|
Home / News / Tags / Blizzard
|
|
More: << prev 50
When faced with a choice of seeing Paris, with its beautiful coffee joints, Le Tour Eiffel, the breathtaking boulevards and the sumptuous museums, or going nearby to Versailles to attend the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, what would you do? That's a question that can separate a gamer from a normal man. I would... |
18 March 2008
05:02 GMT |
 |
|
There's no question in anyone's mind that Starcraft II is going to be huge. Even if the original is old, with dated graphics and some outdated gameplay mechanism, it has a huge followers on-line and playing Starcraft is a veritable way of life in countries like South Korea.So any news about the sequel is so... |
11 March 2008
05:38 GMT |
|
|
Last week Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision, soon to become Activision Blizzard, was a guest speaker at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference. Interested gamers picked up some juicy tidbits from his speech, which is to be expected as Kotick is now one of the most important men in gaming. He made some interesting... |
10 March 2008
03:48 GMT |
|
|
The next World of Warcraft update, numbered 2.4 for the math aficionados out there, is named Fury of the Sunwell and is currently undergoing public testing. With its deployment not too far away, it's worth looking at what it will bring to the players.The 2.4 patch is the first time a whole new outdoor area is op... |
6 March 2008
04:33 GMT |
|
|
Activision has moved to trademark the name DJ Hero planning to use it both for a game and for a piece of hardware. The trademark protection, filled on February 8, makes sure that no other entity snaps up the name and uses it, and it also might reveal Activision's plans for its Guitar Hero line of products.Activi... |
20 February 2008
06:55 GMT |
|
|
A post-DICE interview with Blizzard cofounder, Frank Pearce, has revealed that the developers of the most popular MMORPG on the planet are thinking of a mobile version for WoW. Naturally, only la crème de la crème of mobile phones will be able to support Blizzard's MMO, and Apple's iPhone sounds like a wort... |
14 February 2008
08:01 GMT |
|
|
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its mega hit massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) continues to climb up the charts and does it pretty well: 10 million users worldwide. World of Warcraft now hosts about 5.5 million subscribers in Asia, over 2.5 million in North America and more than 2 mill... |
23 January 2008
09:52 GMT |
|
|
The beginning of 2008 couldn't ever get better! Really, now, we can all go to sleep and wait. Because the God of Gaming, in this particular case - Blizzard, has listened to our prayers and decided to show some sympathy towards us, the mortal gamers (according to some digging made by hardgame2.com). And what pray... |
4 January 2008
05:00 GMT |
|
|
In a very interesting and surprising piece of news, Altgn reveals some information received from one of their users. It's actually a hint about a potential Xbox 360 release for Starcraft II, a rumor Blizzard denied some time ago, by stating that Starcraft II will be a PC exclusive.The "hint" we are talking abou... |
3 January 2008
03:52 GMT |
|
|
Mike Morhaime, the president, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment is the 11th person inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. To enter the Hall of Fame (one person per year), you should be voted on by the Academy's Board of Directors and, of course, be be a person th... |
13 December 2007
03:45 GMT |
|
|
It wasn't long ago when we found out that World of Warcraft could be actually made in Turkey. Even though, in a way, that is still true, the Russians are those who will have their own version of WoW. It will be the fifth official supported language in the game, English, French, German and Spanish versions being ... |
11 December 2007
06:44 GMT |
|
|
This year's World of Warcraft holiday event is no much different than past ones, but that doesn't mean it's not going to feature new stuff as well. For example this new item you can obtain "by /kiss -ing a Winter Reveler NPC" to "create snowfall above any targeted player." Cute, insignificant stuff rea... |
7 December 2007
04:02 GMT |
|
|
Activision Blizzard has barely been announced (as a newborn company) and already they're confirming titles to be released under its label, although the label itself won't be stamped on any of the games' covers, as Blizzard's President and CEO Mike Morhaime confirmed a while back. What would you sa... |
4 December 2007
08:05 GMT |
|
|
In light of a breaking piece of news this weekend saying that Vivendi has bought a majority stake in Activision, not changing the latter's status much, Blizzard President and CEO Mike Morhaime had a little chat with blokes over at 1UP.com, revealing more details on the most important merger occurring in the vide... |
3 December 2007
06:23 GMT |
|
|
Who needs to work nowadays? Just start playing World of Warcraft, get a Rogue equipped with both Legendary swords and a 4/5 of a Tier 6 armor set and sell it for $9000 plus. Making a living out of playing games and leveling up MMO characters has become a reality now and I know many other WoW fans who put their chara... |
19 September 2007
04:09 GMT |
|
|
Blizzard has some candy for us, Starcraft fans and it's not even Halloween time yet! It turns out that the producer of the most famous RTS game ever has revealed a new unit from the long-awaited Starcraft 2 title. It's a brand new tank named Thor and it will make the famous Mammoth Tank seem like a bicycl... |
6 September 2007
05:03 GMT |
|
|
