{"id":18721,"date":"2019-10-22T18:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T23:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2019-10-22T18:39:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T23:39:44","slug":"bethesda-atomic-shop-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-and-blizzard-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/22\/bethesda-atomic-shop-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-and-blizzard-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda Atomic Shop, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and Blizzard Controversies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vzeTiQz7RzA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! For this week we have Bethesda have decided to officially move away from the concept of cosmetic only with the Fallout 76 Atomic Shop, Activision pulls a surprise rabbit out of their hats by saying there will be no loot boxes with their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare monetization, settling on the Battle Pass instead, and Blizzard has had a continued week of controversies over the Hong Kong ban including the American University 6 month ban, Twitch bans, and finally a letter from the Senate to Bobby Kotick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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