Hackernews posts about Blizzard

Blizzard is a renowned American video game developer and publisher best known for its popular franchises such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and Overwatch.

1. Why is this a research paper? HybridRAG = VectorRAG context and GraphRAG context (arxiv.org)
   4 points by blizzard_knight 28 days ago | 1 comments
2. Diving lizard's built-in 'scuba tank' allows it to breathe underwater (www.cnn.com)
   2 points by peutetre 1 day ago | discuss
3. FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.ftc.gov)
   408 points by Pulcinella almost 2 years ago | 457 comments
4. Blizzard manager departs in protest of employee ranking system (www.bloomberg.com)
   343 points by minimaxir over 1 year ago | 399 comments
5. Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)
   336 points by mikece 8 months ago | 313 comments
6. Microsoft completes $69B deal to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theguardian.com)
   335 points by beardyw 11 months ago | 576 comments
7. Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
   289 points by meetpateltech about 1 year ago | 469 comments
8. Blizzard developers say return-to-office policy 'cost us some amazing people' (www.pcgamer.com)
   284 points by ahiknsr over 1 year ago | 349 comments
9. Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor Midnight Blizzard (msrc.microsoft.com)
   280 points by nycdatasci 8 months ago | 188 comments
10. Activision Blizzard Is Trying to Stop a Union Vote at Its Albany Office (www.vice.com)
    224 points by hvs almost 2 years ago | 127 comments
11. Blizzard fires WoW Classic lead after he protests employee evaluation policy (www.pcgamer.com)
    207 points by healsdata over 1 year ago | 7 comments
12. Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unions for company problems (www.theverge.com)
    150 points by mikestew over 1 year ago | 150 comments
13. Blizzard Infuriate Devs, End Remote Work, Cut Profit Sharing Bonus, Insult QA (www.youtube.com)
    94 points by effingwewt over 1 year ago | 37 comments
14. Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 (www.polygon.com)
    70 points by haunter about 1 year ago | 71 comments
15. Court denies FTC last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
    43 points by astlouis44 about 1 year ago | 12 comments
16. Microsoft Can Close Its $75B Buy of Activision Blizzard, Judge Rules (www.wsj.com)
    40 points by htk about 1 year ago | 2 comments
17. Midnight Blizzard Attack on Microsoft is ongoing (msrc.microsoft.com)
    29 points by _tk_ 6 months ago | 4 comments
18. Microsoft cancels Blizzard survival game, lays off 1,900 (arstechnica.com)
    25 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | 4 comments
19. Because of their embarrassment, I’m no longer at Blizzard (twitter.com)
    25 points by ladberg over 1 year ago | 4 comments
20. Britain blocks Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.cnbc.com)
    25 points by ushakov over 1 year ago | 3 comments
21. EU approves Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.cnbc.com)
    22 points by mfiguiere over 1 year ago | 4 comments
22. Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard (msrc.microsoft.com)
    21 points by RadixDLT 6 months ago | 7 comments
23. Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard (apnews.com)
    17 points by glitcher 11 months ago | 1 comments
24. FTC sues to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.cnbc.com)
    15 points by jb1991 almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
25. Unfair labor practice charges filed against Activision Blizzard (twitter.com)
    15 points by ughitsaaron almost 2 years ago | discuss
26. Microsoft to lay off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff (finance.yahoo.com)
    14 points by Michelangelo11 8 months ago | 10 comments
27. Blizzard scales back Overwatch 2’s controversial phone number requirement (arstechnica.com)
    12 points by PaulHoule almost 2 years ago | 12 comments
28. Blizzard is “confident” that Diablo IV’s launch servers can handle the load (arstechnica.com)
    11 points by sherlockxu over 1 year ago | 6 comments
29. Blizzard Locks You Out – New EULA: No Ownership, Forced Arbitration [video] (www.youtube.com)
    10 points by aquir 6 months ago | 2 comments
30. Activision Blizzard's 'World of Warcraft' game developers vote to unionize (www.latimes.com)
    10 points by bookofjoe about 2 months ago | 1 comments
31. You're trapped in a Blizzard. Do you know what to do next to survive? (lite.cnn.com)
    8 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 3 comments
32. MS closes $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.cnbc.com)
    8 points by gslin 11 months ago | 2 comments