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Sojourna: /* Incidents */

2026-04-22T02:36:35Z

Incidents

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	At launch, many players were unable to play game and received Error 37 which indicated that the servers were busy.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Kain \|first=Erik \|date=17 May 2012 \|title='Diablo III' Fans Should Stay Angry About Always-Online DRM \|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/05/17/diablo-iii-fans-should-stay-angry-about-always-online-drm/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=20 Apr 2025 \|website=Forbes \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251024065743/https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/05/17/diablo-iii-fans-should-stay-angry-about-always-online-drm/ \|archive-date=24 Oct 2025}}</ref>		At launch, many players were unable to play game and received Error 37 which indicated that the servers were busy.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Kain \|first=Erik \|date=17 May 2012 \|title='Diablo III' Fans Should Stay Angry About Always-Online DRM \|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/05/17/diablo-iii-fans-should-stay-angry-about-always-online-drm/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=20 Apr 2025 \|website=Forbes \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251024065743/https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/05/17/diablo-iii-fans-should-stay-angry-about-always-online-drm/ \|archive-date=24 Oct 2025}}</ref>

			===Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)===
	~~'''~~Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)~~'''~~		{{Incomplete section\|date=21 April 2026}}

	===Overwatch 2 and PvE (''2024'')===		===Overwatch 2 and PvE (''2024'')===

Sojourna: /* Overwatch 2.0 and PvE (2024) */

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Overwatch 2.0 and PvE (2024)

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	'''Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)'''		'''Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)'''

	===Overwatch 2.0 and PvE (''2024'')===		===Overwatch 2 and PvE (''2024'')===
	Overwatch was promised PvE content in Overwatch 2.0, but this was cancelled in 2024, after people had ~~bought the game~~. This was never really addressed or compensated for.		''Overwatch'' was promised player-versus-environment (PvE) content in ''Overwatch 2'', but this feature was eventually cancelled in 2024, after people had already purchased ''Overwatch 2''. This was never really addressed or compensated for.{{Citation needed\|date=21 April 2026}}

	===Account lock and forced arbitration (''2024'')===		===Account lock and forced arbitration (''2024'')===

84.212.181.165: /* Micro-transaction (MTX) overload */

2026-04-22T01:10:46Z

Micro-transaction (MTX) overload

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	Blizzard is additionally not innocent of pumping their content with MTX, with one of the most egregious examples being ''Overwatch 2''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Overwatch 2 \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003401/https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> The micro-transactions among this game has sparked controversy among the community as well.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Star99er		Blizzard is additionally not innocent of pumping their content with MTX, with one of the most egregious examples being ''Overwatch 2''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Overwatch 2 \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003401/https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> The micro-transactions among this game has sparked controversy among the community as well.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Star99er
	\|title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|website=Blizzard \|date=26 Jan 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>		\|title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|website=Blizzard \|date=26 Jan 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as ''WarCraft'',<ref>{{Cite web \|title=World of Warcraft \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|first=Jason \|last=Parker \|title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever

	~~Overwatch was promised PvE content in Overwatch 2.0, but this was cancelled in 2024, after people had bought the game. This was never really addressed or compensated for.~~

	Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as ''WarCraft'',<ref>{{Cite web \|title=World of Warcraft \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|first=Jason \|last=Parker \|title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever
	\|url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|website=EsportsTalk \|date=23 Nov 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> ''Diablo'',<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Wesley \|last=Yin-Poole \|title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|website=IGN \|date=7 Jun 2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Diablo Immortal \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Diablo IV \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ''StarCraft''.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ackmondual \|title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|website=Blizzard \|date=16 Jul 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>		\|url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|website=EsportsTalk \|date=23 Nov 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> ''Diablo'',<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Wesley \|last=Yin-Poole \|title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|website=IGN \|date=7 Jun 2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Diablo Immortal \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Diablo IV \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ''StarCraft''.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ackmondual \|title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|website=Blizzard \|date=16 Jul 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>

84.212.181.165: /* Incidents */

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Incidents

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	'''Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)'''		'''Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)'''

			===Overwatch 2.0 and PvE (''2024'')===
			Overwatch was promised PvE content in Overwatch 2.0, but this was cancelled in 2024, after people had bought the game. This was never really addressed or compensated for.

