 Archive for the 'Blizzard' CategoryFans pitch a fit over lack of LAN support for ‘StarCraft II’July 1st, 2009, 1:14 pm by Jayson Peters
Gamers are furious that Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming real-time sci-fi strategy game Starcraft II will have no LAN support. They’ve been storming the message boards to express their displeasure with the decision, and, as reported by Wired’s Game Life blog, some have even started an online petition to implore Blizzard to reconsider. Read the rest of this entry » Dew the ‘WoW’June 9th, 2009, 10:53 pm by Jayson Peters
Thusly caffeinated gamers can register to get a free in-game pet called a Battle-Bot as well as a shot at fabulous prizes in the real world. Recruiting your friends to sign up as well earns you tokens redeemable for “fuel” for your new pet. Last chance to buy BlizzCon ticketsMay 29th, 2009, 9:17 am by Jayson PetersFrom our sister site The Orange County Register’s Blizzard Blog:
Be sure to get to the Blizzard Store before the tickets go on sale (or just refresh this link, provided on Blizzard’s front page) and hope for the best. Good luck to everyone trying to get in! Buzz building for BlizzConMay 27th, 2009, 10:24 am by Jayson PetersIt looks like the Blizzard press machine is starting to rev up ahead of BlizzCon. They’ve got Bestiary updates for the long-awaited Diablo III and details on “Echoes of War,” a symphonic soundtrack featuring music from StarCraft II, Diablo III and World of Warcraft due this spring. Meanwhile, if you’re hoping to go to Anaheim for BlizzCon in August, I hope you already have your tickets — they sold out a half-hour after going on sale earlier this month. But it’s not like there’s a lack of things to do in Anaheim… UPDATED: I should have mentioned that a new batch of tickets will go on sale this Saturday, May 30. Thanks, Twitter followers! See also: Report: Blizzard’s new MMO will be an original creationMay 13th, 2009, 8:58 am by Jayson Peters
Blizzard Blog is your place for all the latest World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and, now, mystery MMO news! Still no ‘Lich King’ for WoW players in ChinaMarch 11th, 2009, 11:07 pm by Jayson PetersAs reported by GamePolitics via our sister blog in Orange County:
Considering the World of Warcraft expansion is named for an undead monarch and features the Death Knight as a new character class, at what point does it become pointless to even release the thing in China? ‘WoW’! Free for life? $25 donation to charity can make it happenDecember 30th, 2008, 10:15 am by Jayson Peters
How would you like to not spend any more money on World of Warcraft but keep your subscription active for as long as you — or the game — live? Read the rest of this entry » ‘WoW’: 11.5 million subscribers worldwideDecember 23rd, 2008, 10:07 am by Jayson Peters
Following the Nov. 13 release of the “Wrath of the Lich King” expansion pack, Blizzard’s award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (AWSBMMORPG) World of Warcraft has reached a new high of 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. Read the rest of this entry » ‘Lich King’ conquers PC game sales recordNovember 20th, 2008, 11:56 am by Jayson Peters
Image courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment, via Games Press: A human death knight explores the Grizzly Hills in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. World of Warcraft’s second expansion is the fastest-selling PC game of all time. Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, based on company and distributor records. This eclipses the previous record of nearly 2.4 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in January 2007 by Blizzard’s first WoW expansion, The Burning Crusade. Read the rest of this entry » WoW: Is your computer ready to face the ‘Wrath of the Lich King’?October 7th, 2008, 2:53 pm by Jayson Peters
Here they are — the system requirements for the next World or Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, due out Nov. 13: Warcraft Ex-pack street date! Finally!September 15th, 2008, 8:33 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams Wrath of the Lich King box art from Blizzard November 13! Lock the door, take the phone off the hook, stock up on food and mana potions! After torturing their loyal fans for almost a year now, Blizzard gave an official date for the release of Wrath of the Lich King, the next expansion pack to the hugely popular MMPOG World of Warcraft. Not so suprisingly, this news comes just before one of WoW’s only real competitors, Warhammer Online goes live on Thursday. While a bit of a transparent marketing ploy, it’s also understandable that Blizzard wants to keep their almost 11 million subscribers (and the nearly $100 million dollars a month they bring in) focused on their product and not a rival’s. Warcraft’s previous expansion, The Burning Crusade, allowed players to travel through the fabled Dark Portal to the Orc homeland of Draenor. This time around players will be returning to Azeroth and heading for the frozen climes of Northrend. As indicated by the title, players will meet up with the undead legions commanded by the former fallen paladin (boo to snooty paladins!) Prince Arthas, now the massively powerful Lich King. Some of the new features will include an increased level cap (80), new mounts, new talents, player-controlled siege weapons (at last!) and a new crafting profession. Best of all however, there’s even a new class, the Death Knight, a dual-weilding, necromantic death-dealing fiend. So now, I pretty much know where my free time for the next year is going. Diablo, the Lord of Terror, rises again!July 4th, 2008, 11:59 pm by Chris "KeL" AdamsBlizzard continues to make this a banner year for video game fans. The company has announced that Diablo III is in the works.
The latest game in the Diablo series will continue the franchise’s carpal tunnel-inducing, frantic clicking action. There’s one of Blizzard’s customarily stunning cinematic trailers on the game’s site. They’ve also posted several videos of the game in action, featuring the two announced playable classes, the witch doctor and the barbarian (pictured at left in a photo courtesy of Blizzard).
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Now available: limited-edition World of Warcraft beverages. Mountain Dew’s Horde Red and Alliance Blue flavors of “Game Fuel” should be hitting shelves near you right about now.
BlizzCon tickets will be on sale again Saturday at 10 a.m. Last time, tickets went fast — too fast for anyone who wasn’t in the queue when it started, in fact.
As reported by our sister blog at The Orange County Register (via 
“Wrath of the Lich King” is being held up again in China — apparently, a second iteration of the game for the Chinese market has been rejected by regulators. The problem? It’s against the law to showcase human skeletons in China, which “Lich King” is chock full of. Apparently some sneaked into this second edited version.
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