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StarCraft II to get Day 1 patch at launch Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:11PMFiled under: Multiplayer , RPG , Starcraft II As is the case with many PC game titles nowadays, Blizzard 's upcoming sci-fi RTS game StarCraft I I will be getting an automatic patch for the first day of its release. VG247.com chatter with Blizzard's lead designer Dustin Browder who confirmed the news but added that they will make the Day 1 patch as small as possible. He states, "That's our ...
Even more Diablo games in the works? Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:05PMFiled under: RPG , Diablo III While Activision Blizzard 's annual report, released last Monday, revealed news about this week's Infinity Ward shake up that's not all that can be found in an otherwise dry report. It states that the Blizzard side of the operation is working on, among other things, "sequels to the Diablo franchise." Yes that does suggest that Blizzard is working on more than one ...
Feature: The Top 10 PC Game News Stories For February 2010 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:05PMFiled under: Features , FPS , MMO , RTS , Starcraft II , Assassin's Creed 2 , Sid Meier’s Civilization V February was the shortest month of the year, as usual, but for some reason it was packed with news items of interest to PC gamers We saw the return of a legendary designer to PC gaming and the revival of a once thought dead MMO . We also saw the light at the end of the tunnel for a long ...
ChartSpot: January 2010 Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 4:34PMNew Super Mario Bros. Wii is king, with MAG and Bayonetta landing in bottom half of top 20; Sims 3 staves off Mass Effect 2 on PC charts.
Diablo III Female Monk Now Official Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 12:12PMBlizzard uploaded a piece of concept artwork and an in-game animated render of the new female Monk. Diablo III - Thelonious Monk - Game - Blizzard Entertainment - Video Games
More Blizzard stuff (Diablo III, StarCraft II) in latest Jace Hall show Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 5:11PMFiled under: RPG , RTS , Video , Starcraft II , Diablo III IGN's second episode of The Jace Hall Show is now online and it has the second part of the former Monolith head's visit to Blizzard offices. We also get to see some funny-weird stuff in this segment including Stan Lee ruining Hall's copy of Incredible Hulk 1 and original V's star Jane Badler seemingly swallowing a real life mouse (and we ...
Rumor: BlizzCon 2010 set for October 22-23 in Anaheim? Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 7:10PMFiled under: Culture , MMO , RPG , RTS , Starcraft II , World of Warcraft , Diablo III A few months ago there were strong indicators that the 2010 edition of BlizzCon would be held in Las Vegas. Those reports were pretty quickly proven to be incorrect. Now our sister site WoW.com has posted up word that Blizzard's (sort of) annual fan event may have a final date and location. According to a post ...
The Most Anticipated Games Of 2010: PC And MMO Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 7:58AMMany analysts expect the game industry to rebound in 2010, and a big part of that expectation has been the many likely hits moved out of year-end 2009 into this year. Those titles form the backbone of a strong first quarter on the PC as well as on its console cousins, while the remainder of the year on PC contains a number of exclusive titles and online offerings. Beyond February, established ...
The 2009 Games Awards Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 5:10AMWe started 2009 in the grips of an economic recession and with the small hope that the videogame industry was recession-proof.
Feature: Big Download's 2009 PC Game Awards Tuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 4:10PMFiled under: Features , Opinion , Champions Online , Modern Warfare 2 , Empire: Total War , Left 4 Dead Series , F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin , Starcraft II , The Sims 3 , Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II , Dragon Age: Origins , Borderlands It's been a long 12 months. Not just for the PC gaming, but the world as a whole. The current economic situation has been brutal and the game industry has ...
No Diablo III in 2010 Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 4:16AM2011?
Five Years of Warcraft: J. Allen Brack and Samwise Speak Out Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 10:42AMTo celebrate WoW 's fifth anniversary, Production Director J. Allen Brack and Blizzard art mastermind "Samwise" Didier sat down with our sister site The Escapist to talk about microtransactions, Cataclysm , and what the hell is up with the Pandaren.
News: Diablo III, new MMO in "next few years" Friday, November 13, 2009 @ 4:25AMBlizzard's 2010 is StarCraft II and Cataclysm. Kotaku has secured an actual photograph of the rarest beast in gaming - a Blizzard release schedule. The slide, from a presentation by Activision Blizzard chief finance officer Thomas Tippl, has StarCraft II, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and the upgraded Battle.net down for 2010 launches. Diablo III, Blizzard's unannounced MMO, and "StarCraft ...
10 Reasons You Must Play Torchlight Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 8:58AMRunic Games' $20 single player action-roleplaying game for PCs arrives today, and you don't want to miss it.
