Recent World Of Warcraft Changes Are Part Of "Building An Inclusive And Welcoming" World

Activision Blizzard are in a bad way right now, and it is all self-inflicted, but I do have to admit I appreciate the wording used in this response, especially after that horrible response to the use of the Quran. It doesn’t change anything about their current situation, but it does seem a bit more self-aware. I particularly liked that they went farther and spoke about fixing more issues in the game that have aged poorly, though they could have left out the “pity me” part about there being millions of words in the game.

Hopefully by removing the ability to fart in game Blizzard management will stop sexually assaulting people

Doesn't even matter anymore, because guess what Blizzard and all the righteous women and men and aliens who can't handle simple humor....WE HAVE DISCORD to make fun of you! Thank GOD for freedom of speech!!!!

Can always count on Gamestop to give us more lame Blizzard WoW news. Scantily clad Sucubus is all of a sudden too much to handle? No, this is clearly Blizzard giving into something so idiotic it hurts.

It's a sad day on Earth when a lawsuit and crazy women are shaming Blizzard into such silly, idiotic changes that no one even wants, needed, or asked for. Epic fail by the women who are complaining, which I haven't seen any, and even more so by Blizzard.

Band-aids on a bullet wound. WoW is losing out to FFXIV now, and everyone knows Blizzard is the single most toxic development house out there. The magic has evaporated, and everyone knows it.

@Faellin - You ain't even wrong. They're trying SO hard to distract people with this open SJW bait it's actually funny. Unfortunately, the majority of people care more about what's happening in the real world.

@Thanatos2k - Indeed. No one cares about the games' content, especially not a game like WoW that's slowly dying. People want to see what is going to happen to make the Blizzard development environment more welcoming, not the games. Honestly, I'd be surprised if Blizzard weren't just dismantled in a few years. They've clearly outlived their usefulness to Activision.

What a crock. It was fine for 15 years but suddenly it's not.

I think your company settling for tens of millions of dollars for sexually abusing your employees shows you need to make your company a more inclusive and welcoming place, not your games.

Yet they aren't doing anything to "Building An Inclusive And Welcoming" IRL where it actually matters.

This is all coverup PR speak that does nothing. Censoring a game does not suddenly fix the attrocities they've put their staff through for years.

I don't know what you guys are gibber jabberin' about. This is the most savvy move in the history of gaming! If the game doesn't have any players, there's nobody to be offended! Match point, Blizzard...

Pfft -- new MMO players? No one wants to spawn into a WoW game and immediately be forced to spend hours running into nature nearby to hunt low-level wild animals.

They'd much rather play something new and fresh, Like The New World, where you...uhh... hrm.

Yeah.

I find all these petty reparations more disturbing than what they're supposedly trying to "fix". It's like somethin a sociopath would think is the good thing to do. I guess that really is more "consistent with their values", lol...

So, when are they going to address China's cultural genocide? Oh, right. Addressing that little carbuncle would be a tad more financially risky then removing a few fart emotes.

“Inclusive.”

God I hate that word now.