To commemorate the launch of the latest  World of Warcraft  expansion,  Legion , Blizzard’s servers were taken down by a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on Wednesday. This came a day late, as the expansion actually launched on Tuesday. But when it comes to ruining other peoples’ fun, better late than never. This lined up with a similar attack that brought down the  Battlefield 1  open beta for most of the day yesterday, as EA’s servers were hit. The Blizzard attack began in Europe, then spread across the globe. It didn’t just take down  Legion.  Other games, like  Overwatch , were also impacted. This was the second major DDoS attack against Blizzard in August. The last attack hit early in the month, and was apparently retaliation for Blizzard’s banning of cheaters.  How classy. Part of a game developer’s job is to keep legit players around, and a big part of that in multiplayer games is protecting honest players from cheaters. Retaliating against a company for doing its job is absurd. As of now, Blizzard’s servers appear to be working again. Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2016/09/01/world-of-warcraft-legion-goes-down-as-blizzard-servers-hit-with-ddos/#6bfb43ed3778

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World Of Warcraft: Legion’ Goes Down As Blizzard Servers Hit With DDoS