10 Reasons You Must Play Torchlight Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 8:07AMRunic Games' $20 loot-leavened action-roleplaying game Torchlight just went live across a slew of digital download services. You can grab it immediately from Perfect World Entertainment, Steam, GamersGate, Encore, Gameware.at, WildTangent and Direct2Drive. Judging from my time with the game so far, I'd say you probably should (buy it, that is) verging on an enthusiastic "definitely."
ChartSpot: September 2009 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 8:07PMAion, Champions Online debut atop NPD's monthly PC rankings, while Kingdom Hearts 358/2, Scribblenauts, NHL 10, and Need For Speed: Shift land in bottom half of top 20.
Steam offers Borderlands four game pack saving you $44.99 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:18AMAt the end of this month we finally get to play Gearbox’s Borderlands, which sends up to four co-op players on a missions to the planet Pandora. If you like FPS and RPG games then this is certainly a game to interest you, but it is also a game to play with friends. To confirm that [...]
GDC Austin: An Inside Look At The Universe Of Warcraft Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 12:02PMThursday morning's GDC Austin keynote was met with a large crowd as Blizzard Entertainment's J. Allen Brack and Frank Pearce took the stage to offer a detailed look into the inner workings of the genre-dominating World of Warcraft. Introduced by BioWare's Rich Vogel, the two men completed a three-part series run by GDCA on the inner workings of the gaming powerhouse. Vogel introduced the two ...
Blizzard Entertainment Monday, August 31, 2009 @ 10:18AMQ: In your recent Activision/Blizzard investor call you said the main reason for the Starcraft II delay was getting Battle.net ready. What's the hold up?
Top 15 Upcoming Video Games of 2009-2010 Monday, August 31, 2009 @ 5:09AMMass Effect 2; WoW: Cataclysm; Diablo III; God of War 3; Star Wars: TOR; Final Fantasy XIII; Starcraft 2; And More
Holy monk joins shadowy ranks of Diablo III Monday, August 24, 2009 @ 2:33PMBlizzard Entertainment has introduced the 'holy' monk - a highly anticipated fourth playable class for Diablo III. Although the character is influenced by classic pen and paper RPG archetypes, the monk reportedly incorporates the development team's 'love' of arcade-style fighting games.
Blizzard unsure over Diablo III launch Monday, August 24, 2009 @ 6:52AMNo date to be offered yet, despite debate While industry stalwart Geoff Keighley had previously hinted that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and StarCraft II will be the only two Blizzard titles releases in 2010, there seems to be some ambiguity over when Diablo III will land. A 2011 debut was assumed, but Ripten then reported Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime as suggesting the new RPG could actually be ...
StarCraft 2 Map Editor Capable of Action RPGs, FPSes, Shmups Sunday, August 23, 2009 @ 4:43PMSo we all know that Blizzard plans to sell some "premium" StarCraft 2 maps for a price. But what will your cash buy you? Evidently, it almost seems like the sky's the limit, as Blizzard has shown off maps created in the game's editor that played like an action RPG, an overhead shoot-em-up, and even an FPS. As VG247 reports , Blizzard showed off these maps during a StarCraft 2 gameplay panel at ...
Diablo III Q&A gets classy Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 8:10PMBlizzcon 2009: From paladins to monks, Blizzard developers field questions about the class system in its forthcoming RPG.
BlizzCon 2009: StarCraft II gameplay panel report Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 7:41PMFiled under: Features , RTS , Starcraft II Blizzard' s final StarCraft II panel at BlizzCon 2009 was on gameplay. Here are just some of the highlights: StarCraft II 's single player campaign will feature more story and go deeper into the characters than previous Blizzard RTS games. There will also be more choices in terms of which missions to take on and what upgrades and weapons you can take ...
BlizzCon 2009 - Other BlizzCon coverage Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 1:11PMFiled under: MMO , RPG , RTS , Meta BD , Starcraft II , World of Warcraft , Diablo III Big Download has been concentrating our BlizzCon 2009 coverage on StarCraft II and Diablo III , naturally, but our sister site WoW.com has a whole team working the show and covering all aspects of the just announced third expansion pack World of Warcraft: Cataclysm . The site has info on the plot of Cataclysm ...
BlizzCon 09: Diablo III Demo Strikes Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 5:36PMDiablo III (PC) Players can get their taste at destroying demons at convention.
BlizzCon 2009: Photos from Day 1 of the exhibit hall Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 1:26PMFiled under: Culture , MMO , RPG , RTS , Starcraft II , World of Warcraft , Diablo III A massive wave of Blizzard fans entered the Anaheim Convention Center at 10 am PT today, officially beginning BlizzCon 2009 . We have never attended the show before and we are amazed at how huge the show actually is in terms of sheer square footage. There are a number of exhibitors here, of course, but the ...
