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[Column] World of Warcraft: Anticipating BlizzCon 2013
SBFord
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After a year off, Blizzcon 2013 will be storming back to Anaheim later this year. Ardent World of Warcraft fans are beginning to speculate about what big announcements the team might have in store for the world's most popular MMO. Check out our musings before adding yours in the comments.
Last week BlizzCon tickets went on sale and milliseconds later they were sold out. This happened with both batches of tickets. For those of you that were lucky enough to score some, congratulations! For everyone else who tried, I can’t imagine your frustration and hope you’ll be able to find a way to watch the event with the virtual ticket (details on virtual tickets have yet to be announced). This week I’d like to share what I hope we’ll see at BlizzCon 2013.
Read more of Reza Lackey's The WoW Factor: Anticipating BlizzCon 2013.
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If someone is talking in general chat in a language you dont understand, chances are they're not talking to you. So chill out and stop bitching about it!
Titan will be release on pc, ps4, and the next xbox possibly in 2018
Im feeling pretry good if those predictions hold true
WoW is old and now terrible.
Diablo 3 was terrible.
StarCraft II was typical
I seriously don't get it. Blizzard is not the same. New people... new games... new hate.
why would blizzard release on xbox when they have console partnership w SONY ?
I doubt you are going to see Titan on XBOX unless D3 comes to XBOX
http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4011152/blizzard-and-sony-announce-strategic-partnership
"Many of you are probably wondering why an old-school PC game developer is crashing the Sony party tonight," said Blizzard's Chris Metzen on the Sony stage, explaining that the company now has a "strategic partnership" with Sony to "take over the world."
The company has a "deep desire to get back into the mix" of console gaming, and though the company's only announcing a port of Diablo III for today, it sounds like a clear hint that more Blizzard games will come to console in future.
EQ2 fan sites
yet they are the most successful company pretty much out there for video games still to this day. WOW is still going strong with tons of people coming back daily. I should know you see returning players all the time looking for guilds in trade chat. Just because you dont like it doesnt mean there isnt literally millions of people who obviously do not share your view. Just like this website complaints about wow and blizzard you guys are seriously in the minority only.
They already hinted at D3 coming to xbox....their first console iteration of D3 was running on a 360, being played with a 360 gamepad.
Mind you, I dont think Titan will come out on xbox, or even ps4 for that matter.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
this was posted 2 months ago
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7100771077
Yup, there are a lot of rumours about Diablo III being released for the Xbox right now, but we have made no announcements of that actually happening - and we still do not have any announcements to make at this time btw.
EQ2 fan sites
I can see the next expansion now World of Warcraft: The Great Revival ... expac and ps4 version release at the same time.
Exactly
Yet we get reports of layoffs and massive population decline.
The game is 9 years old and reach its peek about 4 years ago, ofc there will layoffs and a decline... still does not stop blizzard being the most successful developer for probably the last 10 years, and WoW being most sucessful MMO in history.
On topic BCon is some 6 months off.. ill give a damn in 5 months, though I do want to see Titan.
please show some numbers and actual facts, not assumptions of millions and millions when you are on servers which top 1000 players.
But i get the message you meant though.
"going into arguments with idiots is a lost cause, it requires you to stoop down to their level and you can't win"
I hope they finally announce an engine/graphics overhaul for WoW as part of the next expansion.
Not talking WoW -> Crysis 3 but why not do a new engine and allow both new and old (legacy) to run side by side for folks with older hardware?
Actually they announced at PAX East. There have also been several interviews since. It is coming to xbox, there will be no AH, and drops will be adjusted to account for it. There are also a bunch of other changes that make it sound like the console version will be what the PC version should have been. Here is 1 interview I found http://www.gameskinny.com/kwsz4/diablo-3-console-edition-interview-from-pax-east-2013
I'm not really sure what could reinvigorate WoW for me. I am no longer a part of the market segment they are currently designing the game for, which is kind of sad, but I'm sure they will do fine. I don't think massive changes to the graphics engine is really viable, nor would the costs pay off IMHO. People have never played WoW for the awesome graphics, and I don't think they would gain much, but they risk losing a lot of players on low end hardware if the up the requirements too much, and WoW has a lot of people on low end hardware.
Hmmm, I wonder if they'll announce anything about a Diablo 3 expansion? I hope so, the game is in a good place now and an expansion late 2013 / early 2014 would be excellent.
More classes, more skills, more runes, more loot... mmmmm...
It's a sad day indeed when a family is too afraid of reprisals to publicly thank somebody for saving their lives.
Should be interesting. I like blizzard games for the most part. Im not a hater but I have never been crazy hyped about their games either. I have always respected the fact they put out solid well made games thats are pretty polished..... but after D3 I do not look at this company in the same light. D3 SOLD alot of copies and yes is very sucessful its true but one of the most beloved franchises made by a beloved trusted company is going to sale ton of games especially one that people have waited like a decade but for me as a gamer I thought D3 was a massive crap game. Lol I hate dumping on others people works especially a game and I really do hope alot of people like D3 but this was the first time I sorta looked at blizzard as going down hill.
Agreed. I too stopped playing. The current daily focus + mini games I find to be more repetitive than fun. I spent a lot of time in the game, and had a lot of good times. But nostalgia isn't enough to keep me playing, I'd rather play something I enjoy now, not something I used to enjoy. There is still a lot to love about the game for many people, I just don't fit the market they are targeting and that is fine.
Yeah same here and it was about 2-3 months ago I quit. Still an amazing game. Still a huge community and probably my favorite mmo of all time. But i've had my fill.
If they do have plans for Xbox, it's very odd the way Chris Metzen worded his announcment of the game on PS3 and PS4. He clearly made it sound as if Sony and Blizzard have some kind of exclusive agreement at this time.
That absolutely could be wrong. But it sure sounded like it.