# Activision Blizzard (أكتيفجن بليزارد)

> Activision Blizzard is available in Syria with limited functionality, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: limited
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Microsoft](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/microsoft.md)
- Categories: Game Publishers, Game Stores & Launchers, Multiplayer & Gaming Networks
- Official site: https://www.activision.com
- Community votes: 159
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/activision-blizzard

## About

Major video game publisher behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch

## Activity summary

Partially blocked in Syria. Reported fully blocked in February 2026, the website later became reachable but Syria was missing from the account-registration country list, lowering the status to limited. Community volunteers contacted the publisher in March 2026, and the team raised the case with the parent company at corporate level the same month. A June 2026 community test confirmed online multiplayer still fails from Syria while local play works.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to eccn@microsoft.com. Activision Blizzard was explicitly named alongside LinkedIn as a Microsoft product with Syria restrictions requiring review. The email argued for a single corporate-level compliance review.

## Community reports

- 2026-06-21 — Verified. Community testing from Syria confirmed that Activision Blizzard's online services remain restricted. Connecting a Call of Duty session to the online network from Syria fails with a connection error (reason 'HUENEME - NEGEV'), offering only Retry or Play Locally. Online multiplayer remains blocked while local play is available, consistent with the service's limited status. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/dsd19vszzw1yjq0wo8v3t79l/kt0ustlgtv8cl6e4ajq30q21-inbound2366125476221941217.jpg)
- 2026-03-19 — Follow-up Sent. A community volunteer sent a follow-up email to Activision's legal affairs team at legalaffairs@activision.com requesting a review of service restrictions affecting Syrian users. The email referenced the evolving international sanctions landscape, including recent U.S. and EU steps toward easing restrictions on Syria, and highlighted the impact on students and young people. This is the second outreach to Activision Blizzard, following the initial contact on March 3.
- 2026-03-03 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Activision Blizzard's legal team at legalaffairs@activision.com requesting a compliance review to restore service access for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 U.S. Treasury announcement lifting the comprehensive trade embargo, OFAC documentation confirming Syria is no longer listed as an embargoed country, and supporting resources from unblocksyria.com. This is the first outreach to Activision Blizzard.
- 2026-02-18 — Verified. Community member verified that the Activision Blizzard website (activision.com) is now accessible from Syria. The homepage loads fully, and login functionality works. However, Syria is not listed in the Country/Region dropdown during account creation — the list skips directly from Sudan to Suriname. Users cannot register new accounts with Syria as their country. Status changed from blocked to limited. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/njvldsojseuy2nv1wdq69v2w/p4jylwe6mer5uug904b1oije-firefox-ex6fgyfxio.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/x5at006blbo8l23apbwuskc3/nq290mry90dm79uqhm8v8k4h-firefox-na7l3cfp9v.png)
- 2026-02-11 — Evidence Added. Community member from Syria reported that Activision Blizzard services are blocked. Two screenshots provided as evidence of the block from a device inside Syria. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/a2uu50fnym50x9r2dfdywtk5/xvfzsyg7tzr2bfs5w6ay23sc-screenshot-2026-02-11-122828.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/zi5kslu96qc63628sk5msdnf/mqkj7c13h86qyhmjbvct6pmv-screenshot-2026-02-11-122812.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

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- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/activision-blizzard/timeline?locale=en
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