Diablo III becomes Amazon’s most pre-ordered PC game ever! Woah!

Amazon shared his good announcement today; Blizzard’s Diablo III has become the US retailer’s most pre-ordered PC game of all time which is already beating the Blizzard's own StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

What we actually don't know, is that they didn't even tell us how many copies were sold.

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Blizzard and Valve Queue for Legal Battlegrounds Over DotA

The term "DotA" was first launched as a Warcraft III mod but Valve is trying to take the name for their upcoming DotA 2 game. Blizzard does not agree, with Rob Pardo saying:

 "It just seems a really strange move to us that Valve would go off and try to exclusively trademark the term considering it's something that's been freely available to us and everyone in the Warcraft III community up to this point...To us, that means that you're really taking it away from the Blizzard and Warcraft III community and that just doesn't seem the right thing to do". 

Valve then countered that the community was okay with it, with Gabe Newell saying:

"The issue with that was, when we were talking with IceFrog originally, he wanted to build the sequel to DOTA. So the reason to call it Dota 2 is it actually does a pretty good job of communicating to gamers what it is the game is going to be. If a gamer looks at this game and you ask them, is that Dota 2? They're going to say yeah, that makes sense. That's a good name for it. That's really what's driving that. I haven't had any customers or gamers react negatively to it. They seem to be pretty comfortable with it."  

Two of the developers that were involved with the original DotA game filed to block Valve's application, which is still an ongoing case. In Blizzard's case, they contend that DotA has been used by the community for the Warcraft 3 mod and that Valve has never used it before.

"DOTA, that for more than seven years has been used exclusively by Blizzard and its fan community, under license from Blizzard. By virtue of that use, the DOTA mark has become firmly associated in the mind of consumers with Blizzard, including to signify a highly popular scenario or variant of one of Blizzard's best-selling computer games, Warcraft III...

In contrast to Blizzard, Applicant Valve Corporation ("Valve") has never used the mark DOTA in connection with any product or service that currently is available to the public. By attempting to register the mark DOTA, Valve seeks to appropriate the more than seven years of goodwill that Blizzard has developed in the mark DOTA and in its Warcraft III computer game and take for itself a name that has come to signify the product of years of time and energy expended by Blizzard and by fans of Warcraft III. "

Blizzard then goes on to argue that the World Editor EULA requires Blizzard's prior written consent to use for any commercial purpose, which they have granted to various 3rd parties for the promotion of the DotA mod. Valve's response is a denial or lack of sufficient information claim of anything that mentions Blizzard's widespread and long standing use of the mark.

The companies will either come to an agreement of some kind or the case could move on to a trial later this year.

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Posted in: Blizzard,Blizzard DotA,DotA 2,Valve

World of Warcraft Monopoly® and StarCraft Risk®

Originally Posted by Blizzard

We’re pleased to announce a partnership with USAopoly to release fresh takes on two classic board games. Monopoly®: World of Warcraft® and RISK®: StarCraft® combine tried-and-true foundations with new designs and gameplay elements inspired by our popular gaming universes. Those who dare to engage will discover a new chance to claim supremacy, both over their friends and over the battle-torn lands of Azeroth and the Koprulu Sector. These games will formally debut at the 109th annual Toy Fair this Sunday, February 12 in New York City. We’re holding a poll on Facebook right now where you can vote on which player pieces will make it into the final Monopoly: World of Warcraft board game! Ten options, including Murky, Chen’s Keg, Mechagnome, and a Spellbook are present, and the six most popular pieces will be represented in the game when it launches this May.

Monopoly: World of Warcraft and RISK: StarCraft! It seems great! Monopoly: World of Warcraft will probably have gold, instead of USD! It looks fun!

Want to know the look of figures? Check out this picture below:

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Is WoW: Mists of Pandaria going to be successful?

Is Mists of Pandaria going to be a successful expansion?
From my point of view, it will and it won't. Depends.

Why successful?

Because of new class called monk, new race called Pandaren, a new level cap to 90 (it's same like Cataclysm) so it won't be long, new environment and this is just the beginning! It's still not official, so Blizzard might change a lot of contents and many more.

Why NOT successful?

Because many people will go to new MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic, old subscribers of WoW are going to quit (not all of them, old WoW fans are leaving since Wrath of the Lich King because of many different reasons, it's been a long journey for them), some people got bored of WoW, some of them don't like the lore of Pandas and many more.




Be sure that these comments I wrote, are from the majority of Youtube comments. This is what many people think about this new expansion. Here is a video if you want to catch some comments that I did not include. If you find one, comment below!

Which side do you support?
Here is a video:

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Posted in: Blizzard,World of Warcraft,World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria

Blizzard Confirms TWO Diablo 3 Expansions Release Date

All of us know that Diablo 3 will come out end 2011 and we all of us know that Diablo 3 is already up. What we don't know is that two more Diablo 3 expansions will come out. The Chinese Blizzard boss got fired and he announced that after Diablo 3 will be officially released, two more Diablo 3 expansions will come out somewhere in 2013 and 2014.
If you read this, please share as much as possible, to your friends or/and familly!

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Diablo 3 Beta System Requirements Revealed

This time, is for real. Blizzard revealed the full system requirements for the Diablo III beta.

Official Blizzard Quote:

MINIMUM SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

PC
OS: Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX® 9.0c
Processor: Intel Pentium® D 2.8 GHz or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 4400+
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT or ATI Radeon™ X1950 Pro or better

Mac
OS: Mac® OS X 10.6.8 or newer | Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or better

All Platforms
HD Space: 12 GB available HD space | Memory: 1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista®/
Windows® 7 users, 2 GB for Mac® users) | Drive: DVD-ROM drive | Internet: Broadband Internet
connection | Display: 1024x768 minimum display resolution

(Note: Be advised that some wireless connections do not meet the minimums required to be a true Broadband Internet connecton. Wireless results may vary.)


RECOMMENDED SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

PC
OS: Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Latest Service Packs) | Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz | Memory: 2 GB RAM | Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or
ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better

Mac
OS: Mac® OS X 10.7 or newer | Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo | Memory: 2 GB RAM
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M or ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 or better

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New MMO from Blizzard on 2013

The Chinese Blizzard boss is fired and he announced that a new MMO from Blizzard will come out end 2013 called ''Titan''. Two more WoW expansion will come out (summer 2012 and end 2013). Diablo 3 will come out end 2011. Starcraft 2 Hearth of the Swarm will come out end 2011. The next Starcraft 2 expansion will come out spring 2013. Two more Diablo 3 expansions will come out somewhere in 2013 and 2014. And the WoW Movie will come out end 2012.

Put on the comments what you think about it!

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