October 22, 2011
BlizzCon 2011: Studio offers its first panel aimed at illuminating the history of its action RPG franchise, detailing The Eternal Conflict, angels, and demons.
Oddly enough, in BlizzCon's seven-year history, there has never been a panel devoted explicitly to the Diablo franchise's lore. That changed today, however, as Blizzard senior VP of story and franchise development Chris Metzen...
Blizzcon 2011: StarCraft II’s Dustin Browder and David Kim discuses new units and other tweaks coming in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
Who Was There: Hosting this panel were game director Dustin Browder, game balance designer David Kim, and senior designer Josh Menke.
What They Talked About: Browder led this extensive panel on the state of StarCraft II...
BlizzCon 2011: Blizzard Publishing division confirms World of Warcraft expansion-based stories are in development; Warcraft, Starcraft universe compendiums possible.
ANAHEIM, CA--Blizzard Entertainment has scant few peers in the gaming industry for building reaching and branching universes for players to lose themselves in. The company has long since abandoned delivering those stories...
Mists of Pandaria will offer a new playable panda race, monks, a Pokemon-like pet battle system, and much, much more. Get the details in our BlizzCon 2011 panel report.
Who Was There: Game designers Tom Chilton, Cory Stockton, and Greg Street
What They Talked About: The subject of this panel was the many, many, many new features that Mists of Pandaria, the next expansion for...
October 21, 2011
BlizzCon 2011: Blizzard's lead writer and level designer run through some of the new characters and gameplay that players can expect from the Wings of Liberty follow-up.
ANAHEIM, CA--At the BlizzCon 2011 opening ceremony this morning, Blizzard Entertainment CEO Mike...
Lightbox looking for veteran Warhawk players to put new sci-fi shooter through its paces prerelease; trial run set to go public in early 2012.
First word of a Starhawk beta hit last week with the reveal that retail copies of Uncharted 3 will include a voucher for access to the game's public beta, slated for early 2012. For those who don't want to wait, a more limited beta is set to...
Valve to let players create and share their own test chambers in single-player and multiplayer modes for first-person puzzler; release set for early next year.
In Portal 2, players were made to complete a series of devious and deadly tests constructed by the sadistic GLaDOS. Players will soon be able to put themselves in the AI antagonist's metaphorical shoes, as developer Valve today...
CD Projekt secures North American partner for console version of fantasy role-playing game; release set for Q1 2012.
Atari, Namco Bandai, and THQ have already had a hand in bringing CD Projekt's The Witcher 2 to the masses, and now another name can be added to the project. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that it will be handling North American distribution duties...
BlizzCon 2011: Blizzard announces new MMORPG expansion at opening ceremony; Diablo III Collector's Edition confirmed; WOW Annual Pass earns free copy of Diablo III.
Blizzard Entertainment greeted an electrified crowd on Friday morning to welcome Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo fans to Anaheim. The event, which as in years past takes place a stone's throw from Disneyland, has hundreds of...
TV on-demand service coming soon to Nintendo platforms; handheld adding 3D video recording feature with November system update.
Nintendo is expanding the video-on-demand offerings of its primary platforms, as today the company confirmed that Hulu Plus will be made available on the Wii and 3DS by the end of this year. Additionally, the Mario maker confirmed that it would be adding 3D...