	===Account lock and forced arbitration (''2024'')===		===Account lock and forced arbitration (''2024'')===

84.212.181.165: /* Micro-transaction (MTX) overload */

2026-04-22T01:08:50Z

Micro-transaction (MTX) overload

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	Blizzard is additionally not innocent of pumping their content with MTX, with one of the most egregious examples being ''Overwatch 2''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Overwatch 2 \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003401/https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> The micro-transactions among this game has sparked controversy among the community as well.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Star99er		Blizzard is additionally not innocent of pumping their content with MTX, with one of the most egregious examples being ''Overwatch 2''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Overwatch 2 \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003401/https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> The micro-transactions among this game has sparked controversy among the community as well.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Star99er
	\|title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|website=Blizzard \|date=26 Jan 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as ''WarCraft'',<ref>{{Cite web \|title=World of Warcraft \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|first=Jason \|last=Parker \|title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever		\|title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|website=Blizzard \|date=26 Jan 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>

			Overwatch was promised PvE content in Overwatch 2.0, but this was cancelled in 2024, after people had bought the game. This was never really addressed or compensated for.

			Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as ''WarCraft'',<ref>{{Cite web \|title=World of Warcraft \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|first=Jason \|last=Parker \|title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever
	\|url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|website=EsportsTalk \|date=23 Nov 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> ''Diablo'',<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Wesley \|last=Yin-Poole \|title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|website=IGN \|date=7 Jun 2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Diablo Immortal \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Diablo IV \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ''StarCraft''.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ackmondual \|title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|website=Blizzard \|date=16 Jul 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>		\|url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|website=EsportsTalk \|date=23 Nov 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> ''Diablo'',<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Wesley \|last=Yin-Poole \|title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|website=IGN \|date=7 Jun 2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Diablo Immortal \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Diablo IV \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ''StarCraft''.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ackmondual \|title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|website=Blizzard \|date=16 Jul 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>

SinexTitan: also see

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also see

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	*''WarCraft'' (Blizzard)		*''WarCraft'' (Blizzard)
	*''Candy Crush Saga'' (King)		*''Candy Crush Saga'' (King)

	~~==See also==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~

	==Patents==		==Patents==
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	\|This patent essentially describes how a botnet is created in the consumer's network, which is outright stealing resources to train the company's NPC AI — even after closing the game. Further misuse of affected network devices is very well possible, thanks to unclear language like "an agent '''[...]''' may program one or more physical processors of end user device[s]". This seems to be already happening with Call of Duty Black Ops 6. The game is reported to still run in the background even after closing it. You need to use the Windows task manager on PC to fully close the game's process. There are also tutorials online on how to completely close the game on console.		\|This patent essentially describes how a botnet is created in the consumer's network, which is outright stealing resources to train the company's NPC AI — even after closing the game. Further misuse of affected network devices is very well possible, thanks to unclear language like "an agent '''[...]''' may program one or more physical processors of end user device[s]". This seems to be already happening with Call of Duty Black Ops 6. The game is reported to still run in the background even after closing it. You need to use the Windows task manager on PC to fully close the game's process. There are also tutorials online on how to completely close the game on console.
	\|}		\|}

			==See also==

			* [[Electronic Arts]]
			* [[Ubisoft]]

	==References==		==References==

SinexTitan: polishing

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polishing

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 |title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions |url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 |website=Blizzard |date=26 Jan 2025 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as ''WarCraft'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=World of Warcraft |url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft |website=macrotransactions.org |date=2025 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft |archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Jason |last=Parker |title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever
 |url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ |website=EsportsTalk |date=23 Nov 2021 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ |archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> ''Diablo'',<ref>{{Cite web |first=Wesley |last=Yin-Poole |title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself |website=IGN |date=7 Jun 2023 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself |archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diablo Immortal |url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal |website=macrotransactions.org |date=2022 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal |archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Diablo IV |url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 |website=macrotransactions.org |date=2023 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 |archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ''StarCraft''.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ackmondual |title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage |url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 |website=Blizzard |date=16 Jul 2021 |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>
 ==Patents==

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References: Replace CRW file link with archive.org

