October 30, 2021

Plenty of News – Episode 331

45 minutes

In this episode, I point out what’s been happening with the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Some of it sounds like it could be good – but should be considered a starting point. I also talked about BlizConline 2022, Diablo Immortal Closed Beta, resources for Diablo II: Resurrected, and more!

Things mentioned in this episode:

BlizConline will not happen in 2022

Activision Blizzard posted “Creating A More Accountable Workplace”

The Verge posted an article titled “Activision Blizzard is trying to get the discrimination suit throw out of court”.

Kotaku posted an article titled “Bobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration in letter to Staff”

@BetterABK tweeted about Kotick’s pay cut and the removal of the forced arbitration clause

@BetterABK also tweeted about “remaining vigilant” and continuing to push for change

@dogspinster tweeted her opinion about the Activision Blizzard changes

@BlizzJess responded to a question from BlizzPlanet about the Activision Blizzard changes

@valentine_irl tweeted his opinion about the changes at Activision Blizzard

Kotaku posted “Former World of Warcraft Devs Start Studio Where Only Female Staffer is a Dog”

Polygon posted “Vicarous Visions to drop its name and fully merge with Blizzard, sources say”

Wowhead posted that Gorge the Corpsegrinder (in WoW) has been changed to Annihilator Grek’lor

Blizzard will let you change your Battle.net name for free (through November 5, 2021).

Cole Cassidy is the new name for the cowboy character in Overwatch

Engadget posted “‘Overwatch hero McCree will be renamed Cole Cassidy on October 26th”

Westmarch Workshop released a new episode.

Blizzard posted “Diablo Immortal Closed Beta Overview”

@DiabloImmortal tweeted a video of the Diablo Immortal Beta Trailer

@DiabloImmortal tweeted a short video featuring the Diablo Immortal Necromancer

@DiabloImmortal tweeted about the Necromancer’s hair

Maxroll unveiled their brand new Diablo Immortal Overhall

@Diablo tweeted a Sanctuary Trick or Treat Guide

@Diablo tweeted steps to summon Diablo

@Diablo tweeted about the Den of Evil taken over by Spirit Halloween

Lexyu posted a Diablo II: Resurrected YouTube video of the Barbarian and lots of loot

Phil Shenk (Lead artist and lore builder for Diablo 2 & LoD) posted sketches of Mephisto

Maxroll has a list of Valuable Unique and Set Items in Diablo II: Resurrected

PCGamesN posted “Diablo 2 Resurrected runewords list – all rune combinations”

PCGamesN posted “Diablo 2 Resurrected Horadric Cube recipes”

Where to find Jen’s Diablo Content Creation:

Shattered Soulstone T-shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble!

Book of Jen website: Diablo gameplay videos

Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo III Season 24 playlist

Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist

Twitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I don’t stream very often.)

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.

...more

View all episodes

By Shattered Soulstone