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Blizzard has told MCV that the development of a new game for consoles remains a possibility. The company’s recent successes have been very much PC focused, with titles such as World of Warcraft and Starcraft II thrusting the studio into the limelight. It has in the past developed titles for …

Publisher Activision has seemingly challenged the established norms of UK video game RRPs by apparently placing an official price of 44.99 on today’s new release Starcraft II. Though 45-50 tends to be the RRP of console titles, the very top rate for PC product tends to be between 35-40. However, …

With developer relations remaining very much a touchy issue at Activision for the time being, Blizzard Entertainment’s VP and executive MD of internal operations Michael Ryder has told MCV that the merger between former owner Vivendi and Activision hasn’t made any difference to Blizzard’s internal workings. Since we had our …

12 years on from the release of its incredibly popular predecessor, Activision Blizzard has finally released the hugely anticipated PC and Mac strategy game Starcraft II. Not wanting to force fans to wait (and quite possibly not wanting to inviate pirates to release the game illegally online) Blizzard has made …

Is the seven-year Blizzard project the most expensive of all time?

Blizzard’s Korean arm has announced it will be working with Korean Air to promote StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. As part of this deal, artwork of in-game protagonist Jim Raynor will be wrapped on two of Korean Air’s planes. The two aircraft will fly domestic routes in Korea, as well …

WoW and Starcraft II resources boosted in time for E3

Developer Blizzard will use a one-off Battle.net activation as its way to safeguard upcoming release StarCraft II from piracy. It’s opted for this approach over the use of DRM as it believes both that fighting piracy is, in its words, a losing battle” and that its developers should not be …

Blizzard believes World of Warcraft will see a significant rise in subscriptions this year, dismissing claims that the MMO has reached its peak. The company announced back in 2008 that World of Warcraft had hit 11.5 million subscriptions, but the game hasn’t seemed to pass any new milestones since then. …

Hugely popular MMO to push beyond its 11.5 million users by end of the year