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. Small U.S. town grew a big company. Can it weather the tariff blizzard? (www.npr.org)
   5 points by stevenwoo 3 days ago | discuss
2. Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)
   336 points by mikece over 1 year ago | 313 comments
3. Microsoft completes $69B deal to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theguardian.com)
   335 points by beardyw over 1 year ago | 576 comments
4. Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
   289 points by meetpateltech almost 2 years ago | 469 comments
5. Blizzard developers say return-to-office policy 'cost us some amazing people' (www.pcgamer.com)
   284 points by ahiknsr almost 2 years ago | 349 comments
6. Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor Midnight Blizzard (msrc.microsoft.com)
   280 points by nycdatasci over 1 year ago | 188 comments
7. Blizzard's pulling of Warcraft I and II tests GOG's new Preservation Program (arstechnica.com)
   239 points by Tomte 5 months ago | 185 comments
8. Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unions for company problems (www.theverge.com)
   150 points by mikestew almost 2 years ago | 150 comments
9. Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 (www.polygon.com)
   70 points by haunter almost 2 years ago | 71 comments
10. Court denies FTC last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
    43 points by astlouis44 almost 2 years ago | 12 comments
11. Microsoft Can Close Its $75B Buy of Activision Blizzard, Judge Rules (www.wsj.com)
    40 points by htk almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
12. Blizzard-made Warcraft 1&2 remasters look like Zynga games made by blind duck (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
    38 points by lucasllinasm 5 months ago | 17 comments
13. Midnight Blizzard Attack on Microsoft is ongoing (msrc.microsoft.com)
    29 points by _tk_ about 1 year ago | 4 comments
14. Microsoft cancels Blizzard survival game, lays off 1,900 (arstechnica.com)
    25 points by thunderbong about 1 year ago | 4 comments
15. Because of their embarrassment, I’m no longer at Blizzard (twitter.com)
    25 points by ladberg almost 2 years ago | 4 comments
16. EU approves Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.cnbc.com)
    22 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 4 comments
17. Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard (msrc.microsoft.com)
    21 points by RadixDLT about 1 year ago | 7 comments
18. After DDoS attacks, Blizzard rolls back Hardcore WoW deaths (arstechnica.com)
    21 points by LinuxBender about 1 month ago | 1 comments
19. Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime is making a tabletop RPG party game (www.engadget.com)
    19 points by bookofjoe 7 months ago | 2 comments
20. Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard (apnews.com)
    17 points by glitcher over 1 year ago | 1 comments
21. Microsoft to lay off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff (finance.yahoo.com)
    14 points by Michelangelo11 over 1 year ago | 10 comments
22. Blizzard is “confident” that Diablo IV’s launch servers can handle the load (arstechnica.com)
    11 points by sherlockxu almost 2 years ago | 6 comments
23. Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG (www.pcgamer.com)
    11 points by ortusdux 5 months ago | discuss
24. Blizzard Locks You Out – New EULA: No Ownership, Forced Arbitration [video] (www.youtube.com)
    10 points by aquir about 1 year ago | 2 comments
25. Activision Blizzard's 'World of Warcraft' game developers vote to unionize (www.latimes.com)
    10 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 1 comments
26. What Went Wrong at Blizzard Entertainment (www.theatlantic.com)
    8 points by lordleft 7 months ago | 2 comments
27. MS closes $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard (www.cnbc.com)
    8 points by gslin over 1 year ago | 2 comments
28. Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard for $69.7B (www.bbc.com)
    8 points by peterpeter123 over 1 year ago | 1 comments
29. CEO Bobby Kotick Will Leave Activision Blizzard (arstechnica.com)
    8 points by CHB0403085482 over 1 year ago | 1 comments
30. GOG's Game Preservation Program Gets Tested Early by Blizzard (www.techdirt.com)
    8 points by speckx 5 months ago | discuss
31. Xbox Officially Acquires Activision Blizzard King (news.xbox.com)
    8 points by mrkwse over 1 year ago | discuss