Blizzard continues its quest to make World of Warcraft a place of integration for all types of players, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. For this reason, a few weeks ago, the company not only[removeddozensofinappropriatephraseswithracistorsexualtermsitalso[eliminódecenasdefrasesinapropiadascontérminosracistasosexualestambiénlechanged the name to a character. Which he has done again in the latest game update.
On this occasion, it is Gorge the Corpsegrinder who will be renamed Annihilator Grek’lor from now on. Like other characters, this name change is given by the behavior of the one after whom it is named. That is, this character was named in “honor” of George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher, leader of the metal band Cannibal Corpse, who in 2007 declared himself a fan of World of Warcraft. Just that it made it through a clip full of homophobic insults which also aired at BlizzCon that year.
The clip broadcast at Blizzcon was censored, but it was not long before it leaked online, so the then president of Blizzard had to apologize to the entire community of gay players. Even so, for his name to be eliminated from the game, almost 15 years have passed and Blizzard is being investigated by federal agencies in the United States for very serious cases of labor and sexual abuse within the company.
Blizzard is being very serious about cleaning World of Warcraft of all kinds of controversial references and comments due to its racist or sexual nature, there were a few. We’ll see if that helps him and he gets the fans’ trust again. Activision is also being cautious in its upcoming releases, we saw how the Call of Duty: Vanguard presentation trailer did not have the company logo.
▪ Release date: 02/11/2005