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Q&A 39.5 and the Conclusion of I
2008-06-06 23:26:00 The StarCraft 2 fanssite StarcraftCZ had won the I <3 SC contest and has received the privilege of having a special Q&A session with Karune, Blizzard’s RTS community manager. They get in a few interesting questions, to which Karune answers thouroughly. 1) How many units can Nydus Worm and Phase Prism transport (does it depend to ...
Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld
2008-06-04 21:58:00 A mother gives life so her newborn may take it away in this bloody tale of retribution for a wronged woman. I know that there will be people out there for whom this particular bandwagon must be a real bone of contention. The aftermath of the Kill Bill furore has brought some little known films to the fore, Lady Snowblood being now the most infamous. The cries of hijacking are practically audible from those whose film collections already proudly contained this particular and previously lesser known tale of revenge. However, if there is goodness to come from all the hype it must surely be that our lady of vengeance has found a wider audience. I’m not really one for bandwagons myself, that’s a ride too cramped for my tastes, but on this occasion it called right passed my door so I thought this time I’d hitch a lift, and what a ride it turned out to be. Blizzard from the Netherworld is Meiko Kaji’s first outing as Yuki, the child born to avenge her imprisoned mot...
By: podflower.com
Official StarCraft 2 Requirements Officially Denied
2008-05-27 23:02:00 An official denial from Blizzard has put an end to the recent rumors surrounding the supposed system requirements for StarCraft 2. Despite the fact the requirements were published in a respectable, well circulated Spanish magazine, they were nothing but fictional. So the following: Is nothing but a guess, probably based on the the configuration of the PCs that ...
Blizzard nears $300 million revenue last quarter
2008-05-15 06:01:00 According to Kotaku Vivendi Games, via its child company, Blizzard Entertainment and Blizzard's highly lucrative World of Warcraft franchise, made around $340 million in revenue last quarter. Most of that came from Blizzard alone, the developer providing an impressive $295 million to Vivendi's games division, with a good portion of that cash coming from the MMO's 10.7 million subscriber base. Vivendi aims to have another banner year with the release of the highly anticipated Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack to World of Warcraft in the second half of 2008.
By: Wikilaw
BlizzCon 2008 Announced
2008-05-12 21:36:00 Blizzard has announced the 3rd annual BlizzCon event, which will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®’s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises. In response to the demand to accommodate more attendees, this year’s event has expanded ...
Blizzcon 2008 Announced
2008-05-12 21:00:00 IRVINE, Calif. ? May 12, 2008 ? ? Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its third BlizzCon? gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®’s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises. In response ...
By: Power Level Blog
Blizzcon 2008
2008-05-12 19:38:00 Blizzard Entertainment gaming convention returns to Anaheim Convention Center 10-11th October MARLOW, UK ? 12th May, 2008 ? Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its third BlizzCon? gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on 10 and 11 October. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding ...
By: Gaming News link
Blizzard vs Cheaters which side are you on?
2008-05-09 00:00:00 Blizzard has filed a suit against MDY, the company that makes Glider. MDY then sued to establish its right to sell their software, their bot software. I have a passionate hate for cheaters in any game, but especially Blizzard games since they are my favorite game publisher and produce eSport ready games. Games that require a balanced competitive scene. Ever since Map hackers showed up in Starcraft and hearing the community uproar, Blizzard has been working hard to curb cheating. Now some may argue that Blizzard suing this company is making copyright laws more stricter and imposing. However I see that as a necessary evil vs the cheaters & developers making cheating tools. Quote from the source article: “The question is, how is installing a third-party tool copyright infringement if it doesn’t use Blizzard’s code? This is where things get dicey. In a filing, Blizzard quotes a section from its EULA that says that “All connections to the Game and/or...
Blizzard Online Store now open to digital downloads like Warcraft and StarC
2008-05-07 14:40:00 The Blizzard Online Store has added a new service, digital downloads. Certain Blizzard games like those from the Warcraft and StarCraft series can be purchased as online downloads. Instead of purchasing a boxed retail copy of the game, the digital version gives you instant access ? download and play it on your computer as soon ...
