Quite recently, Blizzard the creator of World of Warcraft has done something rather innovative to a 7 years old online game. They put together a mechanism to automatically matchmaking 25 random players from around the world to form a raid to slay dragons and more. This is a five times expansion of the existing 5-man [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Blizzard Entertainment'
Are You Ready To Tank Deathwing, Version LFR?
January 9th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Cataclysm · World of Warcraft
Deathwing Must Die (And He Did, A Few Good Times)
December 26th, 2011 No Comments
A choir. I shall use a choir to illustrate what raiding in an online gaming environment is like. In any given choir, think Christmas Caroling if you may, there is usually one organist or a few guitarists who set the key and pace of the performance. The music draws attention but it alone does not [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Cataclysm · World of Warcraft
Diablo III Beta – Part 1: First Impression
November 19th, 2011 No Comments
I am grateful, to say the least, when I received a beta key from Asiasoft, the new distributor of Blizzard Entertainment games in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Thank you Asiasoft! I tried to ask when the Collector’s Edition of Diablo III will arrive in Singapore and they said Soon™. It’s OK. I am a patience [...]
Tags: beta testing · Blizzard Entertainment · Diablo · pc gaming
Does The Single-player Aspect of StarCraft II Worth Your US$59.99?
August 9th, 2010 7 Comments
I am not that into multi-player, as far as real time strategy games are concerned. Even if purchasing directly from Blizzard Store means spending less, Starcraft II does cost more than the average PC games today. So, is the money well spent? Many friends asked me: Does Starcraft II play the same way as the original game [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Starcraft II
Starcraft II Local Retail Copy S$109 Vs US Digital Download US$59.99
July 28th, 2010 24 Comments
Take today’s exchange rate as an example. 1 US dollar is just below 1.36 Singapore dollar. You can do the maths and work out how much more gamers in Singapore are paying for a local copy of Starcraft II (35% extra). I have pre-downloaded my US version directly days before the game was launched and have paid US$59.99 this [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Starcraft II
It is Diablo III – So the Wait is Over?
June 30th, 2008 4 Comments
I seldom blog about video gaming but this one is big. The Diablo franchise has a new installment, and from one video I have watched, it’s a quantum leap. The graphic is jaw dropping and we can now realistically interact with the environment such as the collapse of the structures as we battle. The control for the [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Diablo · pc gaming