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Halloween 2007 Pumpkin Contest Monday, October 8, 2007, 09:18 | TheAcolyte
| Blizzard Entertainment announced this year's Pumpkin Carving Contest, which happens to be the fifth of its kind. Carve away and submit photographs of your creations based on the Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft game series' for a chance to win one of ten Logitech G51 Surround Sound speaker systems, suitable for all your gaming and multimedia needs.
Between 12:00 a.m. PDT on October 5 and 12:00 a.m. PDT on October 29, the RPSA will be accepting submissions for the World of Warcraft Pumpkin Contest. The shutterbugs who submit the most outstanding photos of their work will have their pictures proudly displayed on WorldofWarcraft.com and Blizzard.com on Halloween. In addition, the ten most interesting, original, and well-carved pumpkin designs will be recognized for their merits with a pair of Logitech 51 Surround Sound Speaker System designed specifically for gamers. Special thanks go out to Logitech for these prizes!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Blizzard Launches New Support Web Site Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 15:10 | TheAcolyte
| 1 Comments Blizzard Entertainment opened a new Technical Support web site for its games, providing a convenient and searchable format organized by its game universes. The new system organizes support issues in a frequently asked questions category format and most answers provide detailed responses and solutions.
Unfortunately, at this point it appears that getting to patch information on the new support interface takes a little effort. Rather than linking to patch information on each game title's support home, it takes a search.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Hell Unleashed v1.2 Released Thursday, September 27, 2007, 22:20 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! Hot off the Gates of Arimyth is version 1.2 of Soulmancer's Hell Unleashed mod for Patch 1.10 Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Though originally designed in mind for multi-player gameplay especially, this version comes in two editions, Full (multi-player) and Solo (single-player), and Soulmancer claims this to be the final major update to the project.
Some key features from this release follow:
3 New Boss Monsters
3 New Areas: Tal Rasha's True Tomb, Catacombs of Anguish, and the Bridge of the Damned
New Mercenaries
New Set Items and Re-vamped Sets
New Crafting Recipes for Exceptional and Elite equipment
New magic-piercing facets and runes
Improved monster AI on bosses like the High Council
Improvements to the Treasure Class system
Rebalanced skills and skill synergies
Reformed Gems and Runes
Expanded soundtrack with a return to a more dark traditional feel
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Planet StarCraft Launches! Thursday, September 20, 2007, 17:15 | TheAcolyte
| Blizzard game fans should be happy to hear that we've launched Planet StarCraft, the new home for all things StarCraft. Be sure to check it out for the latest developments on StarCraft 2 and full coverage of the entire series.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Sin War: The Veiled Prophet Released Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 13:17 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! Amazon.com and other retailers have begun shipping The Veiled Prophet, the third and final installment of the Diablo series-based trilogy The Sin War by Richard Knaak.
The Veiled Prophet picks up where book two, Scales of the Serpent, left off along Uldyssian's journeys. Further plot details could be considered spoilers and may be referenced on demand.
Blizzard Entertainment announced with the trilogy that it will update and reform the lore behind the Diablo series to provide the basis for future games.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Median 2008 v1.56 Released Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 20:10 | TheAcolyte
| Brother Laz has made a couple significant updates to the Median 2008 mod for Diablo II: Lord of Destruction recently with versions 1.55 and the new v1.56 release.
Version 1.55 added Level Challenge 2, another quest that rewards players for completion at the lowest character level possible. This release also included new skills and an extra summoning uberquest, plus a variety of minor changes and fixes.
The latest v1.56 update fixes a few bugs that came about following the larger previous release, adds a couple items, and makes some balance adjustments.
Monday, September 10, 2007
WoW South Park Episode Wins Emmy Monday, September 10, 2007, 19:15 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! Joystiq reports that South Park won an Emmy Award for the episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" better known as the episode featuring and centered on World of Warcraft. The episode took the award for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)."
The main 59th Primetime Emmy Awards show is slated for September 16 on the FOX network, however the Creative Arts Emmy winners were revealed in a seperate event this past Saturday, September 8. See the nominees and winners page at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences web site.
Meanwhile, American television network Comedy Central is granting a fifteen percent discount on the South Park Season Ten DVD collection, which features the aforementioned episode. Simply use the code "WARCRAFT" on its online store.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
BlizzCon Machinima Contest Videos Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 18:11 | TheAcolyte
| The AT&T; Blue Room is hosting the winning and nominated videos from Blizzard's Machinima contest at BlizzCon 2007. The winners include the grand prize winning "SJ3" and two other videos "The Grind" and "Drama."
BlizzCon Live Contest Results, Photos Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 17:40 | TheAcolyte
| Blizzard Entertainment posted several galleries of photos from the BlizzCon 2007 event focused on the live contests, tournaments, and concert at the event for all Blizzard game fans.
Alexander Gross, dressed as a Male Blood Elf, won first place in the Dance Contest. The runners-up were Susan Curtis as Female Blood Elf and Fryda Wolf as Female Blood Elf.
In the Soundalike Contest, Robert Liden took first place for his performance as a Blood Mage (Warcraft 3). He was followed by runners up Clayton Hales playing Lysander (Diablo 2, Act 2), Nik Harper as a Dryad (Warcraft 3), and Paul Barbour as a Troll (World of Warcraft).
The costume contest comes with the biggest group of winners.
First Place: Amanda Hosler (Warlock)
Second Place: Brian Carl (Ghost Operative), Kellie Stanton (Moonkin), Heather Otterson (Assassin)
Runners-up: Marissa Morris (Lady Vashj), Holly Conrad (Undead Warlock in Tier 5), James Christian (Paladin in Tier 2), Hye Young Lee (Warlock in Tier 5), Lance Ikegawa (Son of Arugal), Walter Keenlyside (Paladin with Hammer of the Naaru).
Update: GameRiot has a good selection of videos and photo galleries from BlizzCon contests, tournaments, and other parts of the convention.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
World of Warcraft Movie Bits Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 11:19 | TheAcolyte
| Various reports are popping up around the web regarding the upcoming World of Warcraft movie following the panel with Legendary Studios at BlizzCon 2007 earlier this month.
The panel revealed that the $100 million film will be a live action production constructed as an epic war film themed on "culture and conflict" rather than a quest, told from the perspective of the Alliance. The movie will be set about a year before the World of Warcraft game story line begins and will feature a new hero described by Creative Development VP Chris Metzen as "pretty bad ass."
The script for the movie is complete but a director is yet to be selected. Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment have, however, suggested a premier in 2009 and a PG-13 rating in the United States
Shacknews has a good recap of the Blizzcon 2007 panel including the one piece of concept art shown.
Legendary Pictures is known for its recent productions Superman Returns, Batman Begins, and 300.
Friday, August 3, 2007
BlizzCon Tournament Update Friday, August 3, 2007, 16:58 | TheAcolyte
| Blizzard Entertainment is updating the tournament bracket pages on the BlizzCon 2007 web site live as the games are won (and lost).
Lich King Media, Previews Friday, August 3, 2007, 14:05 | TheAcolyte
| Blizzard Entertainment, our networks, and other media outlets provide the latest coverage on BlizzCon 2007 and the just announced Wrath of the Lich King expansion set for World of Warcraft.
The Lich King trailer is available for viewing on the official site.
IGN PC provides a continuous live blog on BlizzCon 2007.
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