Blizzard launches new online store
2008-05-04 01:27:00 The new and improved Blizzard store opened recently, and it's definitely worth a look. It has a very clean layout, making finding what you want pretty simple.They carry everything from the Blizzard games to the Warcraft action figures to WoW game time. Their apparel selection isn't very large due to that primarily being handled by Jinx, but the store is still worthwhile.Plus, registering for the Blizzard store comes with another perk. You can register for the Beta Test lottery, which is a chance at being chosen for upcoming beta phases of various games. Wrath? Starcraft II perhaps? All of the above? Who knows! I've been considering getting into the WoW TCG, so if I get a shot at a beta test out of it, too... hey, why not?Edit: The Blizzard EU store is not yet live, but I imagine it will be soon. Sorry, Europe!
By: Online Games
WWI StarCraft 2 Tournament and the New BlizzStore
2008-05-03 18:12:00 Blizzard has announced that a StarCraft 2 tournament will take place during this year’s Worldwide Invitational event in Paris, on the 28th and 29th of June. The 2 versus 2 tournament will pitch WWI visitors against each other and give them a chance to win prizes. To enter the tournament, players must have a ticket ...
Blizzard Acquires Diablo3.com
2008-05-02 00:45:00 In a move sure to generate reams of speculation from Diablo fans the world over, the former owner of Diablo3.com just revealed that the domain has been handed over to Blizzard on request. It seems that Blizzard contacted the site's management a few months back asking for use of the domain, and, being a loyal fan of Blizzard's series, the webmaster handed it over to Blizzard completely gratis. While it's not uncommon for corporations of all kinds to snap up domains even tangentially related to their products, it's almost too easy to see this move as a strategic step laying the groundwork for the eventual release of a third Diablo game.Let's not forget that it's been almost eight years since the last full Diablo title -- that's a long wait for a sequel, even by Blizzard's notoriously meticulous standards. Financially, another Diablo game seems almost predestined. Both Diablo, Diablo II and their sequels are among the best-selling PC games of all time and short o...
By: Online Games
Blizzard launches an online store
2008-05-02 00:00:00 It has very nice design and sells both PC games & board games, books, guides and even action figures… What Starcraft gamers that have lost their old CDs should really like is this product: The StarCraft Anthology Previously your only choice was buying 2 games at $10 a piece or the battle chest which is also 2 games at $10 a piece with guides you don’t need. Check out the new Blizzard store here: http://www.blizzard.com/store/-
Blizzard asks: Have Arena wait times improved?
2008-04-22 21:53:00 Back in February, Bornakk promised Arena queue improvements in Patch 2.4. Now that 2.4 has been here for a few weeks, Drysc is asking for feedback on the wait times. According to Drysc, Blizzard has been making changes continually since releasing 2.4 in order reduce the wait times. He asks that you leave feedback in his post on the forums if you have played in the Arena within the last week.Reading through, the feedback is all positive. Well, mostly. Poe jokes that the queue times are too quick now and would like a couple minutes to do a round of mining in Nagrand. Otherwise, everyone agrees that the queue times are now just a few seconds as opposed to several minutes. The only real negative comments are about how they would like Blizzard to crack down on Win Trading.I am happy that Blizzard is soliciting feedback to find out what is really happening in the game. Do you think the Arena wait times have decreased?
By: Online Games
Baseball in a blizzard
2008-04-21 18:47:00 We had our third baseball game of the season on Saturday. And just when I thought all the male managers in the league had gotten used to the idea of me managing a team? I run across a coach that clearly thought I should be home ironing. And barefoot. I watched the expression on his face ...
