It’s hard to believe it’s February already! 2019 is flying by with little to report in the rogue news department. Yesterday dealt us a bit of a blow with community news, however…

Despite record profits, Activision Blizzard seems unhappy with its direction and has elected to change course resulting in massive layoffs of non-development people while looking to add to their development teams. This is very sad news for the community; we are losing people who have been wonderful bridges between Blizzard and the fanbase, among them CMs Ythisens. All will be missed whether we know them or not and I’d like to take this opportunity to say Thank you and Best Wishes to all. Our friends at Blizzard Watch have a write up:

And now for something more positive: check out this stunning piece that artist Kru created of Anne Stickney’s rogue:


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