Blizzard conducted an internal investigation into a recent World of Warcraft scandal where players gained an unfair advantage by using developer-only abilities on a live server. The incident was confirmed through community discussions and Blizzard’s internal review.

One Blizzard employee was found responsible for violating the company’s code of conduct and was immediately terminated. The company is also taking measures against the player accounts involved in the violation.

Blizzard stated that only a limited number of employees have access to developer tools on live servers for testing and issue resolution. Each use of these tools is logged and monitored by the platform’s security team. Using these tools for unauthorized purposes is strictly prohibited by company policy. Blizzard is confident that the incident was an isolated case due to their control systems.