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Blizzard and Facebook have struck a deal, which will integrate the social network into Blizzard’s Battle.net service. That means players of “Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty” will be able to find Facebook friends who are also on Battle.net, making it easier to play a game with them.
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With less than a week to go before the launch of Age of Conan's first expansion, the hype is steadily building for Funcom's Rise of the Godslayer. Portions of the new content, scheduled to release on May 11th, are available for inspection courtesy of a two minute teaser video hosted at Gametrailers. The trailer, a pleasing mixture of concept art, comic panels, and in-game footage, shows off the lush lands of Khitai, new tiger mounts, and brief glimpses of the new dungeons in action.
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Ghost of Sparta, as announced in a press release this morning, fills the story gap between God of War 1 and 2 and includes upgrades relative to Chains of Olympus, like a longer campaign, larger bosses, improved enemy intelligence and textures, new magics and abilities, and more characters on screen at once. Much like every other God of War game, it will be single-player only, but unlike the rest of the series, it won't ship in March; Ghost of Sparta has a sometime-in-2010 release date.
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You know all those summer plans you have? Well StarCraft 2's first piece -- the human-based Wings of Liberty -- was just given a July 27 release date for "stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau." What, no Kyrgyzstan?
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It's an exceedingly rare feat when a game company, particularly a maker of MMORPGs, manages to capture the spirit and substance of a pre-established intellectual property. The landscape is littered with many a well-intentioned but misguided attempt at bringing a beloved novel, film, or multiverse into the realm of video gaming.
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Blizzard – makers of StarCraft, Diablo, and Warcraft – has a long relationship with Apple, but hasn't been tossing as many titles their way of late. However, Blizzard is stepping up its Mac efforts as well. Blizzard just released a beta version of the upcoming StarCraft II for Mac.
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Bungie, the developer of blockbuster game franchises including Halo, Myth and Marathon, and Activision, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive 10-year partnership to bring Bungie's next big action game universe to market. Under the terms of the agreement, Activision will have exclusive, worldwide rights to publish and distribute all future Bungie games based on the new intellectual property on multiple platforms and devices.
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38 employees of Infinity Ward, have sued Activision Blizzard Inc., claiming that they are owed between $75 million and $125 million in unpaid royalties and potentially more in compensatory damages. Of the 38 employees involved in the lawsuit, 21 are former employees of Infinity Ward; 17 still work there. Approximately 95 people worked at Infinity Ward on last November's Modern Warfare 2, meaning that about 40% of its employees at that time are now suing Activision.
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Mafia II's "dynamite shootouts" make fellow Take-Two crime spree, GTA IV look dated, claims Xbox World 360's latest look at the game. "We were blown away by both the visual fidelity and intricacy of the level design," the mag says. "As Vito, Steve, Joey and troops poured forward to bout the Brylcreemed baddies, GTA IV seemed very dated indeed."
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Microsoft has released their fiscal data for the year and in this report they revealed that the Xbox 360 has sold over 40 million units worldwide since the consoles launch in 2005. 2005-06 - 5.0 Million Units 2006-07 - 11.6 Million Units 2007-08 - 20.3 2008-09 - 31.4 2009-10 - 40.2
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