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It’s hardly a surprise that Microsoft’s stunning acquisition of Activision Blizzard (a deal once considered to be a pipe dream or a fascinating hypothetical talking point) has everyone talking at the moment, but the quantity and quality of the internet’s reactions to this news really do tell the tale.
First off, you may be wondering who knew about this deal and whether or not this information will come as a shock to Activision Blizzard’s own employees (many of whom were likely sleeping when this news broke due to the time differences). Well, based on this tweet from Hearthstone designer August Dean Ayala in response to a question about whether Hearthstone will be playable on Xbox, it seems that most of Activision...
It’s hardly a surprise that Microsoft’s stunning acquisition of Activision Blizzard (a deal once considered to be a pipe dream or a fascinating hypothetical talking point) has everyone talking at the moment, but the quantity and quality of the internet’s reactions to this news really do tell the tale.
First off, you may be wondering who knew about this deal and whether or not this information will come as a shock to Activision Blizzard’s own employees (many of whom were likely sleeping when this news broke due to the time differences). Well, based on this tweet from Hearthstone designer August Dean Ayala in response to a question about whether Hearthstone will be playable on Xbox, it seems that most of Activision...
- 1/18/2022
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Photo: Jk Rowling/Debra Hurford Brown Last month during the Playstation 5 Showcase, Warner Bros. Interactive released a trailer announcing a Harry Potter video game currently in development. Titled Hogwarts Legacy, the open-world role-playing-game is set in the 1800s at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The game promises to allow players to create their own Hogwarts students, choose their House, attend classes, and in general explore and have adventures in the Wizarding World. For longtime Harry Potter fans, myself included, this sounds like a dream come true; it’s the Harry Potter game they’ve all been waiting for. Then some of us catch ourselves and remember: Jk Rowling is a transphobe. Gaming journalist Laura Kate Dale wrote in a Twitter thread, of the game’s announcement: “Reminder, buying this game does financially support Jk Rowling, who is a huge unapologetic Terf (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist). She actively hates people like me existing”. Furthermore,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Mario Yuwono
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
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