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	\|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=7 Dec 2024 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116055426/https://old.reddit.com/r/CODZombies/comments/1h90fn2/amid_the_6_fingered_santa_controversy_i_looked/ <!-- Had to use "old" domain, new domain was buggy --> \|archive-date=16 Jan 2025}}</ref> This content was additionally paywalled, which further upset fans online.<ref name=":0" /> It was not originally disclosed to consumers that this content was in-fact AI-generated, and it was not until [[Valve]] changed [[Steam]]'s disclosure policies that it was confirmed publicly that this content was generated using AI software.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Cole \|last=Martin \|title=Activision is forced to confirm the use of AI in Call of Duty due to Steam's disclosure policy \|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|website=Windows Central \|date=24 Feb 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225051549/https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|archive-date=25 Feb 2025}}</ref>		\|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=7 Dec 2024 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116055426/https://old.reddit.com/r/CODZombies/comments/1h90fn2/amid_the_6_fingered_santa_controversy_i_looked/ <!-- Had to use "old" domain, new domain was buggy --> \|archive-date=16 Jan 2025}}</ref> This content was additionally paywalled, which further upset fans online.<ref name=":0" /> It was not originally disclosed to consumers that this content was in-fact AI-generated, and it was not until [[Valve]] changed [[Steam]]'s disclosure policies that it was confirmed publicly that this content was generated using AI software.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Cole \|last=Martin \|title=Activision is forced to confirm the use of AI in Call of Duty due to Steam's disclosure policy \|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|website=Windows Central \|date=24 Feb 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225051549/https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|archive-date=25 Feb 2025}}</ref>

	Activision released ''Call of Duty: Black Ops 7'' in late 2025 that contains generative AI in the product. A prominent example of this is the backgrounds for the in-game calling cards, which display art that clearly has been trained on {{Wplink\|Studio Ghibli}}'s animation style and contains the usual errors such as extra digits.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Kume \|date=13 Nov 2025 \|title=Kume on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Kumesicles/status/1988981542488797339 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321131455/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Kumesicles/status/1988981542488797339 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=21 Mar 2026 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> A user on [[X]] claimed that they were able to refund their copy on Steam despite having completed the campaign, citing a lack of disclosure as to the pervasive usage of AI in the game.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Bricky \|date=14 Nov 2025 \|title=Bricky on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321130305/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> For its part, Activision had the required Steam disclaimer on the store listing.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 on Steam \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/ \|archive-url=https://~~consumerrights~~.~~wiki~~/w/~~File:Screenshot_20260123_221740.png~~ \|archive-date=2026~~-01-23 \|website=Steam~~ \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|~~url-status~~=~~live \|url-access=registration~~ \|quote=Our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets.}}</ref>		Activision released ''Call of Duty: Black Ops 7'' in late 2025 that contains generative AI in the product. A prominent example of this is the backgrounds for the in-game calling cards, which display art that clearly has been trained on {{Wplink\|Studio Ghibli}}'s animation style and contains the usual errors such as extra digits.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Kume \|date=13 Nov 2025 \|title=Kume on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Kumesicles/status/1988981542488797339 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321131455/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Kumesicles/status/1988981542488797339 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=21 Mar 2026 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> A user on [[X]] claimed that they were able to refund their copy on Steam despite having completed the campaign, citing a lack of disclosure as to the pervasive usage of AI in the game.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Bricky \|date=14 Nov 2025 \|title=Bricky on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321130305/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> For its part, Activision had the required Steam disclaimer on the store listing.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 on Steam \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/ \|url-access=registration \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20260123-221740 \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|website=Steam \|quote=Our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets.}}</ref>

	===H2M mod bait and switch (''2024'')===		===H2M mod bait and switch (''2024'')===

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	\|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=7 Dec 2024 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116055426/https://old.reddit.com/r/CODZombies/comments/1h90fn2/amid_the_6_fingered_santa_controversy_i_looked/ <!-- Had to use "old" domain, new domain was buggy --> \|archive-date=16 Jan 2025}}</ref> This content was additionally paywalled, which further upset fans online.<ref name=":0" /> It was not originally disclosed to consumers that this content was in-fact AI-generated, and it was not until [[Valve]] changed [[Steam]]'s disclosure policies that it was confirmed publicly that this content was generated using AI software.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Cole \|last=Martin \|title=Activision is forced to confirm the use of AI in Call of Duty due to Steam's disclosure policy \|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|website=Windows Central \|date=24 Feb 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225051549/https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|archive-date=25 Feb 2025}}</ref>		\|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=7 Dec 2024 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116055426/https://old.reddit.com/r/CODZombies/comments/1h90fn2/amid_the_6_fingered_santa_controversy_i_looked/ <!-- Had to use "old" domain, new domain was buggy --> \|archive-date=16 Jan 2025}}</ref> This content was additionally paywalled, which further upset fans online.<ref name=":0" /> It was not originally disclosed to consumers that this content was in-fact AI-generated, and it was not until [[Valve]] changed [[Steam]]'s disclosure policies that it was confirmed publicly that this content was generated using AI software.<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Cole \|last=Martin \|title=Activision is forced to confirm the use of AI in Call of Duty due to Steam's disclosure policy \|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|website=Windows Central \|date=24 Feb 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225051549/https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/activision-is-forced-to-confirm-the-use-of-ai-in-call-of-duty-due-to-steams-disclosure-policy \|archive-date=25 Feb 2025}}</ref>

