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Wow: Official preview of the magic tower of the Legion

The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings) is a novel by J. R. Tolkien published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955. Taking place in the fictional world of the middle of the middle, he follows the quest for the hobbit Frodon Shiping (Frodo Bessac), who must destroy the unique ring so that it does not fall into the hands of Sauron, the Lord of the Darkness , who created it. Several characters help him, among whom his gardener Sam, the Hobbits Meriadoc and Peregrin, the Gandalf mage or the human Aragorn, heir of a long line of illustrious kings. Following the critical and commercial success of the Hobbit, Tolkien undertakes the writing of the Lord of the Rings in December 1937 at the request of his publisher, Allen & Unwin. It takes it for twelve years to achieve this suite, which it truffles of references and allusions to the world of Silmarillion, a project on which it has been working since 1917 and in which the Hobbit has been attracted against the first intent of his author. O...

Youtuber Bellular explains: Wow has less than 2 million active players

The Youtuber Bellular expects and explained : World of Warcraft still has 2 million active players - in the best case. The game numbers of World of Warcraft have been a great puzzle for years. After all, Blizzard does not give up official data out so that other analysis techniques and speculation must be prepared. The Youtuber and Streamer Bellular has made it possible for years ago to re-evaluate the current state of WOW again and again. He comes with his research on the result: Wow may have 2 million active players - and only in the best case. What happened? In one of his latest videos, Bellular draws several current statistics together and compares them with the numbers from previous WOW extensions and patches. Even if all mentioned aspects are quite interesting, a number stands out. So he says: Wow has currently between 1.2 million and 2.0 million active players. How do the data come about? in different ways. Most of it is read out about the Blizzard API and the Armory, i...

Gender discrimination against wind wave label fever Blizzard President J. Allen Brack

Gender discrimination storm continues to defect ! As early as possible, Blizzard Entertainment suddenly released an announcement, announced that the current president J Allen Brack is removed, and the Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra jointly leaders. Jen Oneal joined Blizzard in January this year, and participated in the development of "Fighting special attack" and "Diablo". He is also the former head of Vicarious Visions. This studio has entered the blizzard this year, "Diablo 2" The plate version of "Hell Fire Rebirth" is responsible for them. Mike Ybarra has worked in Xbox for many years, and the executive vice president of blizzard and the general manager of platform and technical manager. The official said that both have more than 30 years of experience in Blizzard industry. J. Allen Brack said he believes that Jen OneAl and Mike Ybarra's ability, which can bring speeds of reform, and lead blizzard with the highest standard integrity and ...

Release from Diablo Immortal to 2022 shifted - the reasons

The release of the mobile mmoarpgdiaIBLO immortal will not take place 2021. Responsible for the shift are among other among other among changes to the PVP and PVE and the controller support. For those who are eager to wait for a real Diablo for mobile platforms (iOS and Android), there are bad news. Actually, Blizzard intended to publish the mobile series offshoot Diablo Immortal in 2021. But as part of the earning call for the second quarter 2021 became known, it becomes nothing more. But when should the game come now? When will Diablo Immortal publish? In the new Development Update on the official site of the game, the developers now call a new release window. Thus, Diablo Immortal should appear according to the current state in the first half of 2022. The reasons for the release shift from Diablo Immortal After the Closed Alpha, there is apparently still some construction sites in the game, with which you are not completely satisfied and where you want to work even further a...

Blizzard: These are the new boss Jen ONEAL and Mike Ybara

The (former) boss of Blizzard, J. Allen Brack, has resigned. At his instead, two vice presidents in his footsteps: Jennifer "Jen" ONEAL and MIKE YBARA. Both are not long at Blizzard, but have many years of experience in game development. Who are the two chefs? On August 3, 2021 Blizzard announced that the boss J. all Brack leaves the company. Thus one of the last known figures of the "old" Blizzard has now also gone. On Brack, the two Vice Presidents Jennifer Oneal and Mike Ybarra follow as new bosses of the company, as Blizzard confirmed in the message itself. Shortly before, Activision boss Bobby Kotick announced: people are fired. The two new bosses are not too long at Blizzard, but have many years experience in the industry and in game development. together over 46 years experience in the gaming industry Who is Jen ONEAL? The former developer and studio pot of Vicarious Visions is only since January 2021 at Blizzard. However, your studio has been to Ac...

Employee of Activision Blizzard installed cameras on toilet

In the course of the sexism scandal around the video name Publisher Activision Blizzard comes a new incident to the light: 2018 an employee should have installed two video cameras on the toilet of an office building. After an internal report, an employee turned to the police. That's the situation: An authority of the state California sued Activision Blizzard because of the discrimination against women: they are to be paid worse at Activision Blizzard and be treated worse than men. In addition, Blizzard should have come to cases of sexual harassment. For a week, a discussion about Activision Blizzard is raging. Employees report incidents from their time at Blizzard. It was known, for example, that an important WOW employee was fired in 2020 for sexual harassment. Now an unpleasant incident arises from 2018. Where should that happen? The toilet incident did not take place in California, but in Eden Prarie, Minessota. There is a QA department of Activision Blizzard: They t...