The video game company who made WoW, Starcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, etc.

They recently banned a player and revoked his winnings for speaking out in support of the Hong Kong protests.

https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/hong-kong-hearthstone-b...

Blizzard is an old and famous game development company. Released big titles, such as World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, and the game that is causing the controversy: Hearthstone.

Poor Dairy Queen PR people trying to figure out the reason for the sudden influx of hate.

It’s the first result on google. In fact it’s not even a result it has its own special box below the search bar.

There's been several front page news articles on HN about this. A handy guide.

The original issue:

"Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21190265

Follow ups:

"Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21204172

"Gamers propose punishing Blizzard by flooding it with GDPR requests"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21199701

"After Hearthstone player’s ban, Blizzard is in hot water with lawmakers"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21197991

"Overwatch's Mei Is Becoming a Symbol of the Hong Kong Resistance"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21203226