	Activision released ''Call of Duty: Black Ops 7'' in late 2025 that contains generative AI in the product. A prominent example of this is the backgrounds for the in-game calling cards, which display art that clearly has been trained on {{Wplink\|Studio Ghibli}}'s animation style and contains the usual errors such as extra digits.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=~~Pirat_Nation~~ \|title=~~Pirat_Nation~~ on X \|url=https://x.com/~~Pirat_Nation~~/status/~~1989339040945233984 \|website=[[X]] \|date=14 Nov 2025 \|access-date=12 Dec 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/~~20260105194831~~/https://x.com/~~Pirat_Nation~~/status/~~1989339040945233984~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan~~ 2026}}</ref> A user on [[X]] claimed that they were able to refund their copy on Steam despite having completed the campaign, citing a lack of disclosure as to the pervasive usage of AI in the game.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Bricky \|title=Bricky on X \|url=https://x.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 ~~\|website=[[X]] \|date=14 Nov 2025 \|access-date=12 Dec 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/~~20260105054435~~/https://x.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|archive-date=~~5 Jan~~ 2026}}</ref> For its part, Activision had the required Steam disclaimer on the store listing.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 on Steam \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/ \|archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:Screenshot_20260123_221740.png \|archive-date=2026-01-23 \|website=Steam \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|quote=Our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets.}}</ref>		Activision released ''Call of Duty: Black Ops 7'' in late 2025 that contains generative AI in the product. A prominent example of this is the backgrounds for the in-game calling cards, which display art that clearly has been trained on {{Wplink\|Studio Ghibli}}'s animation style and contains the usual errors such as extra digits.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Kume \|date=13 Nov 2025 \|title=Kume on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Kumesicles/status/1988981542488797339 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321131455/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Kumesicles/status/1988981542488797339 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=21 Mar 2026 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> A user on [[X]] claimed that they were able to refund their copy on Steam despite having completed the campaign, citing a lack of disclosure as to the pervasive usage of AI in the game.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Bricky \|date=14 Nov 2025 \|title=Bricky on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321130305/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Bricky/status/1989499501997076647 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> For its part, Activision had the required Steam disclaimer on the store listing.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 on Steam \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/ \|archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:Screenshot_20260123_221740.png \|archive-date=2026-01-23 \|website=Steam \|access-date=12 Dec 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|quote=Our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets.}}</ref>

	===H2M mod bait and switch (''2024'')===		===H2M mod bait and switch (''2024'')===
	On 15 August 2024, the Twitter account for the creators of the H2 Multiplayer Mod (a fan-made mod for ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'') announced they had received and were complying with a cease and desist order on behalf of Activision effective immediately.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=H2 Multiplayer Mod \|title=H2 Multiplayer Mod on X \|url=https://x.com/H2Multiplayer/status/1824167247436542167 ~~\|website=[[X]] \|date=15 Aug 2024 \|access-date=13 Dec 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/~~20250829005608~~/https://x.com/H2Multiplayer/status/1824167247436542167 \|archive-date=~~29 Aug~~ 2025}}</ref> This occurred on the day before the mod was supposed to be released. Weeks prior, Activision put ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'' on sale on Steam in order to drive sales in anticipation of the mod's release, as possessing a licensed copy of the game was a prerequisite in order for the mod to function. Fans immediately derided the move as a deliberately timed act, subsequently mass refunding and review bombing ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'' on Steam in protest of the C&D.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Cripe \|first=Michael \|title=Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Mod Canceled the Day Before Launch After Activision Sends Devs Cease and Desist \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/modern-warfare-2-multiplayer-mod-canceled-the-day-before-launch-after-activision-sends-devs-cease-and-desist \|website=IGN \|date=15 Aug 2024 \|access-date=13 Dec 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817092256/https://www.ign.com/articles/modern-warfare-2-multiplayer-mod-canceled-the-day-before-launch-after-activision-sends-devs-cease-and-desist \|archive-date=17 Aug 2024}}</ref>		On 15 August 2024, the Twitter account for the creators of the H2 Multiplayer Mod (a fan-made mod for ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'') announced they had received and were complying with a cease and desist order on behalf of Activision effective immediately.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=H2 Multiplayer Mod \|date=15 Aug 2024 \|title=H2 Multiplayer Mod on X \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/H2Multiplayer/status/1824167247436542167 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321130021/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/H2Multiplayer/status/1824167247436542167 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=13 Dec 2025 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> This occurred on the day before the mod was supposed to be released. Weeks prior, Activision put ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'' on sale on Steam in order to drive sales in anticipation of the mod's release, as possessing a licensed copy of the game was a prerequisite in order for the mod to function. Fans immediately derided the move as a deliberately timed act, subsequently mass refunding and review bombing ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered'' on Steam in protest of the C&D.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Cripe \|first=Michael \|title=Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Mod Canceled the Day Before Launch After Activision Sends Devs Cease and Desist \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/modern-warfare-2-multiplayer-mod-canceled-the-day-before-launch-after-activision-sends-devs-cease-and-desist \|website=IGN \|date=15 Aug 2024 \|access-date=13 Dec 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817092256/https://www.ign.com/articles/modern-warfare-2-multiplayer-mod-canceled-the-day-before-launch-after-activision-sends-devs-cease-and-desist \|archive-date=17 Aug 2024}}</ref>