Anuncio de Diablo 3 pode estar próximo
2008-04-18 20:00:00 Apesar de não existir nenhum pronunciamento oficial até hoje, correm especulações que indicam que falta pouco tempo para termos informações concretas sobre o Diablo 3, provável continuação da aclamada série de RPG que faz sucesso até hoje nos quatro cantos do mundo. O que torna isso intrigante é o fato inusitado de dois ...
Innovation lessons from Blizzard
2008-04-08 14:31:00 we CAN help IT – Colin Stewart at the Orange County Register has compiled eleven lessons that Blizzard has learned by being innovative with its products. In case you have not heard of them, Blizzard is the company that has created a number of the best selling computer games in the last 10 years including World of Warcraft. The article ... read more
Great post about Blizzard innovations
2008-04-07 17:17:00 Blizzard Entertainment, the envy of the computer game industry, has learned 11 lessons on innovation that can help almost any business.Irvine-based Blizzard used these innovation methods not only to create the world’s most popular massively multi-player online game, World of Warcraft, but also to keep the game fresh and challenging for more than 10 million players.Because many of those customers pay $15 a month to continue playing, Blizzard’s ongoing creative achievement is worth more than $1 billion a year in revenues, not counting the multi-millions it tallies from its other games, such as StarCraft, Diablo II and Warcraft III, plus trading cards, comic books, etc.This combination of creativity and profitability is much of the reason for the upcoming merger of game company Activision with Blizzard’s parent company, Vivendi Games. The new company, to be called Activision Blizzard, will be valued at about $18.9 billion. (link)
By: The Undead Sheep
Stealing Blizzard?s domain names? not worth it
2008-04-06 00:00:00 Blizzard reserves the right to shut down anyone using a domain name that is just containing the names of their games, example… diabloiii.es Come on asshole.... what did you expect? You think Blizzard would like it that you are stealing traffic that is actually looking for the official company created website? Then you run a Diablo 3 blog… You are a BLOGGER you’re suppose to come up with interesting cool names, I own Diablofeeder.com and tell you want lets battle once the game is announced and see who does better in the search engines. Diabloii.es now has the Spanish text letting people know that the domain now belongs to Blizzard and gives the new link to the guys new blog here Now I wonder whats going to happen to these guys: http://diablo3.com Obviously a fansite, these guys stole Blizzards right-full domain name. Btw this is the rough English translation on the Spanish site: This page will not be accessible from this domain, please update your links and bo...
April Fools? Tauren Marine; 10 Year StarCraft Interview
2008-04-03 19:20:00 This year’s Blizzard’s April Fools’ stunt introduces a new unit that’s going to leave a heavy hoofprint on the StarCraft universe: The Tauren Marine. This fictional-fictional unit was born in a crossover between the WarCraft and StarCraft universes, and the end result is a superunit of epic proportions. Tauren Marine Trains From: Mulgore Armament: 88mm Impala Gauss Rifle Role: ...
Blizzard To Bring World of Warcraft to Consoles
2008-04-02 02:36:00 Blizzard announced plans to launch a new version of World of Warcraft for consoles. The new edition entitled World of Warcraft: The Molten Core will be exclusively for the Atari 2600.
Blizzard annouces new Terran unit for SC2... the Tauren Marine !
2008-04-01 15:44:00 Just today Blizzard announced their latest...but rather unusual addition to the Terran forces. The Tauren Marine is said to have been created by the Confederates when they bumped into the planet Azeroth. Training up the those cows that they found to be mean fighting machines. Eat this Zerglings !Check out the gameplay videos below :Happy April Fool's Day !
By: SlackoGamer
StarCraft 10 Years Old - I
2008-04-01 00:29:00 Blizzard is celebrating 10 years of StarCraft and would like everyone to join in on the fun: In celebration of StarCraft’s 10-year anniversary, we’d like to invite every one of you to participate in our “I <3 SC” photo mosaic project. This is your chance to be a part of StarCraft history, as we bring together ...
