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Controversies

In July of 2016, the President of the Universal Society of Hinduism (Rajan Zed )  urged Blizzard to remove two of Symmetra's hero cosmetic items from the game since they could be seen as inappropriate and not accurate towards the beliefs and practices of Hinduism. In Hinduism, devotees put their destinies in the hands of their gods and goddesses, this is a stark contrast to how he believes they are portrayed within the game. Rajan Zed has in the past commented on other video game depictions of Hindu-inspired gods such as the Free-to-Play Multiplayer Online Battle Area (MOBA) game Smite. Currently, both of Symmetra's Devi and Goddess skins are still playable within the game.

In November 2017, the Belgian Gaming Commission announced that it was investigating Overwatch alongside Star Wars Battlefront II to determine whether loot boxes constituted unlicensed gambling. Many Asian and European countries view loot boxes as a form of gambling and have since decided to make them illegal for companies to sell directly to their consumers in their games. Blizzard has decided to work with these regions in order to follow their gambling laws while staying true to their microtransaction focused business model. Within China,  Blizzard has allowed their players to purchase in-game currency and receive loot boxes as a "gift." In addition to this loot box change, China has required Blizzard to publicly disclose the exact odds of receiving each tier of item within said loot box. While initially loot boxes were not seen as gambling within the United States; the US Federal Trade Commission has recently decided to investigate the legality of the projected soon to be 50 billion dollar industry of microtransactions.

Black Ops 4

Within opening week of the release of Call Of Duty Black Ops 4 players were extremely unhappy to find that the game servers ran at 20hz. This came as a surprise since both the beta of Black Ops 4 and the previous iteration of the Franchise Call of Duty World War II both ran at 60hz. The server quality started to see improvement a few weeks after the launch of the game returning to the expected 60hz refresh rate.