Sunday Dramabomb: Vivendi & Activision merge into “Activision Blizzard”
Posted by inpheaux on December 2nd, 2007 at 4:16 pmIn today's "Certainly Didn't See That Coming" news, Vivendi Games and Activision have buddied up to form "Activision Blizzard".
So . . . it looks like we're down to three omni-platform super-developer/publishers now. In one corner we have EA, the only company allowed to make sports games, and who will be making sports games with tiny [...]
BAD END: Bioware & Pandemic gobbled-up by EA
Posted by inpheaux on October 11th, 2007 at 7:14 pmAll bad news, all the time.
Out of nowhere, EA has decided that it would be super neat if they went ahead and bought-out Bioware and Pandemic, to build upon their game-development Empire of Doom. If they were another less-established pair of independent developers, sure, this would be pretty decent news, since it would mean stable [...]
Blizzard announces World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Posted by inpheaux on August 3rd, 2007 at 4:29 pmAs expected, at this year's BlizzCon, the big story is the announcement of the second WOW expansion: Wrath of the Lich King. Also as completely expected, Wrath opens up the region of Northrend, and pits players up against the Lich King Arthas.
There is, of course, more than just that. Here's the rundown of what new [...]