At BlizzCon 2011, a World Of Warcraft video containing homophobic comments offended many of Blizzard's forum users and LGBT advocacy group GLAAD. As a result, Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Morhaime made a apologize for the homophobic video.
"As president of Blizzard, I take full responsibility for everything that occurs at Blizzcon," he wrote to GayGamer.
"It was shortsighted and insensitive to use the video at all, even in censored form. The language used in the original version, including the slurs and use of sexual orientation as an insult, is not acceptable, period."
"We realise now that having even an edited version at the show was counter to the standards we try to maintain in our forums and in our games. Doing so was an error in judgement, and we regret it," continued Morhaime.
"The bottom line is we deeply apologise for our mistakes and for hurting or offending anyone. We want you to have fun at our events, and we want everyone to feel welcome. We're proud to be part of a huge and diverse community, and I am proud that so many aspects of the community are represented within Blizzard itself."
"As a leader of Blizzard, and a member of the band, I truly hope you will accept my humblest apology."
People's viewpoints to both the incident and the apology have flooded the games official forums, with some players arguing it's not enough, others regarding it as just a hype manipulated by Blizzard.
Source: Gaygamer
