{"id":23573,"date":"2021-10-22T13:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wow-community-criticises-blizzard-following-corpsegrinder-npc-name-change"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:45:48","slug":"wow-community-criticises-blizzard-following-corpsegrinder-npc-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/world-of-warcraft\/wow-community-criticises-blizzard-following-corpsegrinder-npc-name-change","title":{"rendered":"WoW community slams Blizzard following NPC name change"},"content":{"rendered":"

World of Warcraft (WoW) has faced several changes made to the game as the ongoing controversy surrounding Activision-Blizzard, stemming from lawsuits over sexual harassment, continues to torment the publisher.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to make amends, the publisher has removed suggestive and inappropriate language and depictions while cities and locations have been renamed in the months since the lawsuit came to light.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Blizzard rebranded one of the game’s non-playable characters, Gorge the Corpsegrinder, who was named after Cannibal Corpse frontman George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher. This came as a result of the musician’s comments from an interview in 2007 which resurfaced online, prompting the publisher to make “targeted adjustments” to the character.<\/p>\n

From Corpsegrinder to Annihilator: Blizzard changes WoW’s NPC name<\/h2>\n

Gorge the Corpsegrinder<\/a> is one of the game’s NPCs that players can meet at the Borean Tundra region. Renamed to “Annihilator Grek’lor”, the NPC’s backstory is that he’s an Orc commander with the Horde faction, noted to have a disliking for Night Elves and Gnomes.<\/p>\n

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The map location of where WoW players can find Gorge the Corpsegrinder. (Picture: Activision Blizzard \/ Wowhead)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This recent change to the NPC follows controversial comments made by Cannibal Corpse frontman, George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher during an interview in 2007 which had recently resurfaced online. These comments were later broadcasted by Blizzard during BlizzCon in 2011 where Fisher was seen making homophobic comments and slurs directed at Alliance\/Night Elf players.<\/p>\n

Fisher can be seen calling the Alliance faction the “homo-alliance” while Night Elf members were referred to as “f**king emo c**ksuckers”. Blizzard’s co-founder and ex-President Michael Morhaime had issued an apology but nothing had been done by the studio until this year.<\/p>\n