Archive for June, 2008
Blizzard Splash Page Mystery Revealed (4 reelz)
Perhaps my hunch about the McDees/Grimace crossover title was off by a smidge, although it was equally Hellish in nature. It appears that the big non-surprise was… Diablo 3!
No commentsBlizzard Splash Page Mystery Solved!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have solved the Blizzard mystery image in only three moves. I can say with almost 33% assurance that this is obviously a new franchise being developed as a cross-over promotion with a major company
No commentsSecret Blizzard Project?
So I caught wind of Blizzard’s homepage recently being updated with a new splash page via an article on Kotaku. Being as how I work for a web design company for my day job, i decided to do a little snooping at their source code (the referenced CSS file) to see what I could see.
No commentsTecmo Japan Pulls an EA US
So word around the translated inter-webs shows that not only is humble Itagaki San hitting Tecmo where it hurts (wallets), but that basically all their employees have suddenly grown some stones and are filing a similar suit.
No commentsSpeaking of Rock Band…
If you purchased some of last weeks Jimmy Buffet song offerings for your rocking pleasure you may have noticed that they were new recordings done for just for Rock Band. In fact ol’ Jimmy went so far as to throw props to Rock Band itself in his song “Volcano.” Now I wouldn’t have thought the demographics would include too many other Buffet fans besides me, but I applaud Harmonix for providing such an eclectic lineup and Jimbo for going the extra mile to acknowledge the gaming culture as a medium worth a fresh studio visit.
1 commentXbox 360 The New Home for JRPG’s?
It would appear that in it’s ever futile bid to woo the Japanese gamer market Microsoft is once again trying to wow the Nipponese populace with shiny new RPG’s. Sure there have been a few released in the systems lifespan thus far (Eternal Sonata, Blue Dragon, etc.) and some were from big names in the JRPG community, but now M$ is firing the Big Guns.
That’s right folks, Square-Enix is finally ready to play for real on the white box, which should finally answer the age old question: is the Square name enough to drive system sales? Of course one could argue that a true Final Fantasy exclusive would be required for such a monumental task, but in all honesty isn’t a new franchise more interesting?
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