Speaking to Game Informer, Blizzard VP of online technologies Rob Bridenbecker was quick to point out the benefits of requiring players to always play Diablo III online. Unsurprisingly, Bridenbecker downplayed piracy prevention's role in the decision while talking up the ways being online improves a player's experience.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011 7:15:29 AM Asia/Shanghai
StarCraft 2 Starter Edition offers free maps and missions to new players
Friday, August 5, 2011 9:55:27 AM Asia/Shanghai
The StarCraft 2 demo is dead! It has been reborn as the bigger and better StarCraft 2 Starter Edition, which includes four single player missions, two challenge maps and four skirmish maps that will let you play as Terrans against AI opponents. That’s a great big slobbering shank of free StarCraft 2 for new players.
Read MoreStarCraft II Follows in WoW's Partially F2P Footsteps
Thursday, August 4, 2011 7:03:41 AM Asia/Shanghai
In an attempt to lure in new players, Blizzard ditched the old trial system in June and began allowing anyone to play World of Warcraft up to level 20 for free. It's now doing essentially the same thing with StarCraft II, dropping the old Legacy of the Void demo in favor of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
Read MoreDiablo 3 | Live Gameplay Video | D3 Product Details | Diablo 3 Beta Releases
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:26:48 AM Asia/Shanghai
Diablo 3 1UP Community FAQ: We Answer Your Questions
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 2:20:05 PM Asia/Shanghai
Let me get this out of the way first: there is no news about the Diablo 3 beta. Sure, I've played most of the beta's content (basically, the first half of Act One, up until the player defeats the Skeleton King who, for lorehounds, is the resurrected King Leoric from Diablo), so I know it exists in some form. But beyond letting us play it, and talking about some other announcements, Blizzard personnel wouldn't discuss the timeframe for the playable beta.
Read MoreCall of Duty MMO: Fact or Fiction?
Saturday, January 9, 2010 4:03:51 PM Asia/Shanghai
Rumors suggest that Infinity Ward is staffing up in order to develop an MMOG based on the Call of Duty license.
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:22:44 PM Asia/Shanghai
Blizzard started off as a third-party developer for DOS, Mac, Genesis and SNES platforms, creating games like The Lost Vikings, Rock n' Roll Racing, Blackthorne and The Death and Return of Superman.
Warcraft really carved out a place for Blizzard in the PC entertainment space, making the company one of the premier creator of realtime strategy games. The game's sequel, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, has sold more than two million copies worldwide, and titles like Starcraft and Diablo continue the company's stream of big hits.
Blizzard became part of publisher Havas (which later became Vivendi Universal and Vivendi Games in 1998), where it operated as a subsidiary operation. In December of 2007, Vivendi Games and Activision merged and used the high-profile Blizzard name in the joint company title, Activision Blizzard.
Fugitive Tracked Down Through World of Warcraft
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:16:53 PM Asia/Shanghai
According to a report by the Kokomo Perspective, Howard, Indiana Sheriff's Department deputy Matt Roberson was able to track down wanted fugitive Alfred Hightower thanks in part to Blizzard's World of Warcraft online game.
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