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Call Of Duty Player Showed Up At Activision Blizzard’s Office Over Modern Warfare II Ban
One Call of Duty player made an ill-advised in-person trip to Activision Blizzard’s office–all just to appeal their Modern Warfare 2 ban.
The Reddit post is now deleted, but according to screenshots of the original post taken by PC Gamer, a Reddit user claimed they bought Modern Warfare 2 twice and were wrongfully banned both times.
Out of frustration, they then decided to visit Activision Blizzard’s Austin, Texas location. “Today (10/31), I decided to go to the nearby Activision office in Austin, TX to attempt to speak with an employee due to the fact that it is impossible to speak to someone over the phone,” they wrote. “I was met by a security guard in the parking lot at Activision who told me that I would not be able to speak with anybody.”
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Activision Blizzard’s Johanna Faries highlights the company’s emerging ‘anti-tox’ strategy
At TechCrunch Disrupt today, Activision Blizzard General Manager Johanna Faries elaborated on the company’s plans to clean up some of the worst behavior in the franchise’s community, even as new lawsuits and allegations about its own culture continue to emerge. Last month, Activision Blizzard released a formal code of conduct for the Call of Duty […]
Activision Blizzard’s Johanna Faries highlights the company’s emerging ‘anti-tox’ strategy by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’ will use Blizzard’s controversial SMS Protect system
When the next Call of Duty arrives on October 28th, fans will need to connect a phone number to their Battle.net account to play the game. “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, newly created Overwatch 2 accounts, and newly created Call of Duty: Modern Warfare accounts require a phone number,” says a recently updated support page spotted by PC Gamer.
News of the requirement comes following a week of controversy around SMS Protect, the phone-linking system in use by Overwatch 2 and soon Modern Warfare II. After a bumpy launch that saw a DDoS attack prevent many from playing Overwatch 2 on its release day, Blizzard announced it would scale back the requirement. Where the studio previously said all players would need to link a phone number to their Battle.net account, now that requisite only falls on new Overwatch players. In part, the system has been controversial because “certain pre-paid” numbers could not be used in conjunction with SMS Protect. Before Friday, players with service from mobile providers like Cricket Wireless found they could not play the game.
At the moment, it’s unclear if all Warzone 2.0 players will need a mobile phone number to play that game once it arrives on November 16th. Since 2020, Infinity Ward has required all free-to-play Warzone users on PC to go through a two-factor authentication process. Activision Blizzard did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for clarification and comment.
How WoW: Dragonflight’s Dragons Are Pushing Blizzard’s MMO Into The Modern Era
Dragons have always played an important role in World of Warcraft, and after largely being pushed to the sidelines in more recent expansions, Dragonflight is set to bring back some of the MMORPG’s most iconic draconic characters in a big way. And although it does feel like a nostalgic throwback in some ways, Dragonflight, more so than any other WoW expansion in recent history, feels distinctly modern.
There is a good reason for that: Many of Dragonflight’s core features have never been done before in WoW, and required the development team to push Blizzard’s nearly 20-year-old flagship title in new ways. From dragon-riding to the new Empowered abilities that are a core part of the new playable dragon race/class combo, the Dracthyr Evoker, Dragonflight is filled with new ideas that look to be ushering in a new era of WoW.
Empowered abilities are a great example. In a recent interview with GameSpot, senior game designer Graham Berger elaborated on how the team wanted to incorporate an iconic moment from every piece of dragon-related media into the Evoker’s gameplay–the deep breath of a dragon moments before pushing out a pillar of flame.
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Activision Blizzard’s Training Program
In order to better compete in the future of gaming, Activision Blizzard is using part of its $250 million diversity…
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