Blizzard Guru

Blizzard Guru Becomes Hellforge

Sol Invictus — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:20:11 +0000

With the ‘death’ of Hellgate: London and Mythos, the collective staff of Hellgate Guru have shifted our focus to the one game that holds the most promise in all of our hearts and minds: Diablo III. With that in mind, we created Blizzard Guru, which has become Hellforge — It is not your average Diablo III [...]

Shipment of Fail: Bill Roper Talks About Flagship

Sol Invictus — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:30:31 +0000

Flagship Studios CEO Bill Roper has finally come out of hiding to grant an interview to 1up.com regarding the immenent closure of the aforementioned company, and a breakdown of the events that transpired during all these recent months, from the rumors that the company was in trouble, the fiasco over the Hellgate: London IP, and [...]

PC Gamer Exclusive Diablo 3 Preview

Sp3tSnAz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:29:41 +0000

The latest issue of PC Gamer (which incidently hasn’t hit the shelves yet, but has come to the magazine subscribers) has featured Diablo 3 as it’s cover story. (It actually has two cover stories, but the special over cover is on Diablo 3). One of our staff members, illo, has managed to get his hands on [...]

Jay Wilson Describes How Game Will Appeal To ‘Diablo’ Fans And Broad Audience

Sp3tSnAz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:58:09 +0000

MTV Blog has once again scored an interview with Jay Wilson, this time on the appeal of the game to a wide audience. According to lead “Diablo III” designer Jay Wilson, the team has to appease an “extremely broad audience” as well as hardcore fans. Keeping the game approachable is key for Wilson. “It’s one of the [...]

New Diablo 3 Artwork and Old Diablo Cinematic Links

Sp3tSnAz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:49:23 +0000

The official Blizzard website has been updated with 3 new concept art pieces, 2 new screenshots and 1 new wallpaper of Ureh, a town in the World of Sanctuary. Syl also points out a French Blizzard website which has all of the old cinematics from the other Diablo games. (Hopefully they are in English) Enjoy

Runic Games’ Max Schaefer and Travis Baldree - Flagship closing down

Sp3tSnAz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:28:43 +0000

While not strictly related to Blizzard, we’ve been following the progress of the former Flagship Studios’ developers, so this is relevant. GameCyte has a new interview up with two of them who have started a new studio, Runic Games, who are Max Schaeferand Travis Baldree. The interview delves deep into why the company moved, why they [...]

‘Diablo III’ Rounds Out Trilogy, But Not The End Of ‘Diablo’

Sp3tSnAz — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:19:03 +0000

MTV Blog has yet another interview with Jay Wilson, this time to do with way that Diablo 3 will summarise the story arc of the games. The plot behind “Diablo III” was developed with Blizzard’s VP of creative development Chris Metzen, who crafted the tales for the first two games. In the first “Diablo,” the player [...]

Jay Wilson on Gender Issues

Sp3tSnAz — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:14:26 +0000

The MTV Blog has another interview up with Jay Wilson, where they deal with the gender issues in Diablo 3, including the reason for it’s introduction and any differences between the genders of classes. “These [characters] are not people; they are so far above the normal civilians because that’s the tone of the game,” Wilson explained. [...]

WarCry Network with Travis Baldree

Sp3tSnAz — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:44:16 +0000

While I know this isn’t strictly Blizzard Related, Runic Games may become a direct competition in the sort of game they make for Diablo 3. Travis Baldree also shares his view on Diablo 3 in the interview. WarCry network has posted up a new interview with Runic Games founder, Travis Baldree. He talks of the new [...]

Runic Games Press Release

Sol Invictus — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:56:04 +0000

Seattle, Washington - August 8th, 2008 - The former Flagship Studios Seattle team is proud to announce their reformation as Runic Games (www.runicgames.com). As the team responsible for the highly-anticipated Mythos at Flagship Studios, Runic Games intends to continue to use their expertise in the Action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in this [...]