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Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher known for franchises such as Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch.
Blizzard said it internally monitored the incident and used its tools to confirm that a World of Warcraft group gained an unfair advantage by abusing access to development-only spells on a live realm. Their investigation matched what community discussions had surfaced, and they confirmed it was the action of a single Blizzard employee. Answered
Blizzard fires World of Warcraft game master for abusing god-like powersBlizzard said its tools confirmed what was surfaced in community discussions and a stream, including a player on stream saying they asked a GM friend to one-shot the boss in the Mythic+ 23 run. Those community discussions and the stream admission were cited as contributing evidence alongside Blizzard's internal tool confirmation. Answered
Blizzard fires World of Warcraft game master for abusing god-like powersThe article does not say whether Blizzard will publish details about changes to prevent GMs using development-only spells on live realms. It only states Blizzard investigated the incident, confirmed the employee violated the Code of Conduct, terminated the employee, and took action against complicit player accounts. Answered
Blizzard fires World of Warcraft game master for abusing god-like powersThe GM used development-only spells on a live realm to one-shot an enemy in the Mythic+ 23 dungeon, effectively insta-killing the boss with a special death touch. Blizzard confirmed this abuse of omnipotent GM powers (access to development-only spells) and fired the employee. Answered
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