Blizzard Buys Konami, Announces Starcraft: Tychus Chronicles
2008-04-01 00:00:00 Starfeeder Proudly Presents—Starcraft: Tychus Chronicles. Blizzard partnered with Konami and announces a great new console game, Starcraft: Tychus Chronicles. We review the beta, which as of today already looks very promising. NOTE: Beware of spoilers! Starcraft: Tychus Chronicles, which is a Starcraft 2 Prequel, explores the 4-year period after Starcraft 1 just before Starcraft 2. The story revolves around Tychus as he investigates the meteor that fell on Aiur that unleashed the Zerg Swarm. He found many surprising revelations we need to see to better understand several concepts Blizzard introduced in the PC game under development, Starcraft 2. Tychus Findlay is a new cast member in Starcraft 2, which is currently under alpha and is estimated by GameStop to be released on December 2008. Starcraft: Tychus Chronicles, might be released August 2008. For starters, Tychus Findlay battles Infested Protoss and Terran Renegades that protect the secret lairs of the Zerg Swarm...
WoW Bot Author Earned $2.8M Claims Blizzard
2008-03-29 22:05:00 GamePolitics reports that Blizzard is claiming that World of Warcraft bot author Michael Donnelly has made a cool $2.8 million by selling his Glider software. This comes from recent motions filed in court. Glider is a downloadable software that automatically plays the game for the user, letting players go up to level 70 without much personal effort. Donnelly, its author, was sued by Blizzard in February 2007 and both sides have been locked in a legal battle since then. ?Blizzard?s designs expectations are frustrated, and resources are allocated unevenly, when bots are introduced into the WoW universe, because bots spend far more time in-game than an ordinary player would and consume resources the entire time,? said the company in a legal statement. Interestingly, Donnelly claims that his program does not violate Blizzard?s copyright because it never makes a true copy of the game client. The software currently sells for $25, with an optional $5 subscription offering additional features.
By: Online Games
Free Dairy Queen Blizzard -coupon
2008-03-27 17:03:00 http://www.b96online.com/Articl-e.asp?id=633051&spid=1969 -they just added this: PLEASE NOTE: This is a local contest - DQ Blizzard coupons are good for participating locations in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area only. While supplies last.
By: Free Stuff Times
Blizzard says Latin America version of WoW coming soon
2008-03-27 13:37:00 If you are a PC gamer chances are that you have probably played World of Warcraft or at least know one or ten people who do. WoW is one of the most popular PC games ever and currently has about 10 million players around the world. Blizzard is looking to add to that 10 million subscriber ...
By: SlipperyBrick
Blizzard to Sue Creator of MMO Glider Bot
2008-03-27 08:04:00 Blizzard are taking legal action against the creator of a program that they claim infringes the company's copyright. Michael Donnelly, the programmer in question, created MMO Glider, a program which can automatically control some of a WoW character's key actions, including combat. Donnelly has sold over 100,000 copies of the bot, and Blizzard are demanding that he stop selling Glider and return all profits that he made from the sales. Donnelly disputes the claim, saying his program doesn't infringe Blizzard's copyright. In Blizzard's legal submission to the court last week, the firm said: "Blizzard's designs expectations are frustrated, and resources are allocated unevenly, when bots are introduced into the WoW universe, because bots spend far more time in-game than an ordinary player would and consume resources the entire time." Buy Lotro Gold | Lord Of The Rings Online Gold Lotro Accounts | Buy Lotro Accounts Lord Of The ...
Blizzard pulls the plug on Starcraft 2
2008-03-27 00:00:00 What? Well check out this PDF a reader found on another Starcraft 2 blog… The PDF content: Sent: 22/03/2008 From: Michael Morhaime To: Blizzard PR; Blizzard Dev; WWi08; Founders Group; CC: Rod A. Rigole; Paul Maglione; Bobby Kotick; Bruce Hack; Frank Pearce; Rob Pardo; Jeffrey Kaplan; Dear All. As many of you are already aware, last night we have decided to pull the plug on StarCraft 2. In this letter, I?d like to share with you all exactly how and why this decision was made. We are well aware that many of you will not take this decision lightly, especially considering the bitter aftertaste of StarCraft Ghost, and the disproportional resources dedicated to the WarCraft franchise. Prior to making this decision, I have personally sat down with Sales and Marketing, QA personnel, developers and artists, progamers and a few community managers. None have provided an answer which could support a different decision. Not a single person was able to justify StarCraft...
