This month Blizzard will host the BlizzCon Festival, which will be held online for the first time. The company revealed details of the free event and promised to show several “epic announcements”.

Yesterday it became known that Vicarious Visions (the authors of the successful remakes of Crash Bandicoot and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater) became part of Blizzard. The studio was reorganized and assigned to work on a remake of Diablo II.

Blizzard announced the start of closed alpha testing of Diablo Immortal, a mobile offshoot of the famous RPG. Only users from Australia will be able to participate in it. They will have to check the technical condition of the project. At the same time, the game still does not have a release date.

Blizzard has reported sales of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. In the first day after its release, it sold 3.7 million copies, which allowed it to become the fastest-selling PC game in history (according to Activision).The company told about this in a new report.

After Blizzard announced the closure of its office in France, local trade unions called on employees to go on strike. According to the organizations, the company just wants to get away from European taxes.This became known from a joint statement of three trade union organizations, including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), which represent the interests of Blizzard employees in France.

Already this week, hundreds of Blizzard Entertainment employees will present an appeal to the studio’s management in order to improve working conditions, Bloomberg reports, citing people involved in the initiative.Among the main requirements: change the system of promotions, increase vacations and raise salaries for support staff and testers.

It became known from the Bloomberg material that some employees had to make ends meet and save on lunches, while top managers received millions in compensation.Journalist Jason Schreier studied a table that was created by one of Blizzard’s employees after numerous complaints in a work chat in Slack.

Electronic Arts and Blizzard Entertainment were ranked in the top 100 best employers of the year by the recruiting site Glassdoor. The rating was based on employee reviews published on Glassdoor.

Rob Pardo, Blizzard’s creative director and World of Warcraft designer, founded the Bonfire gaming startup. The studio has raised $25 million and will start releasing online multiplayer.