New Blizzard Entertainment Website
Blizzard has launched its new website; greatly focusing on the new titles Diablo 3/Starcraft 2 and the upcoming World of Warcraft Expansion Cataclysm. Great looks and a solid interface make this a great website to check out! http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/index.html
New Counter-Strike game?
Gooseman, known in the real world as Minh Le, is one of the main names connected to Counter-Strike. One of the most popular games ever and a modification at that! After living in his parents basement for two years, he has found an investor interested in backing him to develop his new game; Tactical Intervention! Read more…
Square Enix Director sets new Wii in 2011
Last week I mentioned the Wii Sales going down, now, in an interview with the Financial Times, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada is saying he expects a new Nintendo console in 2011. This console will be more like the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 in terms of functionality and might just have a new controller as well. The new Sony and Microsoft controllers will only have a relatively small impact on sales figures due to them being an extension to the gaming functionality of the consoles. Read more…
Turbine to focus on console MMO
Where I wrote that Activision Blizzard will pass by console, Turbine is looking to do the exact opposite! Craig Alexander, Turbine´s vice president of product developmment states that the MMO´s revolutionized the PC as a gaming platform and it is going to do the same for consoles. Read more…
Zune HD to fail?
Microsoft has launched its latest installment of the iPod copying device Zune. The Zune HD seems to be the same as the iPod Touch which latest version I wrote about earlier, but with one major problem; no app store. Read more…
Activision Blizzard will pass by consoles
I already wrote about Activision Blizzard and their new upcoming MMO, but they have even more ideas to share. How about a future without consoles? They do acknowledge the fact that consoles are a big part of the business, but services like OnLive make a console-less future very possible! Read more…
Blizzard’s new MMO
Normally, Blizzard does not speak out about upcoming titles. The company, nicknamed ‘Fortress of Solitude’, did manage to slip some information to the public at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference; telling gamers to expect something with a broader appeal than World of Warcraft.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said:
What we’ve announced at Blizzard is that we have Starcraft II coming, Diablo has been in production… and a new, unannounced MMORPG that has a little more broad appeal
So the new title will NOT be a competitor to World of Warcraft, they will try to find an additional audience. To make sure this happens, Jeff Kaplan, the World of Warcraft game director, has been moved towards this brand-new property.
The upcoming changes to Battle.net; Battle.net 2.0, will also be incorporated in the new MMO, so the upcoming and current Blizzard titles; Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, World of Warcraft and now the unnamed new title, will all be woven together on one platform. Adding cash play and more rewards and recognition systems will likely expand their audience even more, if they manage to integrate it all, it will make for one hell of a platform!