World of Warcraft Removes & Changes More Inappropriate Content

World of Warcraft Removes & Changes More Inappropriate Content

The next World of Warcraft patch will take out or change inappropriate content, including a reference to former Blizzard employee Jesse McCree.

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World of Warcraft Removes & Changes More Inappropriate Content

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World of Warcraft recently announced a new update that removes dozens of suggestive references or “innuendos” from the game. This 9.1.5 update is currently available in World of Warcraft’s Public Test Realm, but the official release date for the patch has not yet been confirmed.

The new update comes amidst a flurry of other changes at Activision Blizzard in the wake of the lawsuits filed against them. Employees in positions of leadership at the company have announced their departure in recent weeks, and other affiliates have spoken out and alleged Activision Blizzard perpetuates a toxic work culture. In light of these developments, World of Warcraft developers committed to removing inappropriate references, and it appears that the next patch will include a large number of changes to fulfill that promise.

According to the patch notes listed by Wowhead (via Polygon), the World of Warcraft 9.1.5 update is “part of a company-wide effort to update parts of the game which were outdated and inconsistent with their values.” The development team reportedly changed certain NPC lines and jokes, such as, “When enraged and in heat a female troll can mate over 80 times in one night. Be you prepared?” or “Mmm. I wanna tap that leyline.” Additionally, the game zone Mac’Aree – named after former Blizzard employee Jesse McCree, who was removed from the company after its initial lawsuit went public – will also have its name changed to Eredath. McCree also lent his name to the Overwatch character McCree, which is set to change as well.

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Some of the alterations in the upcoming World of Warcraft patch pertain to the names of quests and mounts. The Big Love Rocket mount will be renamed to the X-45 Heartbreaker, the quest Blowing Hodir’s Horn in the Lich King expansion will now be named Hodir’s Call, and more. Various other changes will rename NPCs and items to further eliminate any suggestive references or innuendos from the game. That being said, not all of the changes in the coming patch will revolve around scrubbing the game of inappropriate content. The patch will also include many game-balancing and quality-of-life updates as well, including several that World of Warcraft players have been requesting for some time.

Regardless of whether these changes to World of Warcraft drastically improve the game, such measures certainly cannot hurt. At the very least, the development team seems to be taking the criticism from World of Warcraft players seriously. In-game fixes are seemingly inconsequential compared to real-world policy changes, but it appears these efforts were a long time coming anyway.

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