Blizzard's ban of a Hearthstone champion for voicing support for Hong Kong
protesters continues to generate backlash.
Yesterday's
report mentioned the hashtag #boycottblizzard was trending, and
BBC News notes that
some are following through on this, including Mark Kern,
who tweets
that he's cancelled his subscription to
World of Warcraft, a game he
helped create. They also report this may be affecting sales of
Call of Duty:
Modern Warfare, citing a journalist's cancelled preorder, but add that such
boycotts rarely gain enough traction to impact a company's bottom line. There's
also a report on
Boing Boing noting a Reddit scheme to punish Blizzard by flooding them with
GDPR personal information requests, calling these "punishing" and "expensive."
Finally,
Eurogamer says that Mei from Overwatch is becoming a meme to support the
Hong Kong protests. To quote her from the game, "Our world is worth fighting
for."