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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>

===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 and PvE (''2024'')===

Players who bought the $15 Invasion Bundle in August 2023 paid for "permanent access" to Story Missions, expecting more content to follow. When all remaining PvE was cancelled seven months later, no refunds or compensation were offered.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=12 Jun 2023 |title=Overwatch 2’s PvE Story Missions Are Paywalled And Will Cost $15 To Play |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/krisholt/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-pve-story-missions-pay-to-play-invasion-bundle/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614005551/http://www.forbes.com/sites/krisholt/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-pve-story-missions-pay-to-play-invasion-bundle/ |archive-date=14 Jun 2023 |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=Forbes}}</ref>

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

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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

|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>

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==See also==

* [[Electronic Arts]]

*[[Electronic Arts]]

* [[Ubisoft]]

*[[Ubisoft]]

==References==

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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>
+===Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)===
+{{Incomplete section|date=21 April 2026}}
-'''Removing access to MWII(2022) and MWIII(2023) through the Call of Duty HQ (2025)'''
+===Overwatch 2 and PvE (''2024'')===
+Players who bought the $15 Invasion Bundle in August 2023 paid for "permanent access" to Story Missions, expecting more content to follow. When all remaining PvE was cancelled seven months later, no refunds or compensation were offered.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=12 Jun 2023 |title=Overwatch 2’s PvE Story Missions Are Paywalled And Will Cost $15 To Play |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/krisholt/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-pve-story-missions-pay-to-play-invasion-bundle/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614005551/http://www.forbes.com/sites/krisholt/2023/06/12/overwatch-2-pve-story-missions-pay-to-play-invasion-bundle/ |archive-date=14 Jun 2023 |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=Forbes}}</ref>
 ===Account lock and forced arbitration (''2024'')===
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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
-|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>
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 ==See also==
-* [[Electronic Arts]]
+*[[Electronic Arts]]
-* [[Ubisoft]]
+*[[Ubisoft]]
 ==References==