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An apology has been issued by Blizzard president Mike Morhaime over a video used during the recent Blizzcon 2011.
As reported by GayGamer, the video was revealed prior to a performance by metal group Cannibal Corpse at the closing of the Blizzcon convention, showing frontman George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher making several homophobic slurs against the Alliance faction.
While the video shown was bleeped to censor the slur, the original source reared its head online.
In response, Morhaime apologised for the occurrence, stating:
“As president of Blizzard, I take full responsibility for everything that occurs at BlizzCon.
“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 realize 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 judgment, and we regret it.
“The bottom line is we deeply apologize 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.”
Last week Blizzard revealed the inclusion of its new race of panda-likes, Pandaren, based on an April Fools joke found in Warcraft III.
To be fair, those words were pretty rich coming from a guy whose faction includes a race of magic cows.