BlizzCon 2009: Report from the registration line Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 12:11PMFiled under: Culture , MMO , RPG , RTS , Starcraft II , World of Warcraft , Diablo III It's still early in the morning here at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, yet at the time this post goes live BlizzCon 2009 should offfically be open for business as the exhibit hall floor is scheduled to open at 10 am PT. Big Download went to pick up our press badge (and our BlizzCon goody bag ) ...
BlizzCon 2009: Inside look at this year's goodies bag Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 11:11AMFiled under: Culture , MMO , RPG , RTS , Starcraft II , World of Warcraft , Diablo III Big Download arrived late last night in Anaheim, California to attend our first ever BlizzCon . Yep, we are excited to be here along with the 20,000 or so fanatical fans of Blizzard Entertainment 's games. Our sister site WoW.com got here before we did and got to check out the cool goodie bag that's being ...
Analyst: Sony and Nintendo need to cut console prices this year Monday, August 10, 2009 @ 12:32PMThe Xbox 360 has spent much of the last three years shrinking the price of the console whenever they could. Not so, Nintendo and Sony. The core SKUs of both the Wii and PlayStation 3 remain largely the same. And according to video game analusy Michael Pachter, that is going to hurt both manufacturers. Looking at [...]
Civilization comes to the iPhone Monday, August 10, 2009 @ 12:17PMFor over a decade, Sid Meier’s series of empire building Civilization turn-based-strategy games has been ruining marriages and college educations. But it wasn’t until last year’s Civilization Revolutions that the series made its leap to consoles, including the Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, shattering the workflow of an entirely new audience of blogg…. [...]
Pac-Man Championship Edition coming to iPhone Monday, August 10, 2009 @ 9:17AMXbox Live has played host to a number of reimagined retro arcade hits, but one of the best is Pac-Man Championship Edition, Namco’s twisted version of its own arcade classic. That very game is coming to the iPhone, the publisher has told G4. Pac-Man CE has everyone’s favorite yellow puck munching dots and ghosts in rapid [...]
Blizzard replaces corpses with bags of sand in Chinese World of Warcraft Monday, August 10, 2009 @ 9:02AMMost games undergo some sort of localization for foreign markets. The removal of a culturally offensive symbol here, or the addition of a sympathetic one there. Translations change metaphors and idioms. And local versions usually try to take the mores of its culture into consideration while retaining the core experience globally. Even the world’s biggest game, [...]
Could we see both StarCraft II and Diablo III released in 2010? Wednesday, August 5, 2009 @ 6:23PMFiled under: RPG , RTS , Starcraft II , Diablo III Gamers around the world are naturally disappointed that today the release of StarCraft II was pushed back by at least a few more months. However the good news is that we could (and we emphasize the word "could") see both the sci-fi RTS sequel and Blizzard' s action-RPG Diablo III in 2010. During Activision Blizzard 's financial conference call ...
Mac Monday: 10 Upcoming Mac Games Monday, August 3, 2009 @ 4:08PMFiled under: Features , Action , RPG , RTS , Simulation , Rage , Starcraft II , The Sims 3 , Diablo III Howdy folks. Akela is taking a little vacation (he'll be back) but we didn't want to let the readers of our weekly Mac gaming article think we had forgotten them. Today we are doing something a little different for this week's installment. Instead of reviewing some new Mac games we are taking ...
Intel contests let you win before and during BlizzCon Saturday, August 1, 2009 @ 10:08AMFiled under: Contests , Hardware , MMO , RPG , RTS , Starcraft II , World of Warcraft , Diablo III With BlizzCon coming up in less than three weeks (August 21-22 to be exact), the various sponsors of Blizzard 's massive fan event are gearing up for their own promotions. Intel is doing what they can with special contests that will be held both before and during BlizzCon. No, Intel isn't offering ...
IGN AU's Most Wanted Games of 2009 Thursday, July 30, 2009 @ 1:44PMPart 2: It's go time - we reveal our top 10!
E3: Hunting for Irvine's Blizzard Entertainment Wednesday, June 3, 2009 @ 12:05PMThe big game conference has begun; we search for O.C.'s biggest game company, which passed on the show.
Interview: Titmouse Games -- 'Just F*cking Go For It' Thursday, May 28, 2009 @ 7:15AMLos Angeles-based animation firm Titmouse, known for animating the Metalocalypse Adult Swim series, and which also did the cutscenes for the Guitar Hero games, has added a game studio, Titmouse Games, as announced back in March. The company has already released one title so far, the iPhone voodoo doll pestering sim Doctor Zomba. Also announced is Seven Haunted Seas, an action RPG staring a ...
Champions Online Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 5:51AMWe could be heroes!