Loot Boxes – Episode 367

In this episode, I talked about Overwatch supporting the Trevor Project, an interview with Mike Ybarra, and ABetterABK having another walkout. I also mentioned Quebec’s decisions regarding the French language, E3 2023, various governments investigating the Microsoft – Activision Blizzard merger, a lot about Diablo Immortal, an update on Diablo III Season 27, and more! Things mentioned in this episode: Jen was featured on the Realm Maintenance podcast #324 (along with Josh Corbett of Countdown to Classic) Overwatch 2 Teams with Twitch Rivals in support of The Trevor Project Los Angeles Times posted an article titled: “Blizzard’s new boss wants to have fun with games. But first, his company is in a crisis” MSN also posted the Los Angeles Times article (in case you can’t access the Los Angeles Times) Raxxanterax posted a YouTube video titled: “Blizzard President Discusses Diablo Immortal” @ABetterABK tweeted a thread about a scheduled walkout on July 21st NME posted an article titled: “‘Activision Blizzard’ staff announce “walkout to end gender inequity” Dot Esports posted an article titled: “Employee-led Committee Against Sex and Gender Discrimination at Blizzard plans walkout” GamesIndustry.biz posted an article titled: “Quebec devs fear new language law will hurt local games industry” Rhykker posted a YouTube video titled: “This is Terrible: New Law Could Hurt Many Game Devs” Variety posted an article titled: “E3 Sets Return to L.A. in 2023 After Three-Year Hiatus” GamesIndustry.biz posted an article titled: PAX organizer ReedPop to run E3 2023″ UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigations Microsoft – Activision Blizzard merger Gizmodo posted an article titled: “UK Antitrust Investigation Is Latest Microsoft-Activision Acquisition Speedbump” GamesRadar posted an article titled: “Two more countries are tightening restrictions on lootboxes” CNBC posted an article titled: “Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision takeover faces competition probe in the UK” IGN posted an article titled: “Valorant Is Planning to Monitor Voice Chat, Tests Begin Next Month” Riot Games posted information titled: “Valorant Voice Evaluation Update” Game Developer posted an article titled: “More developers are pushing back against player toxicity” Westmarch Workshop posted Episode 226 – We’ve Got Even More to Talk About” Heroes of the Storm announced a disappointing update @PezRadar (Adam Fletcher, Global Community Lead for Diablo, Diablo Immortal, and Heroes of the Storm” posted a thread of tweets about the disappointing news Blizzard posted an information page called “Downloads” that shows what games play on a Mac (everything plays on PC) Kotaku posted an article titled: “Despite Backlash, Diablo Immortal Is Making A Million Dollars A Day” ECHO Gaming posted a YouTube video titled: “Diablo Immortal is making a Million Dollars a Day” Rod Fergusson (SVP, GM of the Diablo Franchise) posted a tweet announcing two Diablo Immortal updates in July Blizzard posted news titled: “Diablo Immortal – Your Roadmap To Hell For July 7 Launch In The Rest of Asia Pacific” Blizzard posted “Diablo Immortal’s First Post-Launch Content Update” PC Gamer posted “Diablo Immortal’s first update brings a new season and battle pass, but players aren’t impressed” @DiabloImmortal tweeted about a Cotex Update Lexyu posted a YouTube video titled: “Debating a Speed Hacker & Evidence of Cheating – A Conversation On P2W / F2P In Diablo Immortal” Echohack posted a video on Twitch titled: “AI Story Time | !youtube !specs !crimson” Maxroll posted “PTR 2.7.4 Season 27 Overview” Blizzard posted: “Diablo III PTR 2.7.4 |Preview” Where to find Jen’s Diablo Content Creation: Shattered Soulstone T-shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble! Shattered Soulstone Pride shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble! Book of Jen website: Diablo gameplay videos Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo III Season 26 playlist (work in progress) Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal playlist (work in progress) Jen’s Lore Corner episodes are now on Shattered Soulstone! Twitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I rarely stream.) You can listen to Shattered Soulstone on Warcraft Radio – and submit a review there. Got something to say? Send a tweet to @ShatteredStone or message us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/shatteredsoulstone and we will read it off in the next episode. You can now, once again, send email to the Shattered Soulstone podcast! Send your comment, question, or game-play story to [email protected]. The Shattered Soulstone is on Discord! Come join us and talk to everyone in game and out, in voice and text channels! To join the server just go to https://discord.gg/kc77JXz.