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Blizzard Pledges Not To Change Diablo III’s Art Direction; Seeks New Art Director

MTV Multiplayer’s multi-part interview with Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson has, day after day, solidified his company’s position on the game’s controversial new direction. 52,000 petitioners will not change Blizzard’s mind. Those photoshopped visions would be boring and unplayable. The Necromancer has realized his full potential. But even as Wilson speaks of solidarity, news has [...]

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Diablo III Petitioners Have a Point, But Who’s Listening?

Ten days ago, after an incredibly successful viral marketing ploy ensured truckloads of eyeballs were at the ready, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled the long-awaited Diablo III at their Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Many were pleased. But in the days since, a single online petition has revealed that at least 40,000 individuals were not. They took issue with [...]

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Hype and Hellfire: The Synergistic Power of Blizzard?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock — a rock enchanted with Resist Gaming News, Level 10 — you probably know that Blizzard announced Diablo III this past weekend. The news was practically plastered all over the internet. But how? The company didn’t conduct a massive PR campaign. To inform the general audience that the [...]

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StarCraft 2 Minimum Requirements Denied

Whoops — please disregard our earlier post regarding a potential leak about StarCraft 2’s minimum system requirements. FiringSquad is now reporting that their contact at Blizzard has denied the veracity of these requirements, saying that they were “based on speculation by a Spanish gaming magazine.” We’ll keep an eye out for more news on Korea’s [...]

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Starcraft 2 System Specifications Leaked?

UPDATE: Turns out maybe these specs aren’t real.  According to a report at CVG, the Starcraft 2 system requirements have leaked out of Blizzard proper. It is striking that the requirements are so (comparatively) daunting: Minimum Requirements:GFX: GeForce 7/8 Series or Radeon 1000/2000 with 256Mb RAM CPU: Pentium 4 RAM: 1Gb Internet: ADSL 1 MBitRecommend Requirements: GFX: GeForce 8000 or Radeon [...]

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GameSpyte Episode 7

In this week’s episode, Jesse covers the Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act, Wii Fit’s unabashed honesty, DRM issues with Mass Effect on the PC and E3’s growing lack of exhibitors.

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BlizzCon 2008 Dated

LARPing Night Elves and Ghosts will no doubt reunite at the third annual BlizzCon, held again this year at the Anaheim Convention Center, October 10-11. For the price of a mere seven-month subscription to WoW, you too can attend discussion panels, participate in tournaments and — most importantly — get your hands on any upcoming [...]

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Wrath of the Lich King Preview Round Up

The folks at MMO Champion have done all of the World of Warcraft nerds of the world a great service. They have gathered together all the delicious little factoids about Wrath of the Lich King and put it together in one convenient location. For those of you who are not currently enthrall to that wicked [...]

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Blizzard Store: Now With Digital Distribution!

Just this last weekend, Blizzard unveiled an attractive new layout for its online store — with some substantial new additions I hope their competitors rapidly adopt as well. In addition to boasting a worthy assortment of not only retail games but books, clothing, action figures, even a pair of three-ring binders — the update also [...]

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Uwe Boll Will Never Direct World of Warcraft Movie; Much Jubiliation Ensues

With an install base of 10 million, it’s almost inevitable that a World of Warcraft movie will be created. In fact, fanboys of the game frequently make silly statements on forums to the effect of, “I would pay $<insert absurd amount of money here> to see a World of Warcraft movie. Imagine how much money [...]

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