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Activision Blizzard Says 'Diablo III' Coming This Spring - New 'Call of Duty' Out This Year
Fri Feb 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Mists of Pandaria, Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft 2, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, Diablo III (all tags)
The 'StarCraft' and 'Warcraft' expansions will likely not be out until 2013.
Activision's quarterly report yesterday brought us some new information on upcoming games, though most of it isn't surprising and the stuff that is interesting won't put a smile on your face. Certainly not in the way a $4.76 billion revenue in 2011 made Activision Blizzard happy.
CEO Bobby Kotick announced that there will indeed be a new 'Call of Duty' game coming this year. In other news, publishers and developers really like money and will continue to cash in 'Tony Hawk' style until the 'Call of Duty' franchise is dead and gone. They're also working on a new version of Call of Duty Elite, which could prove to be interesting.
On the Blizzard side of things, 'Diablo III' will launch this year. It was expected in the first quarter of 2012 but the current estimate is Spring 2012. Blizzard will be talking more about the 'Warcraft' expansion 'Mists of Pandaria' at a press event in March and there's no indicator that the 'StarCraft' expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' will hit this year. Blizzard has said that they'll be more involved with eSports moving forward though, which is a welcome change.
Source: Joystiq
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Activision Blizzard Says 'Diablo III' Coming This Spring - New 'Call of Duty' Out This Year
Fri Feb 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Mists of Pandaria, Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft 2, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, Diablo III (all tags)
The 'StarCraft' and 'Warcraft' expansions will likely not be out until 2013.
Activision's quarterly report yesterday brought us some new information on upcoming games, though most of it isn't surprising and the stuff that is interesting won't put a smile on your face. Certainly not in the way a $4.76 billion revenue in 2011 made Activision Blizzard happy.
CEO Bobby Kotick announced that there will indeed be a new 'Call of Duty' game coming this year. In other news, publishers and developers really like money and will continue to cash in 'Tony Hawk' style until the 'Call of Duty' franchise is dead and gone. They're also working on a new version of Call of Duty Elite, which could prove to be interesting.
On the Blizzard side of things, 'Diablo III' will launch this year. It was expected in the first quarter of 2012 but the current estimate is Spring 2012. Blizzard will be talking more about the 'Warcraft' expansion 'Mists of Pandaria' at a press event in March and there's no indicator that the 'StarCraft' expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' will hit this year. Blizzard has said that they'll be more involved with eSports moving forward though, which is a welcome change.
Source: Joystiq
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BlizzCon Cancelled This Year Due to "Jam Packed Schedule"
Thu Jan 26, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Blizzard, BlizzCon, StarCraft II, Mists of Pandaria, Diablo III, eSports, Heart of the Swarm, World of Warcraft (all tags)
The convention will be back in 2013. Until then Blizzard is supplying us with the 2012 Battle.net Championship
Blizzard has a lot on its plate for the next year. ' StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm' is under development, the 'Warcraft' expansion 'Mists of Pandaria' is in the works and the long-awaited ' Diablo III' will be released. Add to that the rumored console version of 'Diablo III' and whatever the Blizzard's mystery project is as you've got what the Blizzard blog calls a "jam-packed schedule."
In place of BlizzCon, Blizzard has announced the Battle.net World Championship, which will feature the best of the best players in 'StarCraft II' and 'World of Warcraft.' It's a nice way to plug eSports, but an event that happens in Asia isn't exactly going to make up for the US based fan celebration.
With no BlizzCon 2012 to announce products through, this may simply mean that Blizzard has nothing exciting and new to reveal this year. It will certainly make BlizzCon 2013 a much more hotly anticipated event.
Source: 1UP
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BlizzCon Cancelled This Year Due to "Jam Packed Schedule"
Thu Jan 26, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: Blizzard, BlizzCon, StarCraft II, Mists of Pandaria, Diablo III, eSports, Heart of the Swarm, World of Warcraft (all tags)
The convention will be back in 2013. Until then Blizzard is supplying us with the 2012 Battle.net Championship
Blizzard has a lot on its plate for the next year. ' StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm' is under development, the 'Warcraft' expansion 'Mists of Pandaria' is in the works and the long-awaited ' Diablo III' will be released. Add to that the rumored console version of 'Diablo III' and whatever the Blizzard's mystery project is as you've got what the Blizzard blog calls a "jam-packed schedule."
In place of BlizzCon, Blizzard has announced the Battle.net World Championship, which will feature the best of the best players in 'StarCraft II' and 'World of Warcraft.' It's a nice way to plug eSports, but an event that happens in Asia isn't exactly going to make up for the US based fan celebration.
With no BlizzCon 2012 to announce products through, this may simply mean that Blizzard has nothing exciting and new to reveal this year. It will certainly make BlizzCon 2013 a much more hotly anticipated event.
Source: 1UP
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'Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm' Expansion and New Units Revealed
Fri Oct 21, 2011 at 09:30 AM ETTags: StarCraft, Heart of the Swarm, Blizzard, BlizzCon, PC (all tags)
As exciting as the campaign looks, it's the added units that are generating the most conversation.
Blizzard revealed a bit of information on 'Heart of the Swarm' this spring, but at BlizzCon we got full details - or as full as possible from an hour long panel.
The storyline for 'Heart of the Swarm' is what you'd expect based on the ending of 'Wings of Liberty.' You take control of Kerrigan in order to rebuild the Zerg over the course of 20 or so missions. There are also mini-missions during which you will choose different ways to evolve the species, giving your units new abilities along the way.
A plethora of new units have been added to the game, and not just for the Zerg. Terran players get an interesting new unit that does area-of-effect damage when stationary as well as the Warhound, which is like a smaller, faster Goliath.
Protoss get three new units starting with the Tempest, a very cool looking ship that does AOE damage to air units. The Oracle is an absolutely crazy ship that allows you to halt mining or eliminate certain technologies from other players by phasing out buildings, and if you're looking to really mix it up you can build the Replicant, which can turn itself into any non-massive unit. Want to mix a Siege Tank in with your army? You can make it happen.
The Zerg are getting a pair of new units as well. The flying addition is called the Viper and it has an absolutely crazy ability that pulls enemy units towards it - could be a lot of fun to drag something into a pack of Zerglings. The Swarm Host meanwhile is a bit Lurker like, but instead of simply attacking, it produces units when burrowed.
Source: PC Gamer
BlizzCon Kicks Off Today - Get Hyped!
Thu Oct 20, 2011 at 08:30 AM ETTags: Blizzard, BlizzCon, Diablo III, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Heart of the Swarm (all tags)
It's time to get all the latest on 'Diablo III,' 'Starcraft II,' 'World of Warcraft' and who knows, maybe even that secret MMO that the company's been keeping their lips sealed about.
Blizzard's yearly celebration of Blizzard games for Blizzard fans happens this weekend. Probably not in a Blizzard, but someone might eat a Dairy Queen Blizzard and that's got to count for something. Blizzard.
If you're a PC gamer at all, you probably play a Blizzard game, or have in the past. They're the guys behind 'Diablo,' 'Warcraft' and 'StarCraft' and their annual convention is always something to behold. This year we can expect more information on the 'StarCraft' expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' and plenty on the soon upcoming 'Diablo III.'
The event kicks off Friday at 11:00 am PST and there's plenty running throughout the day. You can check out Q&A sessions, panels on new games and a pair of 'StarCraft II' tournaments that include the final match of the Korean based Global StarCraft League.
You can buy a virtual ticket directly from Blizzardto watch the whole event live for $39.99.
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