Activision Blizzard has elected not to voluntarily recognize the Game Workers Alliance union organized by Raven Software Quality Assurance team members. Citing an inability to find a mutually acceptable solution with the Communications Workers of America, which the GWA intends to be an affiliate of, the company acknowledged that the fledgling union should now be moving forward with petitioning for recognition by the National Labor Relations Board.

Blizzard has shared a Blue Post, asking for feedback from the community for the updated encounters in Blackwing Lair. The first round of changes were previously covered, as well as some new spell IDs in the latest update.

The Season of Mastery 1.14.2 PTR is open for testing the entirety of Blackwing Lair.

Please reply to this thread with your thoughts about anything you encounter, from Razorgore to Nefarian.

Blizzard has just revealed they are hiring developers for a new unannounced survival game. In the past week, Blizzard was acquired by Microsoft and Mike Ybarra shared a message which said "We have some exciting things to announce, and I’ll be sharing more next week", as well as a tweet about product reviews.

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The hardcore guild <HC Elite> has defeated Ragnaros on Classic Season of Mastery. In front of 42,000 viewers on Twitch during the Ragnaros encounter, only two players died during the final boss. F's for Blendererr and Zorploxhc.

Warcraft Logs - Road To Ragnaros

Main Tank Ahmpy POV of the final moments of Ragnaros encounter

Players gained the buff after the kill

Congratulations to all those that participated in the Hardcore challenge!