Do Games Developers have a moral obligation in real-world issues?

[Bigmaec]

Kinda ironic, now that Blizzard has Streisand-effected themselves into an international incident.

I agree, ironic, but foreseeable.
It's a bit of "damned if they do, damned if they don't" situation for them, that's why companies try to prevent such situations beforehand with contracts.
But you'll find lots of situations where corporations don't find the "right" decision and a PR desaster results from that. Hindsight is 20/20 though.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Closing - as the thread has gone down the path of political debate.