EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing - Kotaku Comments

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

KreacherOfBloodandRank — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:11:55 MDT

Oh God the WOW Bard class is back XD

Here's to seeing the Tauren Marine make a serious appearance in Starcraft

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

mizeriq — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:57:11 MDT

@InsaneGenius: Actually Starcraft64 is the reason there won't be SC2 for consoles. It had abysimal sales(enough of a reason for the corporate guys) and console controls simply are not up to par with the requirements of a fast paced RTS, even the keyboard/mouse combo used by pros is still not enough to do everything(needing to prioritize your own actions and a balance between micro and macro tasks is also a part of the game's charm and this goes horribly wrong with a controller, you can't even do basic micro tricks, because it's too slow). Once you've tried the PC version nothing can make you go back to the torture of playing it without a mouse.

mizeriq

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

glibby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:51 MDT

Er, I screwed up the numbers there. Make that 52 a 48. So I guess they don't have a controlling interest in themselves.

glibby

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

glibby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:08:23 MDT

@Lixie: You missed the second part. Vivendi bought out activision, then merged their gaming devisions with activision, then sold off 52% of their stake in the resulting company to.. well.. the resulting company. The end result is a new company which encompasses all of the game-related assets of the two old companies, is a separate entity (due to its 52% controlling share in itself) and has a large silent partner (read: money collector) in vivendi.

Does anyone know if there are anti-trust dealings in north america over this?

glibby

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

mzs — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:12:52 MDT

I keep seeing EA instead of EU and it just bugs me that my mind is that strange.

mzs

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

TheSmiterer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:54:12 MDT

This merger pleases me.

TheSmiterer

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Billkwando — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:34:44 MDT

I knew EA was good for SOMETHING......

Go go gadget Activlizzard!

Billkwando

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

heisert — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:34:21 MDT

Why Activision dont allow Harmonix to Patch the GH3 Guitar to Rock Band PS3?

heisert

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Agies — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:17:27 MDT

@InsaneGenius: Yes. I rest my case.

Agies

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

InsaneGenius — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:09:00 MDT

@Agies:
Remember Starcraft for the N64?

InsaneGenius

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

dionion — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:51:53 MDT

@Lixie: That's not exactly the way European anti-trust legislation works but sure, whatever.

dionion

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Lixie — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:45:41 MDT

It's not really a merger. Vivendi essentially bough Activision. Now, had it been the other way around where an American company (Activision) had bought the European company (Vivendi) the EU would have probably stalled it.

Lixie

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Para — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:45:10 MDT

Now let's see that Bard class in WoW.

Para

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Agies — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:44:03 MDT

@macr0planet: Still a snowball's chance in hell. Blizzard's console games will be made for consoles, not ports of PC games. Remember that the Blizzard name here is just a rebranding of the Vivendi name.

Agies

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

macr0planet — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:38:18 MDT

Interesting. It sounds better than EA (king of working towards a monopoly?). I think this might bring Blizzard to console, so it's almost safe to say we'll see Starcraft 2 on Xbox 360 and PS3? At least I hope.

macr0planet

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

TokeYo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:35:51 MDT

I swear the Monopolies and Merger Commission has no clue whatsoever.

There was no reason to even look at this merger, and they don't know an anti-competitive monopoly like the Game/Gamestation debacle when it bites them in the nose.

Yet they freak when Microsoft includesa a Media-player in windows....

If there's going to be an onbudsman like this (and I'm ure we do need one) that looks at the Electronics industry it really needs to get some perspective, and some more knowledgable people.

I mean how much did this thing cost? and as Mike said you could have asked someone who had knowledge of the subject and been told in two seconds that it wasn't worth investigating.

TokeYo

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mortalum — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:29:32 MDT

@tnx3: That does provide an interesting question. With EA, Blizzactivsionard-whatever you want to call it has real competition. But to stake a claim in console producers such as Microsoft, whose game titles are simply proxyed out, it does raise the question. With Blizzard's behemoth team of success and Activisions meh, it could suggest a larger library of middle class games though. GL all the way.

mortalum

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

icantbelieveit — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:27:53 MDT

Actiblizzion

icantbelieveit

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

uppitycracker — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:24:02 MDT

i'm a bigger fan of activizzard

uppitycracker

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

pooster — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:22:57 MDT

Hell, it's about time.

pooster

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

ShaggE — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:17:31 MDT

@Fyren: I have no clue why, but the title "World of Duty" makes me laugh like a stoned hyena every time.

ShaggE

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Doomstalk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:16:50 MDT

@Dannon: Just don't call them Blactivision.

Doomstalk

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Pezdispenser — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:16:40 MDT

John Madden?

Pezdispenser

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Dannon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:13:55 MDT

Blizzvision all the way

Dannon

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

Fyren — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:12:50 MDT

Obviously the Commission did not research enough; it is foretold that Blizzievision is one of the keys to the 12 gates.

I hope they do produce some original IP. I would love me some World of Duty.

Fyren

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

PapaBear434 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:12:01 MDT

Not the place for this, I know, but I have to ask:

Why, exactly, does the post on the new LittleBigPlanet trailer keep disappearing? It's the second thread on the topic to go up and immediately be taken down.

PapaBear434

EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing

tnx3 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:08:08 MDT

What? Is this hinting at a furture ActiBlizzion console system?

tnx3