Blizzardovi planovi

[Gothmog]

Dokument je star, ali ipak legitiman. Daje nam kakav-takav uvid u Blizzardove planove.

Source
The image appeared on MMOGamesite.com, apparently this is an english MMO site based in China and I already know a lot of people will hate me for reporting that news. The document itself is probably a slide from an internal presentation to executives and/or shareholders, and seems to be 8 months old according to the date at the top.

Battle.net 2.0

* BNET2 - Well, that's the Battle.net we now use on WoW.
* BNET2MapMarket - This is pretty self explanatory, but I'm a little surprised by the timeline.
* BNET2 3rd Parties - The end-game with Battle.net is as far as I know to compete with Steam. One of the best way to do that would be to use the new platform to distribute a popular game, and if that game was an upcoming Call of Duty title the Activision/Blizzard merge would suddenly make a lot of sense, right?


Starcraft 2
Nothing really new here, but I have no idea what SC2 Phoenix is.

Diablo 3
Target release date in a year makes sense. The 2 expansions aren't really a surprise but I wouldn't take it as a confirmation, that's usually the kind of stuff you mention in company meetings with the higher-ups to make everyone happy.

World of Warcraft

* WoWMobile - Done/in-progress with the mobile Auction House and the upcoming extra features.
* Cataclysm - Well, we all know about that.
* WoW Brazil - Portuguese translation of the game. I already heard a couple of rumors about that and at this point I'm 99% sure it's true, this is one of the reason why I think this document is legit. (The 2 others being the TCG Game and Titan)
* WoW X4 - 4th expansion in a year and a half sounds very plausible.
* WoW TCG - TCG Game, this part will probably remind you of one of my old posts ... The Future of World of Warcraft: TCG
* WoW Movie - I'd say the timeline is off because the document is a few months old, before Sam Raimi decided to work on other projects before the Warcraft movie (but I still want to believe).
* WoW X5 - 5th expansion a year and a half later, nothing surprising.


Titan
Yeah, that's Blizzard's new MMOFPS and I might have hinted at that in the past but I don't have a lot of extra information about it and the release date is just an estimation. Don't assume that it will be released by the end of 2013 based on that document, it would be very stupid.

Conclusion
The document is probably legit, even if it's already a little old it still confirms and backups a couple of information I already mentioned, and mentions the portuguese translation for the first time in public. Don't take it as a hard fact and don't bring it up too much on official forums but I think it's an interesting piece of information.

Sto mislite?

[Gothmog]

http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/games/outcasts/

Radim pre-order čim se pojavi!

[flander]

1.april suljo...

[Gothmog]

1.april suljo...

Joj, flanderu...znam to

Bio veseo prvi april očito, ha?

[rejndjer]

e to bi rulalo. jebote nevjerojatno je da ovako genijalnu ideju ne sprovedu, već im služi kao zajebancija za 1. april. tužno

[Gothmog]

Evo, pa malo nabacite brush-up na CV-e

[Gothmog]

Blizzard je trejdmarkao dvije stvari:

Overwatch Trademark
With Blizzcon approaching, now is a good time to remind everyone of the Overwatch trademark that Blizzard filed for earlier this year. Three different applications for Overwatch have been filed so far:

• Trademark: Overwatch (April 1, 2014)
  
  • Computer game software, computer game discs, downloadable computer game programs, computer game software downloadable from a global computer network, electronic games software for wireless devices, interactive multimedia computer game programs, mousepads, computer mouses, headsets for use with computers, computer keyboards
  
  
• Service mark: Overwatch (April 1, 2014)
  
  • Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; providing computer games that may be accessed via a global computer network.
  
  
• Trademark: Overwatch (October 24, 2014)
  
  • Printed matter, namely, strategy guides, comic books, graphic novels, novels, framed art prints, art books, calendars, posters, notebooks, and stickers
  • Clothing, footwear, and headgear, namely, caps, overcoats, costumes, Halloween costumes, hats, hooded sweatshirts, jackets, pajamas, socks, sweaters, and T-shirts
  • Toys, games, and playthings, namely, action figures, collectible figures, board games, dolls, plush toys, statues, toy guns, and vinyl figures

Eye of Azshara Trademark
A trademark application for "Eye of Azshara" has appeared in the EU Trademark database. If this trademark is legitimate, it could be related to the next Hearthstone expansion. Our friends over at Hearthpwn have more details.

• Computer game software, computer game discs, downloadable computer game software, computer game software downloadable from a global computer network, interactive multimedia computer game program; downloadable electronic game software for use on portable electronic devices such as mobile and cellular phones, laptops, handheld computers, and tablet PCs.
• Entertainment services;namely, providing on-line computer games; providing on-line non-downloadable computer games that may be accessed via a global computer network; providing on line news and information in the field of computer games.

Ovo zadnje bi trebala biti nova Hearthstone ekspanzija.

[rejndjer]

ma taj blizzard je u kurcu, ništa zanimljivo

[Gothmog]

http://eu.battle.net/blizzcon/en/live-stream/

za one koje zanima, Blizzcon opening ceremony je besplatan za sve, pa pogledajte...Počinje za 10 minuta.