Posts Tagged ‘Blizzard’
Blizzard Looking for a New Art Director for Diablo 3
August 7th, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
Blizzard has posted a new job offer up today on their website for Diablo 3. What’s very interesting about this post, is that it is regarding the art direction of the game.
This follows all the previous posts where Blizzard has stated that they do not want to change their current art direction. What is also of interest is what the current art director, Brian Morrisroe going to do on the game? Is he moving to another game? Did Blizzard not like his art style? Are they moving him to their un-announced game? Or is this simply Blizzard wanting to add another person to the art team to help them get a new angle to the other acts.
Let the speculations begin!
The details of the job requirements follow.
Art Apocalypse: Blizzard’s Wilson Talks Diablo III Design Decisions
August 1st, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
Jay Wilson, Blizzard’s Lead Designer on Diablo 3, looks like he’s one busy man. Along with his interview with MTV, he also conducted one with Kotaku.
In it he talks about the “complex” issue of the art direction and the variety they want the art in the game to bring. He then goes onto the issue of that the game looks like WoW which many people have brought up.
Blizzard on the upcoming WoW Achievements and Expansions
August 1st, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
Kotaku has an interview up with Blizzard developers in which they talk about the upcoming achievements in the WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. They also have an interview about how often expansion packs for WoW should come out.
The first article on the achievements and talks about the reasons for their inclusion, what sorts of achievements there will be as well as how many achievements there are.
The second article talks about the WoW expansions and how often they should come out. The main consensus is at least one should come out every twelve months, however if more work is needed, it’s better to complete the product before releasing it.
Blizzard on Execution over Innovation and their Next Game
August 1st, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
Kotaku has two new interviews up with Blizzard devs, firstly about the innovation of their games, the other article is about whether their next game could ever topple WoW.
The first article is all about the innovation that WoW brought along like the rest system.
The second article talks about other MMOs that have tried to do better than WoW and then lead into talking about how they need to design their next game to be the next WoW killer.
What Activision Can And Can’t Change About Blizzard
August 1st, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
Kotaku has a new article up with various Blizzard developers about the new merger with Activision as well as te innovation over at Blizzard. The article is mainly about the sorts of powers Activision has in terms of pricing mechanics and game design.
The main points that all Blizzard developers bring across is that they are not too worried, as their approach has always been to make games they love first, then design transaction models for them later.
BlizzCon Tickets Set for August 11 Sale, DirecTV Broadcasting Live in HD
July 30th, 2008 / / by Sol Invictus
Blizzard announced today that the tickets for BlizzCon 2008 will be available for sale this upcoming August 11 and that the show will be set to go on October 10-11 in Anaheim, California.
Tickets will be priced at $100 a pop and will be made available for purchase online at the BlizzCon website. Participants can probably expect to get a goodie bag upon arrival. If I lived in the United States, I’d certainly count myself among its participants.
Blizzard also noted that DirecTV will be providing live coverage of the event with a minimum of eight hours coverage on a pay per view basis. Starting in August, new subscribers to DirecTV will receive the event for free.
IGN On Diablo 3 Lore
July 25th, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
IGN has a new interview up with Leonard Boyarsky, the game’s lead world designer. The interview is mainly about the lore of the game, how closely it matches up to the old games, how the lore will appeal both to hardcore and casual player as well as character voices.
The best parts of the interview can be seen below, while you can see the rest of it over at IGN.
New StarCraft II Planet Bio - Mar Sara
July 25th, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
The official Blizzard website has been updated with news of a new Starcraft Planet as well as some new art and screenshots.
Possible Hints at New Classes
July 24th, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
With the release of the new PC Powerplay preview of Diablo 3, rumours have begun to pop up on a few sites of a possible new class in one of the screenshots. While two of the classes are currently known, there are three that are being speculated on from Sorceresses, Bow Users, Druids, Necromancers as well as a myriad of other classes.
Computer and Video Games Diablo 3 Preview
July 24th, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
CVG has a new article up today, which has an interview with the team behind Diablo 3.
The interview talks of core philosophies with the game, the new gameplay, as well as the storyline.
