{"id":18797,"date":"2019-11-04T09:26:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18797"},"modified":"2019-11-08T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:29:09","slug":"fallout-76-au-refund-ea-returns-to-steam-and-more-blizzard-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/04\/fallout-76-au-refund-ea-returns-to-steam-and-more-blizzard-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallout 76 AU Refund, EA Returns to Steam, and MORE Blizzard Controversy!"},"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\/UfvOFW7yaUM?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 Zenimax, the parent company of Bethesda, are forced to provide refunds to AU Gamers due to the deplorable state of Fallout 76, More Blizzard controversy as J. Allen Brach issues a fresh non-pology to Gamers at Blizzcon 2019, and finally EA returns to Steam, bringing with it the Origin Client and Origin Access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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