We've seen everything now! It appears that Blizzard Entertainment and WoW's Chinese operator in the area got sued for using Chinese fonts illegally. Founder Group, a software company from Beijing has just filed the lawsuit, claiming that WoW's developer and the local operator have used those character... |
27 August 2007
09:07 GMT |
|
|
Good news for the WoW fans! The Games Convention in Leipzig is once again bringing us brand new screenshots from one of the most awaited games: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. This title is an expansion pack for the most popular MMORPG in the world and Blizzard will surely reveal more goodies in the follo... |
22 August 2007
08:51 GMT |
|
|
Will we ever see a console version of the famous WoW? According to the game developers at Blizzard the title "was never designed for a console experience", so we should stick to the PC if we're die-hard MMORPG fans. Also, Blizzard's vice president of game design, Rob Pardo mentioned that porting the MMO to... |
20 August 2007
04:11 GMT |
|
|
We thought that only Americans and some lonely Europeans are worried about the online gaming influence on the general public, but now it seems that professor Tao Hongkai, from the Huazhong Normal University is joining forces with a study that clearly shows how bad games are for kids. I have witnessed these reports ov... |
16 August 2007
03:36 GMT |
|
|
Blokes over at Blizzard Entertainment are keeping themselves awfully busy this time around, prepping the launch of a new expansion for their popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft, but also developing the most anticipated RTS games of all time, StarCraft II. Apparently, the developer was bombarded with questions from Star... |
6 August 2007
03:38 GMT |
|
|
It wasn't hard to decide what piece of news to post first. A title going "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Unveiled," cannot go unnoticed. Blizzard.com themselves report that the company has announced plans for a second expansion to its popular MMORPG, currently sporting an amazing 9 million subscribers... |
6 August 2007
02:56 GMT |
|
|
The Blizzard player first appeared under the Neonumeric brand, as the NPMP F1 media player. Back then, it revealed a 2.4" QVGA 262K color TFT display, and the manufacturers enhanced the player to be compatible with most of the file formats available on the market, such as MP3, WMA, MTV, JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF format.In a... |
1 August 2007
03:35 GMT |
|
|
It was only a matter of time really. A press release I just happened to stumble upon today says that Blizzard Entertainment has announced that World of Warcraft has reached a new milestone, as far as its subscribers are concerned. As the headline reads, the MMORPG's player base is now totaling more than 9 millio... |
25 July 2007
08:06 GMT |
|
|
Just towards the end of June, Blizzard unveiled the Protoss Colossus - "a protoss robot design dating back to the bloody conflicts of the Kalath Intercession." This week, the RTS developer has rolled out some facts about the Protoss Twilight Archon. Everything you need to know about it, and mainly, just how important... |
20 July 2007
08:53 GMT |
|
|
Blizzard is best known nowadays for their immensely popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. However, there are millions of StarCraft fans out there too, still enjoying a good gameplay experience with the old RTS title. Blizzard knew they could do so much more for both the genre and the franchise and so they're curren... |
14 July 2007
07:31 GMT |
|
|
If only this could happen every week, StarCraft fans worldwide would just burst of joy. This week, Blizzard has decided to reveal the Protoss Colossus, "a protoss robot design dating back to the bloody conflicts of the Kalath Intercession." More details, below.As the official StarCraft2 site reveals, the colossus "st... |
29 June 2007
07:06 GMT |
|
|
A while ago, Blizzard announced their plans for using the StarCraft universe for something... different. Something other than an RTS. It's opposite actually, a third-person action-adventure game, entitled StarCraft Ghost. Things were looking good half way through development and the company even had plans for re... |
28 June 2007
09:02 GMT |
|
|
If you haven't heard of Sweex Dutch manufacturer, you can hear it now, especially if you're a woman, as most of their products seem to be focused on female customers. Lucky me!Recently, the company announced the launching of Blizzard MP4 player. It boasts a generous 2.63" inch with 262H colors. The Blizzard... |
12 June 2007
06:13 GMT |
|
|
Word on the street is that StarCraft II isn't surfacing this year on the PC. Not that it would surface on any other platform either. By the looks and sound of it, it's no rumor either, but a given, coming straight from Blizzard's mouth. Hear this:"The only thing I can give you [that's] concrete is... |
1 June 2007
09:39 GMT |
|
|
As soon as Starcraft 2 was announced - trailer, gameplay footage and all, people started talking. Is it going to be different in a good way? Is it going to be at least as compelling as the previous title and are gamers going to have the same fun online playing it with its new additions? The same question arose over a... |
29 May 2007
04:20 GMT |
|
|
Everyone's suing someone these days, and today, it's Blizzard. They're taking legal action against Gold Farmers, posting a form in which The World of Warcraft message board has a Blizzard team member announcing they are taking such steps against a particular group of gold farmers in their hit MMO title... |
28 May 2007
18:06 GMT |
|
|
