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Blizzard responds to reports of lag in WoW’s Sanctum of Domination raid, says it’s ‘working hard’ to revolve issues

Blizzard Entertainment is “working hard” to understand and revolve lag in World of Warcraft’s Sanctum of Domination raid. A “burst of lag” during phase one of the Sylvanas Windrunner encounter, in particular, has led to numerous complaints from players. The cause of the Sylvanas problem is rooted in a “higher-than-usual” number of calculations being made at the start of the fight to “facilitate the complex mechanics” of the three-phase encounter, Blizzard said in a Blue post on Aug. 25. The devs are looking into ways to fix this but are

Activision Blizzard Accused of Destroying Evidence in Lawsuit

Top GamesActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. / Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesCalifornia's Department of Fair Employment and Housing has alleged that Activision Blizzard destroyed evidence related to the lawsuit filed against it for fostering a working environment of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.The DFEH's lawsuit created waves when it went public in late July, accusing the company of violating workplace fairness regulations regarding unequal pay, unequal opportunities and harassment against female employees. The amended complaint, filed Monday and reported on by Axios Gaming, expanded the suit to include "contingent or temporary workers,"

Sexual Harassment Investigation Launched at Ubisoft Singapore

The Skull & Bones studio is still in choppy waters. / Photo courtesy of UbisoftA national watchdog for fair employment practices has launched an investigation into Ubisoft Singapore over alleged unfairness and sexual harassment.According to The Straits Times, an English-language newspaper based in Singapore, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep) has opened the investigation, and encourages anyone with knowledge of criminal misconduct, such as sexual harassment and assault, to report those incidents to the police.If Ubisoft Singapore is found to have discriminated against employees, it could

Preach Leaves WoW Following Slow Decline of Game and Recent Lawsuit

Top GamesPreach from one of his videos during the Legion expansion / Preach Gaming on YouTubePreach is leaving World of Warcraft, and his YouTube channel Preach Gaming will no longer be covering current World of Warcraft content.[embedded content]In the above video, Preach highlights many of the reasons his channel will no longer be tackling current World of Warcraft content, a cornerstone and the majority of his content on Preach Gaming,"First reason, obviously, is the recent allegations. That was really the straw that broke the camel's back... to find out after

Nintendo may have updated Joy-Con design to prevent drift with new The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword model

One of the main complaints about the Nintendo Switch is the tendency for its main controllers, the Joy-Con, to malfunction and develop a drift that causes the analog sticks to randomly move and input commands to the console.  In one of its newer product releases, however, it appears that Nintendo might have quietly found a way to eliminate one of its system’s biggest problems. In the new pair of limited edition Joy-Con that were released alongside The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD earlier this month, one Twitter user noticed that

5 Changes We Don’t Want in Valorant Patch 3.03

ValorantPhoto by Riot GamesThe five changes we don't want in Valorant Patch 3.03 are pretty major, ground shattering stuff that would affect the game significantly. For some players, that could be a positive, especially those getting sick of the newest trick involving the Stinger and Bulldog. But for most, these changes would be far too brash and rushed, and affect the game negatively. Here are the five changes we don't want in Valorant's upcoming Patch 3.03.The forces of Light and Ruin are here and ready to battle it out on

EVGA Plans to Replace the RTX 3090s Melted by Amazon’s New World

[embedded content] After several complaints about Amazon’s New World — specifically, the fact that it was apparently causing several expensive GPUs to break — not only is EVGA saying it’ll replace the damaged components, but Amazon has also patched the game so that it hopefully won’t happen again. It’s odd that it even happened in the first place, but it appears that this is at least being corrected before it happens to more gamers. New World is Amazon’s new RPG that mysteriously became the game of choice for several major