
Coming on the heels of Blizzcon 08 (where a StarCraft II trilogy of sorts was announced), Blizzard has come under attack from forum trolls and games journalists alike! Has the Activision merger finally come to haunt the seemingly snow white reputation of Blizzard? Blizzard’s Starcraft rep says NO!
In an interview with Edge magazine, Bob Colayco was quoted as saying “Blizzard is the one calling the shots.” Alright Bob — with you so far — what else do you have to say?
“Effectively, what are we really talking about here? We’ve always done our RTS games with one expansion pack. So now we’re releasing two. Is it really that weird?”
So let me get this straight, you are going to charge consumers full price in the future for “expansion packs”? Even if Activision isn’t calling the shots, something has inherently changed at the top levels of Blizzard.
The company recently added a new recruit-a-friend feature to the World of Warcraft game, which allows new recruits, and those who recruit them, to both benefit from triple the amount of XP. Excuse me, but how is this not a slap in the face to long time WoW gamers?
Are these changes really being done in the best interest of the majority of consumers? Are full priced expansion packs what we’re used to seeing from Blizzard?
Source: edge-online.com













