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Blizzard Disappointed over Marketing Cost Money

This year, BlizzCon gathered over 20,000 fans at the Anaheim Convention Center. Gamers from all over the world came to celebrate alongside Blizzard Entrainment the magic that were and still are Stracraft, Diablo and Warcraft. This year, Blizzard charged $125 for the entry fee, which makes perfect sense, since any sel...

18 September 2009
05:48 GMT

Blizzard Announces a Fan Fiction Writing Contest

Even the gaming world usually looks down on those passionate gamers who are interested enough in a videogame-inspired universe in order to put pen to paper (in this day and age, we’re talking abut keyboard to monitor) in order to create new story lines and events in those universes.But it seems that gaming comp...

16 March 2009
18:51 GMT

Korean Gamer Gets 470,000 Dollars to Play WarCraft III

Video game development involves big amounts of money being invested in the successful creation of one title, but also in the undefeated players of those games, who have become the best at their respective titles, managing to beat all the other contenders. Professional gaming has caught on quite fast, but while it is...

16 March 2009
03:26 GMT

StarCraft Broodwar Patch 1.16.1 Available for Mac – Free Download

Blizzard Entertainment has released an update for the Mac version of StarCraft and its expansion Broodwar. Version 1.16.1 introduces an Enable CPU Throttling option for limiting CPU cycles, a fix for the recently added "/reply" command, and various other fixes and tweaks. Head over below for the full scoop, and the d...

23 January 2009
04:35 GMT

StarCraft for Mac Updated (1.16)

Blizzard Entertainment has released an update for Mac users and fans of the world's most popular RTS title, StarCraft. The update brings StarCraft to version 1.16 on Mac, and includes new / changed features, bug fixes, as well as exploit fixes. Particularly, feature changes include: in-game chat is now saved in ...

28 November 2008
05:57 GMT

Blizzard Bans 350,000 Battle.Net Users

Blizzard is one of the most popular game developers out there, largely due to the fact that its policy is to sell titles that offer deep stories and well polished experiences, with hardly any bugs or glitches that might ruin the game for the player.The online server system of the company, Battle.Net, has withstood th...

13 November 2008
04:12 GMT

Blizzard Says Next MMORPG Will Be Different

World of Warcraft is one of the biggest MMORPG, or Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, out there. It has over 11 million subscribers worldwide and dominates the market with over 62 %. With the release of its second expansion pack, entitled Wrath of the Lich King, the MMORPG is still doing great and thing...

20 October 2008
20:01 GMT

Blizzard Doesn't Worry About Financial Crisis

We live in troubled times – the current financial crisis is becoming more and more aggravated each day and no company is safe from the terrible effects of this severe condition. But out of the industries that were affected by the crisis, one has proven itself to be quite safe for investors, the gaming one. Alth...

20 October 2008
07:16 GMT

StarCraft for Mac Updated (V. 1.15.3)

Blizzard has updated StarCraft for Mac to version 1.15.3. The patch fixes a communication bug affecting third party leagues, also offering players a quality experience on versions of Mac OS X which do not support 256-color mode. A few fixes have also been included for Windows users.Among the many impressive features ...

17 September 2008
14:21 GMT

Galactic Dream: Rage of War

Before going into details I must confess that Galactic Dream: Rage of War is a frustrating experience from a reviewer's point of view. It was created by a little known developer called Evolution Vault, which then got a distribution deal with Strategy First. It's a real space strategy game which promises con...

8 August 2008
09:26 GMT

Weekend Bashing: Why, Oh Why Isn't World of Warcraft Dead Yet?

Let's face it, Blizzard is not the best developer in the world and I have to say, from my perspective, it has only released mediocre games so far. I know many will disagree and I'm sure I'll get my share of bashing, but I truly believe World of Warcraft is the reason why the gaming world today is in su...

27 June 2008
20:06 GMT

BlizzCon 2008 Announced

What's better than playing Starcraft II and maybe, just maybe, Diablo III? Some would say that going to a BlizzCon is one experience that can't be matched by playing games, a one in your lifetime opportunity to go deep into the gaming nexus that is Blizzard. If you're a Blizzard fan, you can be cheery,...

13 May 2008
03:43 GMT

StarCraft Cheats and Abbreviations (PC)

StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game by Blizzard Entertainment and the first product in the StarCraft series. It was initially released for Microsoft Windows in 1998. A Mac OS version of the game was released in 1999, and a port to the Nintendo 64 was released in 2000. The main storyl...

12 March 2008
07:08 GMT

New StarCraft Patch Available - Download It Here

StarCraft 2? Oh my God, when was it released? Did I miss it? That's what you're probably wondering right now, as you think you've either missed the launch of the new StarCraft game, or I've misspelled the title of this article. As unbelievable as it may seem, the patch you're about to downlo...

17 January 2008
06:38 GMT

StarCraft on Nintendo DS, a Homebrew Reality

It seems that Christmas always comes later for gamers, since good news keep pouring these days, informing us about Diablo 3, Starcraft II and Duke Nukem Forever. Joining the pack of long-awaited games is a fantasy of our (and of those who loves RTS titles): a DS version of StarCraft. While it may seem logical that s...

4 January 2008
08:31 GMT

Starcraft Disclosed With Vulnerability

StarCraft Brood War has been disclosed to have a vulnerability that may cause a denial of service (DoS) attack. The flaw comes with the minimap preview and it has not been repaired by any patch. It's not such a big deal, but somebody could make you program crash (remotely) right in the middle of the game, which ...

5 September 2007
02:53 GMT

Blizzard to Pull 'StarCraft Ghost' Out of the Closet

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

StarCraft 2 Is in Fact a MMO

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

Next-Gen MMO from Blizzard

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

Blizzard Dismisses StarCraft 2 Announcement

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


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