The combined fury of angry Overwatch players forced Blizzard to reverse a change it made less than 72 hours ago: ‘We’re grateful to everyone who tried it out and shared feedback’

Countless Reddit threads and social media posts piled up this week strongly criticizing Blizzard’s decision to add a MOBA-style draft system to Overwatch 2’s popular Stadium mode. Specifically, players were against the removal of mirror matchups where both teams can play as the same heroes. The response in the last few days, following the launch…

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Fed up with ‘living in fear’ of mass layoffs, Diablo designers take action against Microsoft: ‘We are ready to begin fighting for real change’

The Diablo team is the next in line to unionize at Blizzard. Over 450 developers across multiple disciplines have voted to form a union under the Communications Workers of America (CWA), and they’re now the fourth major Blizzard team to do so. Game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff all “voted strongly in favor…

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In a major win for playing Battlefield 6 however the heck you want, EA just confirmed Portal servers are actually persistent: ‘It’s always listed in the browser for easy access’

The Battlefield 6 server browser had my curiosity, but now it has my attention: Battlefield Studios just confirmed that servers spun up in its “Portal browser” can be made persistent. Theoretically, that means the Portal browser will behave like a classic FPS browser, allowing someone to host a “24/7 CAIRO ONLY” server that won’t disappear…

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You don’t need to wait for SteamOS to ditch Windows: I’ve been running Linux for the past 2 months and the revolution is already here

We both feel it. You want to escape. I want to escape. Microsoft’s usurpations have grown too many and too frequent: useless AI in every wazoo, constant upselling on Office 365, the feeling of a gradually tightening noose as more and more apps try to corral you into this or that walled garden—the Microsoft Store,…

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