GDC 10: Theme is Not Meaning Destructoid So, thinking about theme, which is the true successor to Warcraft: World of Warcraft , or Starcraft? One takes place int he same fictional universe but with …

UGO Blizzard: World of Warcraft Not for Consoles Tom’s Hardware Guide If Blizzard is to make an MMO for a console, it won’t be World of Warcraft .

In the open Sunday thread Nils asked “Would you like to speculate on the nature of Blizzards new MMO?” .

We see a fair amount of pining for “the way things used to be” in this community — rose-colored hindsight that is, by all accounts, horribly wrong . Maybe you enjoyed the sense of wonder upon going through the game the first time

If you’re using an Nvidia graphics card you should check your drivers , as there is a chance the newest drivers could cause your card to overheat during World of Warcraft , the Starcraft II Beta, or even Warcraft III . Blizzplanet reports the issue complete with links to two threads on the Nvidia forums discussing the issue, including one that states that Nvidia will be updating the driver in the near future. Please check your drivers to make sure you’re not using the versions that cause this problem and roll back if you can

TFTS (blog) Nvidia 196.75 GPU driver burning up graphics cards TechSpot This includes graphically intensive titles like Crysis or the StarCraft 2 Beta, as well as older, less demanding games such as World of Warcraft .

NVIDIA 196.75 GPU driver reportedly burning up graphics cards; yanked from website ZDNet (blog) Also interesting is that users playing Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft and StarCraft 2 Beta seem to be more affected than others with this issue. …

Recent In-Game Fixes – March 2010 – 3/4 Some of these changes have been around for a while apparently, during the latest PTR update I saw Blood Nova getting a 16 sec cooldown and the duration of Emerald Vigor was increased from 35 to 40 seconds. Instability ’s duration has been reduced from 8 to 5 seconds

Game Rant (blog) StarCraft 2 Beta: Battle.Net Impressions Game Rant (blog) The chat will also be cross-game, where someone playing World of Warcraft can talk, through Battle.net, to a friend playing StarCraft 2 for example. … and more??

Episode 13 of Blizzcast, Blizzard’s occassional podcast, came out yesterday. The majority of it is devoted to a StarCraft II beta special, which is beyond the scope of this site, but they did do a WoW Q&A after that (and a Diablo 3 Q&A at the end), between WoW CM Zarhym and Diablo CM Bashiok. The WoW segment was mostly retrospective, discussing what the developers learned from Wrath , with a dash of looking forward to Cataclysm

It’s the weekend again — which can only mean it’s time for an escape from the tedious grind of the working week — to replace it with the tedious grind of our favorite video games! For us, you might assume our favorite game is World of Warcraft , but the team is all over the map on gaming preferences. Some of us are still lost in Mass Effect 2 others have moved on to BioShock 2 , some of us are in the StarCraft II beta, and some of us are — gasp! — flirting with other MMOs while waiting for the next big thing in WoW . As a show of our gaming diversity, as well as checking in on what the WoW.com team is playing this weekend, I’ve asked what features from other games they’d like to see in WoW

In our thirteenth BlizzCast episode, we focus on the recent start of the StarCraft II beta! An interview with the StarCraft II’s production…

Game Rant (blog) Blizzard Entertainment releases Blizzcast 13 Fragland.net The second part of the podcast is focused on World of Warcraft and Diablo 3. The community managers of both games answer several questions which were asked ..

BlizzCast #13 Quote from: Zarhym ( Source ) In our thirteenth BlizzCast episode, we focus on the recent start of the StarCraft II beta! An interview with the StarCraft II’s production director and game director discusses what beta testers and the overall StarCraft community can expect in the latest multiplayer version of the game. The developers also provide some insight into other topics such as the single player campaign, eSports, and macro mechanics. In our second segment, World of Warcraft and Diablo community managers take you through a Q&A segment sharing exciting information about how the future of those series are shaping up.

So after about two weeks of gameplay, feedback, and more than a few losses and wins I’ve got some more to say about Starcraft 2’s current state. Mind you there is one caveat in that I’m nowhere near the upper echelons of the gaming elite as I pretty much hover around the Silver – Bronze

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Each day WoW.com will take you through all the blue posts and other Blizzard news from around the internet. From Ghostcrawler’s latest posts to the latest news on StarCraft II and Diablo III, we’ll keep you informed

Fresh News Remaining BlizzCon Attendees Getting StarCraft II Invites “Soon” 1UP.com Aside from the usual World of WarCraft pet, one of the draws for going to BlizzCon in 2008 was an automatic invite to the … StarCraft II beta keys on eBay Computerandvideogames.com StarCraft II Closed Beta to launch soon Fresh News Scalpers Getting $300 For StarCraft II Beta Keys Kotaku.com (blog) Escapist Magazine all 27 news articles??

Geeks are Sexy Technology News Scalpers Selling StarCraft 2 Beta Keys for Up to $300 on eBay 1UP.com … the almost delusional price of $949 (although that one does also come with a Battle.net account with two bonus level 80 World of Warcraft characters). …

Scalpers Getting $300 For StarCraft II Beta Keys Kotaku.com (blog) The cards also came with a code for a polar bear mount in World of Warcraft . Other keys on sale were said to be acquired by different means. Caveat emptor.