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man in gauze is king ramses II, actually — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:58:12 MST

Sweet, I can't wait to see the easter eggs in SC2.

man in gauze is king ramses II, actually

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theherlihyboy — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:50:34 MST

You know, when I bought Warcraft for the PC all those years ago, I never thought Blizzard would end up where it was today. Warcraft was nothing more than a Dune II rip-off to me, with orcs and humans instead of Atreides and Harkonnen. Now they're a billion-dollar company, and Warcraft is one of the most valuable gaming IPs you can find out there. JESUS.

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Eating_Sushi — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:46:01 MST

Ah, it's gonna be so weird seeing the Activision trademark logo with Blizzards' when I boot up Starcraft 2 in the future. I just hope they don't do any changes that will hinder anything "Blizzardy." Every game Blizzard has made has been a hit for me.

The end of gaming will be here when you see a Gnome rocking out in Guitar Hero.

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CyberSkull — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:24:48 MST

Now how about resurrecting Ghost Actiblizzard?

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Torokun — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:03:34 MST

"Actard" as my friend calls it...

Torokun

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sir_blazeAlot — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:45:46 MST

@Peaugh: daaaaamn, if they were to integrate a cross platform feature I would be tempted to check it out...and like one said with the xbox online fees, that's why the PS3 just shines a bit brighter in that respect...I laugh at the people forking money out for that....

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cynopt — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:41:10 MST

Really, I'm just happy Blizzavision got top billing, even if that's not my spelling.

In a slightly more constructive vein, could our darling new haemonculus please, PLEASE finish Ghost now?

cynopt

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Thwick — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:12:17 MST

If you are asking for keyboard/mouse support for your console so they can bring a pc game to it, why don't you just play the game on your PC?

WoW on consoles would not work, they'd have to change the game entirely. I could see it working it they made it more diablo like, where you only had a two mouse clicks and you could use another button to cycle between attacks and two others for potions.

I am also extremely happy they do not want to come to consoles, did everyone else not play the debacle that was Starcraft 64?

Thwick

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Orwellian — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:11:30 MST

@ChickenOfTheSea: Actard FTW, definitely!

Also, where's my Starcraft 2 news?! C'mon, Blizzard!!

Orwellian

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Aprotosis — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:07:20 MST

@FeendRendor:
@WasabiJoestar:

If it works like every other MMO on the 360, then no, you wont have to pay for a Gold account. Both Final Fantasy XI and Phantasy Star Universe do not require Gold accounts to play.

And another thing, Everquest Adventures tanked because the game was crap. It was nothing like Everquest for the PC. About the only thing they shared was similar naming conventions, and how hard is that, honestly? FFXI is the exact same game with the exact same people in it regardless of which system you ultimately choose to play it on.

The only real negative to putting an MMO on a console is that you become tied to the hardware. There are a lot of features FFXI would love to implement and change but they can't, simply because of PS2 hardware. The amount of internal memory just cannot handle it. Now the 360 and PS3 are different beasts so it would take more time to max out the hardware for their client platform, but you know it would happen. Memory is the biggest issue when it comes to consoles. It is close enough to say the 360 and PS3 both have 512MB, but compared to a PC with 2+GB, it becomes miniscule. (The Wii is dead out, with a whopping 88MB)

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BigBaybee_225 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:03:01 MST

What about ActiBLIZZion?

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Pope John Peeps II — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:57:23 MST

Blizzactiwow?

Blactivision? Wow. That's almost racist.

Pope John Peeps II

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ehlaren82 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:53:41 MST

@Dreamwriter:

They would be excited because they're the same company now and like to make money?

-reiteration for people who dont get the merger.
Vivendi owns Vivendi Games has division Blizzard

after:
Vivendi owns Activision Blizzard has division Blizzard.

ehlaren82

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Dreamwriter — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:46:49 MST

Why would *Activision* be excited about Blizzard's revenue? It wasn't Activision that bought Vivendi(Blizzard,Sierra), it was Vivendi who bought Activision.

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StrikerGold — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:38:35 MST

C'mon Actiblizzvision, the time is right for a Lost Vikings sequel!! Or maybe a little Rock 'N Roll Racing? Blackthorne? Throw the non-WoW crowd a bone here!