	===Micro-transaction (MTX) overload===		===Micro-transaction (MTX) overload===

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Micro-transaction (MTX) overload

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	Blizzard is additionally not innocent of pumping their content with MTX, with one of the most egregious examples being ''Overwatch 2''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Overwatch 2 \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003401/https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> The ~~microtransactions~~ among this game has sparked controversy among the community as well.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Star99er		Blizzard is additionally not innocent of pumping their content with MTX, with one of the most egregious examples being ''Overwatch 2''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Overwatch 2 \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003401/https://macrotransactions.org/overwatch-2 \|archive-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> The micro-transactions among this game has sparked controversy among the community as well.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Star99er
	\|title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|website=Blizzard \|date=26 Jan 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as WarCraft,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=World of Warcraft \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|first=Jason \|last=Parker \|title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever		\|title=Overwatch’s Aggressive Microtransactions \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|website=Blizzard \|date=26 Jan 2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180127/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch%E2%80%99s-aggressive-microtransactions/948993 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> Other Blizzard IPs are also not safe from this either, such as ''WarCraft'',<ref>{{Cite web \|title=World of Warcraft \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2025 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411171331/https://macrotransactions.org/world-of-warcraft \|archive-date=11 Apr 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|first=Jason \|last=Parker \|title=World of Warcraft’s New Microtransactions Are Greedier Than Ever
	\|url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|website=EsportsTalk \|date=23 Nov 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> Diablo,<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Wesley \|last=Yin-Poole \|title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|website=IGN \|date=7 Jun 2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Diablo Immortal \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Diablo IV \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4		\|url=https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|website=EsportsTalk \|date=23 Nov 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906133710/https://www.esportstalk.com/news/world-of-warcraft-new-microtransactions-greedier-than-ever/ \|archive-date=6 Sep 2024}}</ref> ''Diablo'',<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Wesley \|last=Yin-Poole \|title=Now Diablo 4 Is Out in the Wild, the True Horror of Its Costly Microtransactions Has Revealed Itself \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|website=IGN \|date=7 Jun 2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608130657/https://www.ign.com/articles/now-diablo-4-is-out-in-the-wild-the-true-horror-of-its-costly-microtransactions-has-revealed-itself \|archive-date=8 Jun 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Diablo Immortal \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2022 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809175513/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-immortal \|archive-date=9 Aug 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Diablo IV \|url=https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4 \|archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ''StarCraft''.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ackmondual \|title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|website=Blizzard \|date=16 Jul 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>
	\|website=macrotransactions.org \|date=2023 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811063956/https://macrotransactions.org/diablo-4
	\|archive-date=11 Aug 2024}}</ref> and ~~Starcraft~~.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ackmondual \|title=MTX (microtransaction) is beyond suckage \|url=https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|website=Blizzard \|date=16 Jul 2021 \|access-date=13 Jul 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180115/https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/mtx-microtransaction-is-beyond-suckage/22690 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>

	==Patents==		==Patents==