Diablo 3 está a caminho?
2008-03-26 00:04:00 Diablo 3 está mesmo em produção, e já se encontra num estado avançado! É isto que o Factornews diz saber de uma fonte bem informada, mas ainda há mais! A muito desejada continuação de Diablo II não vai ser um MMO, como muitos temiam, mas um puro hack & slash ao estilo dos anteriores. Acabou-se ...
Post-Zerg Q&A and Interview with Blizzard Developers
2008-03-22 12:36:00 Incgamers has conducted a very informative interview with Blizzard’s top developers: Dustin Browder (Lead Designer), Chris Sigaty (Lead Producer) and Samwise Didier (Art Director). They ask some important questions and receive detailed responses. Here are the major highlights: The Mothership seems like an extremely powerful unit, are there any counters to it? Sure! It has been changed ...
Activision Blizzard Merger Puts Future Sierra Games At Risk
2008-03-21 06:37:00 It's a hard knock life for developers at Sierra, as they'll soon have to pitch games to their new corporate bosses to see if they pass the new Activision Blizzard muster.Fighting for its lifeVariety is reporting this week that the developers at Vivendi Games' Sierra label will soon have to re-pitch games to their new Activision bosses to see if they get the ax or continue on.Games that are completely or relatively safe from elimination are established revenue generators like Vivendi's Blizzard MMORPG World of Warcraft; as well as The Bourne Conspiracy, Prototype, Brutal Legend, and Ghostbusters, which are all scheduled to come out this year."I've had numerous sources tell me that development teams on all of Vivendi's games now have to essentially pitch their projects to Activision executives," reported Variety's Ben Fritz. "Until the merger is technically complete, work proceeds as usual, but once it's over, Activision will start making some decisions. And it seems very unli...
By: Sports Legends
Blizzard 2008 Worldwide Invitational Tickets On Sale
2008-03-18 21:27:00 Tickets for Blizzard’s upcoming major event, the 2008 Worldwide Invitational, are about to go on sale in two days. On the 20th of March - this Thursday, fans of Blizzard and their games will be able to purchase tickets to the event. What exactly is planned for the event? The Worldwide Invitational is a two-day event bringing ...
StarCraft 2 Korean and Chinese Build Summary
2008-03-17 01:06:00 The stream of information continues. Fans who were lucky enough to visit the events held by Blizzard in the far east are still supplying us with new interesting tidbits about the game, which we will summarize here. Note that the builds showcased in different locations have small changes and inconsistencies between them - the Roach, for ...
Fans Visit Blizzard?s HQ, Return with Answers
2008-03-15 00:38:00 Several representatives from US-based StarCraft fansites have gotten the chance to visit Blizzard’s Headquarters in Irving, California, and reported back with plenty of clarifications concerning gameplay, balance and unit roles. The reports shed new light upon key units such as the Zerg Queen, Protoss Colossus and the Terran Thor. They also discuss other interesting adjustments made ...
Art of Blizzard Benefit Show for Child?s Play
2008-03-13 00:00:00 “Thanks to everyone who came out to our opening show in the new space, and to Blizzard Entertainment for allowing us to host this benefit event.” - Nucleus Art Gallery Blizzard held a art show at the Nucleus Art Gallery to benefit Child’s Play - Created by Penny Arcade, Child?s Play is a Seattle-based, game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in over 40 hospitals worldwide.
Blizzard?s Rush: 36 Hours of Zerg
2008-03-12 02:35:00 The Zerg are here. Ending a long period of Rumors and leaks, Blizzard has once again chosen an event held in Korea to announce the latest major development in the StarCraft Universe. On March 10th, 2008, Blizzard has unleashed a true Zerg Rush of information dealing with the long awaited third race. The large amount of screenshots, ...