StrikerGold

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Pope John Peeps II — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:30:05 MST

The obvious name is BLIZZAC

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Danin — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:26:44 MST

@ChickenOfTheSea: Blactivision.

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huginn — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:24:36 MST

if anything, this gives EA a serious rival.

While I am not a fan of these huge company mergers, Activision and Blizzard are both two of the 'do not evil' companies out there.. if any two could merge together and not sell out. I'd say these two are front runners (especially now since bio ware has been snatched up)

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noisome07 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:17:16 MST

WTB Keyboard/Mouse support for 360! /sadface

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FeendRendor — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:15:07 MST

@WasabiJoestar: Possibly not. Blizzard might be able to talk Microsoft into cutting them some cash for putting their game on the Xbox 360. Either that or it could just be ported to the PS3.

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WasabiJoe — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:08:16 MST

@Peaugh:
Here's a deterring thought, you have to pay for Xbox Gold service, AND the wow subscription. At least I'd assume so (based on my own evidence which is based on nothing)

WasabiJoe

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Tubatic — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:06:55 MST

@radink:
Aside from Final Fantasy XI, which was built for that, I don't think making a seperate version of an MMO just for consoles is a good, or potentially successful, idea. Everquest tried it, and it tanked.

It'll sell, like movie tie in games, but the overall end products would surely lack the quality experience (laugh all you want) that wrfcraft has come to represent and offer.

Tubatic

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Peaugh — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:04:50 MST

@sir_blazeAlot: Yeah, I was pretty big into it a while back, and I', not even that big of a fan of playing on a PC, but we dropped our sub a while back and haven't looked back. On a console though? If they made it cross platform with the PC version, you'd have to shoot me to keep me from getting
sucked back in.

Peaugh

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Furious_Liver — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:03:19 MST

@ChickenOfTheSea: We've already settled on Tough Actin Blizzactin.

@Jman1980: I pray for your failure.

Furious_Liver

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sir_blazeAlot — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:00:59 MST

@Peaugh: Yeah, mainly I meant I am glad I won't have to hear my fellow PS3 buddies getting into this - never really got into those WoW games muhself as they looked just a tad bit ridiculous.

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InsidiousTuna — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:00:52 MST

Blizzavision? Actiblizzard?

Why not shorten it, you know? Actard? Blizzion?

InsidiousTuna

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sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi. — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:59:23 MST

Are WoW subs on the decline? My bet is when the base starts to dwindle, they'll get a console version out lickity-split.

I'd be more inclined to try a console version, have never been able to get into PC gaming.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

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Arthois — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:59:17 MST

Blizzard doesn't like to make Console games since the dev cycle is too short. Won't change.

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manaknight — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:57:12 MST

Sweet, another big, totally risk averse publishing company. So this leaves what, like 4 major western publishers now? Good for stocks!! (esp with the Blizzard name) Bad for games.

manaknight

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Heliophage — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:55:18 MST

@Jman1980:

At this point, I'm honestly hoping you get banned before the question is posted. Seriously, stop spamming.

Heliophage

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Peaugh — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:53:05 MST

@sir_blazeAlot: Same here. It was bad enough when I was tethered to the computer playing it. I couldn't imagine what it's would be like if I could sit in the recliner and play.

Peaugh

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Bacardi151 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:52:58 MST

@Jman1980: Seriously.. Relax.. your spam about asking for the question won't make Brian post it any quicker.

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radink — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:52:40 MST

I think wow will still come to consoles. More now than ever. I just think it will be a different version of it. Not the same as the pc versions.

radink

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PG17 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:49:38 MST

@Jman1980: Patience, its coming. I am just as anxious as you are.

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sir_blazeAlot — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:49:15 MST

I think we can thank the good lord himself WoW is NOT coming to consoles....when I read that i pulled the same "puts file over crotch" move cause that is great stuff.

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FeendRendor — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:49:05 MST

@Jman1980: It's coming...have some patience, read the articles, and contribute with intelligent comments.

I wonder why they seem so adamant that WoW will not come to home consoles. Wouldn't that just be more money to line the pockets of their gold vests?

FeendRendor

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Peaugh — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:47:19 MST

@Jman1980: NO! Really?!

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Peaugh — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:46:50 MST

1.1 billion? Can I have them pay me $15 a month?

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Jman1980 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:46:43 MST

Where's the question for $500....I'm desperate!!!

Jman1980