Producer Thinks it’s "Unlikely" WoW Will Ever Come to Consoles
Written by from on March 8th, 2010 | 0 CommentsAs they’ve established previously, Blizzard isn’t anti-console and plans on making another console game — eventually. World of Warcraft might seem like the natural choice for what game to bring to consoles, given its incredible success, and as producer J. Allen Brack told G4tv , it’s certainly something that Blizzard thinks about often. Asked why MMOs haven’t made much of an impact on consoles, Brack explained, “I think there’s a lot of reasons. There’s not one thing. One is, it takes a long time to develop an MMO. The lifecycle of consoles being what they are, you have to really time when your console’s going to come out, what its projected lifecycle is going to be with when your game is going to be, which is challenging.” Brack went on to outline the technical challenges of bringing World of Warcraft to consoles, which include the game’s current 15GB size and the issue of releasing patches on a platform that’s controlled by Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo. He added, “[A]nd then specifically in the case of WoW, WoW was designed to be a keyboard game and its control scheme and its camera controls and the number of abilities that you have and the spells and how things work are very keyboard-centric. The idea of translating that to a gamepad is a very, very challenging proposition.”
PS3 Slim Laptop Mod Demo Video Part 1
Written by from on October 2nd, 2009 | 0 CommentsTurn your new PS3 Slim into a gaming setup on the go by Benheck.
Diablo III Console Port Still Hasn’t Been Ruled Out
Written by from on August 22nd, 2009 | 0 CommentsOf all Blizzard’s major IPs, Diablo III is the one that seems to make the most sense for consoles. Apparently realizing this, it looks like Blizzard is currently “talking to the first parties” about a possible console port. According to a tweet by GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley, “[Chief Operating Officer] Paul Sams of Blizzard says they haven’t ruled out Diablo III for consoles — and are currently talking to the first parties.” Blizzard, of course, has been suggesting that Diablo III might be coming to consoles for a while now. Last October , Blizzard president Mike Morhaime said that a console version was definitely on the table.
Lord of the Rings Online "Still Growing," Turbine Says
Written by from on June 19th, 2009 | 0 CommentsLord of the Rings Online contemporaries like Hellgate: London and Tabula Rasa are long gone. Age of Conan — which arrived more than a year later — merged it servers not longer after launch. But Lord of the Rings Online is not only not merging its servers, it’s growing, Turbine producer Aaron Campbell told Videogaming247 . He was speaking in response to the question of whether the two-year-old MMO had seen a drop-off in player activity. “If anything, The Lord of the Rings Online is growing,” he said. “We have no plans to merge servers.”