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Blizzard is a LIAR
Be careful fellow MMO gamers, Blizzard is on the prowl for some gullibles again this morning. Every year, on April Fool's Day... |
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Blizzard's 17 Year Success
Blizzard released the World of Warcraft 2.4 patch on March 25, 2008. And on March 31st, its StarCraft franchise celebrated 10-year anniversary. The discussion about StarCraft II and Wrath of the Lich King seems to never end, blah blah blah. Any small actions taken by Blizzard would affect the players' feeling. Like many other game companies, Blizzard used to be a small and unknown company, but over the years, it has developed into a big name in the world and made amazing achievements. Nowadays almost all MMORPGs' play modes are based on Diablo Series. However, how much do you know about its' growing-up process? Do you know what it is like when it is still a little "baby"? And how do you look upon the future of Blizzard? Do you have any suggestions or hopes for Blizzard? And what are they? |
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Blizzard - 17 years Road to Glory
Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse in February of 1991, a year after all three had received their bachelor's degrees from UCLA. In the early days the company focused on creating game ports for other studios. Ports include titles such as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I and Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess... |
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| The Death and Return of Superman |
1994 |
side-scrolling beat 'em up |
| Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |
1994 |
fantasy real-time strategy game |
| The Lost Vikings II |
1995 |
platform game |
| Justice League Task Force |
1995 |
fighting game |
| Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness |
1995 |
fantasy real-time strategy game |
| Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal |
1996 |
expansion pack |
| Diablo |
1996 |
action-oriented computer role-playing game |
| StarCraft |
1998 |
science fiction real-time strategy game |
| StarCraft: Brood War |
1998 |
expansion pack |
| Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition |
1999 |
fantasy real-time strategy game |
| Diablo II |
2000 |
action-oriented RPG |
| Diablo II: Lord of Destruction |
2001 |
expansion pack |
| Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos |
2002 |
fantasy real-time strategy game |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne |
2003 |
expansion pack |
| World of Warcraft |
2004 |
MMORPG set in the Warcraft universe |
| World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade |
2007 |
expansion pack |
| StarCraft II |
Under development |
science fiction real-time strategy game |
| World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King |
Under development |
expansion pack |
| Project "Hydra" |
Under development |
MMOG |
| Unknown |
Under development |
Next Generation MMO (This may be Project Hydra, but unconfirmed) |
| StarCraft: Ghost |
Indefinitely postponed |
Third-person shooter |
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