starcraft
Just One Day Left To Merge Your Account
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 - 11 Comments
Ever since Blizzard announced that you could merge your World of Warcraft with your Battle.net account, we knew that some day they’d make the change manditory. And why, you ask? Battle.net has been a mainstay of Blizzard’s online community for years and it’s about to ... More
Blizzard Makes Its Mark On YouTube
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 4 Comments
Ever have trouble finding quality versions of Blizzard cinematics on the internet and refuse to spend the time downloading them from the official site? Well, now there’s an easy and convenient solution! Perhaps as part of their social networking kick lately (see their Twitter accounts), ... More
Warcraft Twitter May Give Away In-Game Items
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 - 8 Comments
We reported, pre-Blizzcon, that Blizzard had created several new Twitter accounts, each focused on one of the company’s key franchises. Some of you started following them instantly, while others maintained their distance from the social networking site wonder what, precisely, it could offer beyond the ... More
Blizzard Franchises, Twitterpated
Friday, August 14th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Can the awesomeness of Blizzard games be distilled into a scant 140 characters? The company’s Licensing Project Manager, Kat Hunter, seems to think so. According to her own account, all three of Blizzard’s core franchises are being given the Twitter treatment. So whether you’re a fan ... More
Look At Me, Look At Me! - A News Recap
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 - 17 Comments
The biggest news in recent memory is WoW.com’s hat eating guarantee over the next expansion’s details. According to sources for the lucky domain squatters, the third expansion is indeed called WoW: Cataclysm, and the previously rumored Goblins and the Worgen are the upcoming playable classes. ... More
Blizzard Store’s BlizzCon 2009 Section Underwhelms
Thursday, August 6th, 2009 - 5 Comments
Don’t worry if you weren’t lucky enough to score BlizzCon tickets, or you were lucky enough to trick someone into giving your Press Passes, because the store isn’t all that impressive. Actually, in my opinion it’s a bit of a disappointment. The BlizzCon 2009 section ... More
Excerpts From Creative Writing Contest Released
Monday, June 15th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Pixiestixy wasn’t the only part of the PL crew who thought about crafting a story for the Creative Writing Contest. I’ve been writing about video games for nearly a decade now, so I contemplated the opportunity to create my own lore, but thought better of ... More
Blizzard Opens eSports Channel
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Since StarCraft hit Korea Blizzard has been a part of the eSports community, extending the range from FPS titles to RTS. Their Sci-Fi epic still maintains a strong following, but the company has seen Warcraft III and World of Warcraft’s Arena system gain a foothold ... More
Speculating About Blizzard’s Next MMO
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 - 36 Comments
Kotaku just came to the realization via Official Blue Post ™ that one of Blizzard’s projects, their unnamed next-gen MMO, is an entirely new franchise, which means it’s not Starcraft, it’s not Warcraft, it’s not Diablo, it’s not Lost Vikings, it’s not Rock n’ Roll ... More
MMO-Champions Unveils 2009 BlizzCon Vanity Pet?
Monday, May 11th, 2009 - 23 Comments
The Folks over at MMO-Champion have once again dug through the latest game files and found new stuff for everyone to drool over. Grunty the Murloc Marine is just that, and if they’re following their trend from the past few events (a murloc pet, murloc ... More