Some people say that Blizzard's MMORPG, World of Warcraft is a bad thing. - keeping people up too long, playing endlessly, some even dying on their keyboards. Today's news however, will show you a different side of WoW and what it can do "for" others, not "to" others.When the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ameri... |
23 May 2007
09:30 GMT |
|
|
Of course the gameplay footage and first trailer did the job without a single worry that people present wouldn't get the picture, but it's customary, when a game of Starcraft's magnitude is making its way back into the gaming market, that the developer announces it properly shedding light on their int... |
21 May 2007
06:23 GMT |
|
|
It's been quite a week this one - Halo 3 having trouble with the Beta through Crackdown, PSP2 becoming more of a reality, Blizzard teasing fans with a big, blue question mark... Ah yes, the rumors were true: Starcraft 2 is in the works in Blizzard's basement, and it's not a MMO, as previously thought, ... |
19 May 2007
08:20 GMT |
|
|
Everyone already knows that Blizzard has something in the works. Whatever the title, it's certain that it is going to be an MMO, as they're hiring people for developing a MMO game. Also, the developer has set up a site that counts down to a question mark, which should be the highly anticipated new MMO title... |
18 May 2007
06:26 GMT |
|
|
No need to fight with your girlfriend/wife, brother/sister over the PC anymore. The OQO is out, not only designed for gaming on the go, but for everything on the go. However, for addicted World of Warcraft gamers, it's the perfect gaming tool supporting even Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Win... |
17 May 2007
02:50 GMT |
|
|
The original story, as TeamLiquid translated the Korean news article on Blizzard's World Wide Invitational in Seoul, said something about a 3D next-gen MMO being in development over at Blizzard's. Then, the developer throws gasoline on fire by launching a sort of a countdown timer on the official website. E... |
16 May 2007
03:52 GMT |
|
|
Blizzard loves to tease its fans and do a better job at it than Rockstar did with their countdown timer for the GTA IV Debut Trailer. Up on the official site, the developer of World of Warcraft has posted a timeline for an upcoming... something, hinting at earlier game series. Check out the picture to the left.After ... |
14 May 2007
05:26 GMT |
|
|
Blizzard and First Bankcard have announced "World of WarCraft Rewards Visa." Blizzard calls it "The Card That Pays You To Play," and with good reason too because it will come with a free month of World of WarCraft subscription and 1% all purchases made will be converted to WoW game time, MegaGames says. More than th... |
7 May 2007
08:56 GMT |
|
|
What did I tell you? Blizzard's making a MMO out of StarCraft. Why couldn't they just say it from the beginning, when they made the shocking announcement of a 3D next-gen game being in the scope? So-called reliable sources for different gaming sites started rumoring of a StarCraft 2 being in the works as a... |
7 May 2007
06:13 GMT |
|
|
No, it's not StarCraft 2, enough already! Blizzard did say something about "revisiting" the RTS's scenery but in a more complex context at their World Wide Invitational (in short WWI) in Seoul.However, Lee Sang-Ho, head of MBC Game was skeptical about it: "Frankly, it's half anticipation and half worr... |
2 May 2007
10:06 GMT |
|
|
Just a few days ago, the Internet blew up with the supposed announcement of StarCraft 2 from Blizzard. TeamLiquid translated the original Korean news article on Blizzard's World Wide Invitational (in short WWI) in Seoul, specifically saying that StarCraft 2 was in the works. Not only that, but a new race has bee... |
30 April 2007
03:27 GMT |
|
|
It's official MMO and RTS fans: StarCraft 2 is in the works. Not only that, but a new race has been added and existing units' characteristics will have many changes, as TeamLiquid translates the original Korean news article on Blizzard's World Wide Invitational (in short WWI) in Seoul. I'm sure yo... |
26 April 2007
03:10 GMT |
|
|
That's it. China's saying "no more" to MMOs like Lineage and World of Warcraft, after trying helplessly to cope with addicted gamers that literally drop dead on their keyboards. BBC news posted this article yesterday saying that gamers under 18 years old who play for more than three consecutive hours a day ... |
13 April 2007
03:56 GMT |
|
|
In a piece posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 10th, an anonymous reader writes: "In the overlooked case between Blizzard and MDY Industries, [ADAMRK=1]the creator of the WoWGlider bot, Blizzard is arguing that using any programs in conjunction with the World of Warcraft constitutes copyright violation. Apparently ac... |
11 April 2007
05:32 GMT |
|
|
You're a World of Warcraft fan right? Course you are. Well, in case you thought that something like this won't happen to you, think again. It can and it will if you don't keep a close eye on your account and change your password on a regular basis. Michael Fahey writing for Kotaku tells his sad story o... |
30 March 2007
06:10 GMT |
|
|
If anyone gets hurt, they blame it on the games. If anyone gets killed, the first thing they do is to see if it had anything with violent video games. Car accident - they blamed it on Gran Turismo because the guy responsible for injuring an old timer had played the driving simulator prior to the accident, thus Gran T... |
16 March 2007
06:08 GMT |
|
|
You know that Blizzard's MMO has easily reached 8 million subscribers, right? Well, hold on to your pantyhose because with 3.5 million units of WoW: The Burning Crusade sold, the subscriber population has reached the record number of 8.5 million. Here's how the 3.5 Burning Crusade sold on the globe: Europe ... |
8 March 2007
07:17 GMT |
|
|
|
|
