macrotrends-2020">{{Cite web|author=Macrotrends|url=https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/ATVI/activision-blizzard/number-of-employees|title=Activision Blizzard: Number of Employees 2006-2020 {{!}} ATVI {{!}} MacroTrends|date=June 27, 2020|accessdate=June 27, 2020|url-status=live|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20200627133512/https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/ATVI/activision-blizzard/number-of-employees|archivedate=June 27, 2020}}</ref> | num_employees_year = 2019
Which should look like this: 9,200 [1]
Thanks! 172.101.5.82 ( talk) 13:41, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
To:
| num_employees = 5,001-10,000<ref name="crunchbase-2020">{{Cite web|author=Crunchbase|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blizzard-entertainment|title=Blizzard Entertainment {{!}} Crunchbase|date=June 28, 2020|accessdate=June 28, 2020|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628133117/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blizzard-entertainment|archivedate=June 28, 2020}}</ref> | num_employees_year = 2020
Which should look like this: 5,001-10,000 [2]
Thanks! 172.101.5.82 ( talk) 13:33, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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MINOR edit: On the para that starts "Blizzard released World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)..." around footnote 18 a sentence mentions "...Chinese publisher The9 to publisher..."
The second 'publisher' should just be 'publish'
Have a great day! Birdseye3 ( talk) 23:06, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
I suggest that the "post-Mike Morhaime era" (not necessary with that name) should be a new section at some point in the future. EchoBlu ( talk) 20:03, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
"Team 1, Blizzard's "classic team," was quietly dismantled last fall"
"Blizzard Absorbs Activision Studio After Dismantling Classic Games Team"
"One quick bit of clarification: Team 1 and the Classic Team used to be separate entities, but when the Classic Team took over support of SC2/HOTS (2018 or so) they became known as Team 1. Now gone".
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1352767792756510721 EchoBlu ( talk) 03:17, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
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To maintain consistency, was going to add the words "now defunct" following "Carbine Studios" under "Related Companies". Carbine Studios became defunct September 7th, 2018. Source: https://kotaku.com/wildstar-developer-carbine-studios-shuts-down-1828862729 Keldren ( talk) 20:44, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Is there a reason for not adding a disamb. link to this page? It's on the wikipedia page for actual blizzards so I reckon it makes sense here too — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.36.67.212 ( talk) 06:43, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
@ Masem: Concerning this edit [6] where you stated in the edit summary (Microsoft deal: so far, this does not affect Blizzard in any way since they will still be under Activision Blizzard). Microsoft will have control over them regardless and make decisions just as they have done with past game companies they bought up. Also all the news coverage mentions Blizzard not Activision Blizzard so people come here for information. Dream Focus 12:27, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
"Change of leadership (2018–present)
Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard and its subsidiaries, including Blizzard, for $68.7 billion in January 2022, in part due to ongoing issues with the California lawsuit, and to delays and release issues with their more recent games. The deal is expected to close by mid-2023, during which Activision Blizzard will remain its own company, and once finalized, will be moved into the Microsoft Gaming division.[82]"
@ Masem: makes a good point that CBS News is a reliable (and credible) source. I've tried to delete the section, "in part due to ongoing issues with the California lawsuit, and to delays and release issues with their more recent games" twice now, and it has been reverted twice--for good reasons. My claims were incorrect. However, I keep coming back to it because it reads so strongly like fact but seems too speculative for a Wikipedia article with or without the source. Microsoft acquired a business because it was dealing (even in part) with legal action and overhang? That's not right. Businesses don't spend billions of dollars to acquire problems. The idea being presented seems to be that Microsoft acquired a gaming company because it was ripe for picking, not because it has major problems. But it doesn't read that way. I think we can say it better and more factually.
As a result of the California lawsuit and to delays and release issues with their more recent games, Activision Blizzard's stock faced severe pressure. Subsequently, Microsoft seized the opportunity to become one of the largest video game companies in the world and announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard and its subsidiaries, including Blizzard, for $68.7 billion in January 2022. This exchange marks the largest acquisition in tech history, surpassing the $67 billion Dell-EMC merger from 2016. The deal is expected to close by mid-2023, during which Activision Blizzard will remain its own company, and once finalized, will be moved into the Microsoft Gaming division.[82] Pickalittletalkalittle ( talk) 21:46, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
I'm rewriting this section for multiple reasons. First, I believe a section title change to "Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Controversy and Lawsuits" is a more accurate and informative section heading, given that there have now been multiple lawsuits filed. Secondly, the section about the DFEH suit does not match the main article, seems slightly misleading, and can be more informative. Finally, I have worked to keep this summary short (as there is a complete article about it) and in line with the other summaries on this page, for example the "Hearthstone ban and Hong Kong protest" summary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quetosfh2489 ( talk • contribs) 18:53, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
I'm reorganizing the "Controversies and legal disputes" and "Related companies" sections because the controversies and disputes and studios listed seem to be listed in no particular order. Would reorganizing these sections alphabetically or chronologically be better? I'm also going to be reorganizing the "Technology" section by swapping the "Warden client" and "Battle.net 2.0" placement in the section to order them alphabetically. VN4066 ( talk) 20:28, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
In early 2022, Blizzard announced "King's Diversity Space Tool", a software meant to increase diversity in video games, which received a lot of backlash from general public. Some employees, specifically Overwatch designers, explained that they never used or even seen the tool, prior to its announcement. My main question is, should this topic be added to Blizzard Entertainment's section on controversies? I'm not certain because while a lot of the focus of that backlash surrounds Overwatch specifically, the original tool was more generalized, and so I believe it should be added, but I wanted to hear someone else's perspective on it. J.Pan79 ( talk) 06:11, 20 March 2023 (UTC)