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The Daily Slash: October 25th 2010

Chris Burns, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

We're getting dangerously close to that ever-so-spooky howliday, and the gadgets just aren't reflecting it at all! I suppose that's how it goes though, it's only one day, no use in making a pumpkin themed telephone for that. In honor of the most smashing of days coming up though, I did carve a pumpkin for you. It's also in celebration of me finally downloading what I now realize is the greatest tiny game ever made. See if you can tell what it is. I carved it for you. And then, of course, we've got a fantastic FREE LG OPTIMUS T in a Halloween contest too! Read The Full Story

Diablo III Beta Testing: Yes, Finally, For Real, at BlizzCon

Chris Burns, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [8]

Blizzcon attendees were given some undeniably exciting news: from amongst them, 1,000 would be chosen to receive Beta Keys to Diablo 3. Those of you like me who've been waiting to hear that news for years and years (and years,) oh my goodness the excitement burns in the heart. Diablo 2 was (and yes, still is) played by thousands, being one of the games to pave the way for such games as World of Warcraft, a game that's estimated to hold over 60% of the market share for MMORPG games in the world. Read The Full Story

Blizzard Shows StarCraft 2 Has Some Old Rivals

Evan Selleck, Aug 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

News about Blizzard's StarCraft II isn't necessarily few and far between, but when you start talking about something as epic as StarCraft, and its heavily anticipated sequel, every piece of information is fantastic. And, if it weren't enough for Blizzard to just give us text-based information, they go out and make amazing CG videos, like the cinematic trailer already released. But this time around, Blizzard lets us follow an old friend, Zeratul, as he explores some ancient ruins, but quickly discovers he's not the only one being a little nostalgic. Read The Full Story

Razer developing StarCraft II themed gaming peripherals

Chris Davies, Aug 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

You know who likes money? Razer likes money, and the gaming peripheral maker has decided that the best way to make it is to milk enthusiastic StarCraft II gamers with a range of new hardware and this "distinctive" messenger bag. As well as the bag, the company promises a tournament-grade keyboard, mouse and headset "specially designed" for Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft II. Read The Full Story

First of many Starcraft 2 Battle Reports get released

Staff Editor, Dec 19th 2008 Discuss [1]

Blizzard has released the first of what is to be a series of Starcraft 2 battle reports. This video is a match from the alpha version of the game - narrated by lead designer Dustin Browder and e-Sports team member Robert Simpson - in which Matt Cooper and David Kim play a 1-on-1 match as Protoss and Terrran. Read The Full Story

Blizzard updates WoW Armory

Brenda Stokes, Nov 28th 2008 Discuss [0]

Blizzard continues to roll out upgrades across the board ever since the Wrath of the Lich King expansion came out. In fact, the World of Warcraft Armory page was updated today, and it now features stats and information previously unavailable prior to the 3.02 patch. Read The Full Story

World of Warcraft patch ‘Echoes of Doom’ goes live; rocky restart

Brenda Stokes, Oct 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

So the 3.0.2 patch for the World of Warcraft was released by Blizzard yesterday. The patch, called "Echoes of Doom," features all sorts of updates and is furthering along the servers to get ready for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, which is set for release on November 13th. Read The Full Story

StarCraft 2 to be a trilogy

Brenda Stokes, Oct 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

A lot of news has been pouring out of BlizzCon and now Blizzard is taking their StarCraft franchise to the next level. Their long-awaited game, StarCraft 2 will be a trilogy rather than one game. Read The Full Story

Diablo 3 coming to consoles?

Brenda Stokes, Oct 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

Blizzard president, Mike Morhaime may have just stoked the fire about their upcoming game, Diablo 3. While it was expected this game would only appear on PCs, we're now hearing buzz it might be released on consoles as well. Recently at BlizzCon, Morhaime spoke about the game and how each game at Blizzard includes a discussion of appropriate platforms. He said, "As Diablo 3 takes shape, I think we'll do an evaluation. I think there is a pretty good argument to be made that that type of game might work very well on consoles. There might be some technical limitations though that we might need to get past." Read The Full Story

Details on the WoW Achievement system

Abby McVay, Aug 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

Blizzard's new Achievement system has a great many of us curious as to how it will work and if we'll see it as either an improvement or just a nuisance. Thus far we know only a few details about the upcoming Achievements and how they will work. Jeffrey Kaplan decided to give a few more details about the Achievement points. As always, Blizzard is trying to take the Achievements and improve the way they are done in comparison to existing ones like the Xbox version. One thing they are doing differently is you will be able to track your progression on a particular Achievement. Read The Full Story

Blizzard gives away Zhevra mount for recruiting friends

Abby McVay, Aug 6th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you still have a couple friends who are holding out on playing WoW, now is the time to put a bit more peer pressure on them. Once you recruit a friend that signs up for 2 months and puts you down as a reference, you will get a shiny new Zhevra mount. Read The Full Story

Achievement points coming to two more Blizzard games

Abby McVay, Aug 4th 2008 Discuss [0]

It was recently announced that WoW would be receiving achievement points, well looks like it's not the only one. Along with it, Starcraft II and Diablo III will be joining the list. Read The Full Story