Starcraft fansites at Blizzard HQ today
2008-03-11 00:00:00 A few lucky fansites are on the scene today in Irving California, Blizzard headquarters… about to get a first hand look at the new Zerg, get to talk to Devs as well as play Starcraft II. Starcraft2forums.org, gamereplays.org and sclegacy.com are among the sites, but don’t worry Starfeeder has a secret reporter on the scene to gather up some exclusive content for us ;] Anyways sclegacy has posted the format for the day on their website: Introductions between the attendees at Blizzard HQ. Cinematic Video shown to attendees. Gameplay Video shown to attendees. Q&A with Dustin Browder StarCraft II playable by attendees. ^ Photo taken by gamereplays.org
Columbus gets 20 Inches of Snow — And I Show Homes During a Blizzard
2008-03-10 20:39:00 I often tell people moving to Columbus that it rarely snows here. And when it does, it doesn’t snow very much but Columbusites still freak out and the News still sensationalizes what snow we did get. Well, according to official measurements at the Airport, we got 20 inches of snow Friday and Saturday — the biggest snowfall ever in Central Ohio. Ever. I had a buyer-couple coming in From Houston this weekend. This is the weekend they HAD to put an offer on something. They had been here another weekend a few weeks back but that was when we thought Husband’s company was going to purchase their Houston home and we were looking at completely different homes than we did this time. We saw about 20 homes Friday and Sunday during snow, sleet and ice pellets falling from the sky. The vacant homes were the worst since no one had bothered to shovel a path to their doors, we had to guess a...
The Cyan Velvet Project - The Towers And The Blizzard
2008-03-09 17:07:00 Band: The Cyan Velvet ProjectAlbum: The Towers And The BlizzardYear: 2008Country: FinlandGenre: Gothic MetalLength: 44:13 MinFilesize: 67 MBTracklist:- Al Says Hi- Burden Of Man- Dead Skin- The Magician- Dielogue- Bad Habits- In The Attic- In The Altitude- The Calling- Obsession- Last Before The BlizzardClick Here
Ya empieza Activision - Blizzard a crear experimentos?
2008-03-07 04:49:00 Lo que mucha gente se temia, ya se especula sobre las fusiones de grandes tÃtulos, bueno en este caso no es una fusión pero me parece que se les vino a la cabeza, mejor Muliplayer Masivo ? Pues WoW, mejor shooter 2007, pues Call of Duty,ya chevere entonces creamos un juego que combine algo de los dos, y se les ocurre World of Call of Duty Hero, pero Call of duty Online para los amigos.Activision se está planteando la posibilidad de que Call of Duty se convierta en un juego multijugador masivo online.Desde la empresa se apunta que ahora mismo hay muy pocos juegos de este tipo, a la vez que muchos proyectos han sido cancelados y otros tantos, no han tenido el éxito esperado.En Activision creen que en cuanto se complete el proceso de fusión con Vivendi se podrÃa situar en una buena posición para lanzar juegos de este tipo, a raÃz de la trayectoria de Blizzard.Nivel 22Voodoo Extreme
By: Gamers of Peru
The Blizzard of ?O5
2008-03-05 01:58:00 Although purchased and advertised under the name “The Blizzard of 05” this album is a collection of songs by the artist “Bleu“. Although, having heard Bleu’s other work, I would say that this particular album sounds very different to my ears than any other work, but of coarse, I’ll let you judge for yourself. Here is ...
By: Tom Shea Art
Karunology, Zerg Rumors and a New StarCraft Book
2008-03-03 23:23:00 Zerg Rumors Is the Zerg race going to be announced a week from today? A Team liquid forum post brings to our attention the fact that on March 10, in an official Blizzard event in South Korea, the Zerg race will be showcased to the world for the first time. Demo stations will be set ...
