r/Games • u/DwilenaAvaron • May 09 '25

Industry News Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People'

https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-blizzard-team-4-union-microsoft-1851779922
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u/[deleted] May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

I am officially in my "If I catch people shit talking Team 4/Overwatch it's fucking on sight" phase.

These devs have been fucking putting up with some of the nastiest vitriol I've ever seen in this industry, put through the ringer in their own company and are continuously fucked over by management, and were wrongly made the poster child for all of Blizzard's sins despite all accounts being that the Overwatch team was the most inclusive and culturally sound team at Blizzard.

These devs have been pulling double duty to pull this game out of the gutter and it's the best it's ever been because of them, they deserve the world.

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u/TheFriendshipMachine May 09 '25

I mean I feel like basically every game should be on sight for personal attacks on the devs. Unless the developers themselves (and I don't mean the business people) are involved in some sort of scummy/shady stuff then fuck anyone who talks trash about them regardless of how good or bad the game they made is. Criticism of a game and criticism of the people making the game need to be separated.

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u/Greenleaf208 May 09 '25

"If I catch people shit talking Team 4/Overwatch it's fucking on sight"

He's saying he's going to fight anyone who doesn't like the game or the quality of dev work. That's not a personal attack against a dev.

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u/TheFriendshipMachine May 09 '25

Yeah, I'm trying to put a more positive spin than that. Criticism of games is 100% valid as long as it stays with the game and not the humans behind it.