An intense storm and lake-effect snow walloped upstate New York – especially rural areas in western New York – in late February, 2020. On the shores of Lake Erie, the storm created a dramatic display of thick, windblown ice on homes and buildings. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-intense-lake-effect-snow-feb-2020-uptate-ny…
Tag: Blizzard
Nvidia’s GeForce Now Is Losing All Activision Blizzard Games
Nvidia’s GeForce Now is a cloud gaming service that lets you play games stored on dedicated GeForce graphics-enabled PCs across a wide array of devices. While it lets you play PC games you already own, the game publisher must allow it on the service. “Today, Nvidia is revealing that Activision Blizzard is no longer playing ball, pulling down its catalog of…
Blizzard Now Claims Full Copyright For Player-Mode ‘Custom Game’ Mods
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: As influential as Warcraft III was in the real-time strategy genre, the game’s most enduring legacy might be as the basis for genre-defining, fan-made custom game spin-offs like Defense of the Ancients (aka Dota) and Auto Chess in its wake. Now, Blizzard is taking steps to ensure it retains complete ownership of…
EA Appears To Be Permanently Banning Linux Players On Battlefield V
Many users have taken to the Lutris Forums to report that EA is permanently banning Linux players on Battlefield V. “Good friends, finally after some time without being able to play Battlefield V for Linux, this week I was using lutris-4.21, I was having fun when my anti-cheat, FairFight, blew me out of the game, so I was banned,” writes one…
Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74
Randy Suess, a computer hobbyist who helped build the first online bulletin board, anticipating the rise of the internet, messaging apps and social media, died on Dec. 10 in Chicago. He was 74. From a report: His death, at a hospital, was confirmed by his daughter Karrie. In late January 1978, Mr. Suess (rhymes with “loose”) was part of an early…
Blizzard Says ‘We Failed in Our Purpose’ After Hearthstone Hong Kong Controversy
Blizzard Entertainment kicked off its annual BlizzCon fan expo today with a direct apology from president J. Allen Brack regarding the explosive Hong Kong controversy that’s engulfed the company for the past month. From a report: “Blizzard had the opportunity to bring the world together in a tough Hearthstone e-sports moment about a month ago. We did not. We moved too…
Blizzard Sponsor Bailed After ‘Free Hong Kong’ Gamer Ban
After gaming giant Activision Blizzard banned a pro gamer who expressed support for Hong Kong protesters, the company has taken heat on all sides. Players boycotted Blizzard games. Employees walked out of work. Lawmakers lambasted the company for caving to pressure from China. And Blizzard faced another problem it didn’t reveal at the time: a sponsor pulled out of its pro…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Arrives Amid China Controversy
The latest Call Of Duty (CoD) game has been released, amid calls to boycott its publisher’s products. From a report: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare is the sixteenth major title in the series, which is one of the best-selling games franchises of all time. Activision Blizzard has faced criticism for punishing an e-sports competitor who voiced support for the Hong Kong…
Blizzard Suspended Three College ‘Hearthstone’ Players For Pro-Hong Kong Protests
An anonymous reader quotes the Verge: Blizzard has suspended three college Hearthstone players for six months after they held up a sign that read “Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizz” while participating in an official competition stream. The ban, which was first reported by VICE Games, comes just over a week after Blizzard suspended a professional Hearthstone player, Ng “Blitzchung” Wai Chung…
Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Event as It Tries To Contain Backlash
Activision Blizzard, reeling from harsh reactions after it punished a tournament player for backing Hong Kong’s anti-Beijing protesters, canceled a New York launch event for an edition of its Overwatch game. From a report: The event, scheduled for Wednesday at Nintendo’s store in Rockefeller Center, was planned to support the release of Overwatch: Legendary Edition for the Nintendo Switch portable game…