Easy DVD Creator v1.5.3 WinALL Incl. Keygen - BLiZZARD
2008-03-01 05:04:00 Easy DVD Creator provides you a handy tool to convert AVI/DIVX/XVID/DIV, MPEG/MPG/DAT, WMV/ASF/ASX, RM/RMVB, MOV/QT, 3GP/3G2, MP4/M4V, FLV and TOD into DVDs that you can watch in your home DVD player.With Easy DVD Creator, you can easily turn the vacation, wedding and family movies into DVDs that you can burn and share with your friends and family! Easily create DVDs in your own home! Just add
By: Blog de MarySoft
Blizzard Podcast Episode 2 Transcript and Download link
2008-02-29 03:35:00 The Transcript and Download link for Blizzcast Episode 2 (blizzard podcast) in 1 more click: Blizzcast Episode 2 Podcast Transcript / Download Link
By: Gaming News link
How Blizzard intends to support SC2 as an eSport
2008-02-26 00:00:00 Blizzard has it’s sights set on making the predecessor to Starcraft the ultimate RTS eSport, Rob Pardo explains more during the 2008 Game Developers Conference… Blizzard’s VP of game design, Rob Pardo, talks during the Game Developers Conference in San Fran about Blizzards new approach to Multiplayer & Massive Multiplayer games. What peeks our interest here at Starfeeder is he goes into more detail and answers some questions we’ve had form the start about Starcraft II. And how it will function as an eSport. click to view larger Decide upfront if you want an E-Sport game Replays Spectators Referee controls Web Support Map editor, modding ability The first point of this bulleted list hits the spot and reaffirms or rather reassures that Blizzard has it’s mind right about Starcraft II. They tried to turn WoW into an eSport with the Arenas, however Arena games failed to take off… even helping to cause the demise...
It's A F#%*king Blizzard, Charlie Brown
2008-02-22 21:02:00 Here's what I got to wake up to. Of course having a landlord that lives in Florida translates to no one shovels the back driveway my apartment entrance faces.Ah the joys of an above ground subway station in Astoria. It makes the winter months kind of feel like Hell on Earth. The summer isn't that bad.Here is the view of Soho/Canal from my office. On the way in today Ethan Hawke was standing outside amongst the smokers talking to some old dude. I wonder what he's here working on. Homegirl looked a little beat...but it was possibly the weather. It makes everyone look beat.But low and behold, The Queensies Awards I ordered and engraved have finally arrived! They look amazing. And they were pretty cheap too. Check out Crown Awards if you're looking to thrown your own awards ceremony. Of course, the other edge of this sword is...that the commute home is supposed to be sleet and snow...and I get to lug the awards home in it. I could wait til Monday...but I'm not good the whole "waiti...
Blizzard Multiplayer Balance - Switch Players Around!
2008-02-22 04:49:00 I picked this up when adding a news item for StarCraft: IncGamers, it is a snip from Game Developers Convention that is taking place right now. One lesson that Rob shared that we've heard from numerous designers in the past is that, when a particular unit or strategy seems underpowered, you want to overcorrect it and make it more powerful than you think it should be. That way, you'll actually encourage players to try the new units and strategies and you'll have a better sense of where the true balance should be. What this amazing revelation actually means is that my friend Wuushu was right on with his theories of Blizzard Class Design. They simply let a few classes be overpowered at a time, so people are interested and try them out, then nerfing them and the circle continues. What a devious plan indeed! Still, if you look at it, the system could be fair enough, no class is usually overpowered against ALL other classes, just enough to be "ez mode" enough to draw p...
Ultralisk Launch Detected; Blizzard at GDC08
2008-02-21 16:31:00 During a presentation at GDC08, given by Rob Pardo, Blizzard’s Senior Vice President of Game Design, the audience was treated to a picture of a new Zerg unit: There’s little doubt to the identity of this unit, which obviously resembles the infamous Ultralisk of StarCraft 1. Blizzard had already mentioned plans to bring back the Ultralisk ... |
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