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Blizzard Denies Xbox 720 rumors

Gamespot: As the 2009 Game Developers Conference heated up last week, so too did the game-industry rumor mill. The spark was a report on GamesIndustry.biz bearing the seemingly unequivocal headline "Blizzard in talks with Microsoft for next Xbox."

The title alone stirred up a frenzy, given that Blizzard Entertainment'

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Lord Shuhei Yoshida5546d ago

Of course there is a 720.The 360 is a sinking ship and Microsohaft needs to get a new ship for peddling their worthless flops.

Even if Halo 3.5 gets the 60 it deserves on Metacritic,the xbots will buy it anyway.

Lord Shuhei Yoshida5546d ago

Nevermind.The Halo franchise deserves a 40 on Metacritic.I apologize if I was too generous with the 60.

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Coolrah5546d ago

They know their phailing and so their trying to create the same thing just with a better graphics card and a new design. Too bad its gonna phail like 360 did :/

ASSASSYN 36o5546d ago

Fail...not phail...F A I L...you non spell check using idiot.

icup25546d ago

Internet is serious business.

Lord Shuhei Yoshida5546d ago

"you non spell check using idiot"

Don't you mean "You're not using spell check idiot"?

lol ASSASSYN 360 is the only idiot here

Oops.I forgot about L4D

ASSASSYN 36o5545d ago

You forgot a comma and question mark is inside the quotes turbo.

Don't you mean "You're not using spell check idiot"? <-Wrong

Don't you mean, "You're not using spell check idiot?"<-Right

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ASSASSYN 36o5546d ago (Edited 5546d ago )

I never played WoW. If it launches on the next xbox...yes I will get it.

pswi605546d ago

what? even older PC's run WoW fairly well...

so you are saying that if the 720 comes out with an MSRP of $600 you will then and only then play WoW?

wow....

from the article:

"The official story: When contacted by GameSpot, Blizzard reps shot down the GI.biz story outright, saying the outlet had not even followed up with any inquiries attempting to clarify Pardo's remarks.

"In the Lunch with Luminaries discussion, Rob said that Microsoft occasionally bounces ideas off of us, with no specific reference to any possible future consoles," said the rep. "This should come as no surprise, as our games run on Microsoft's PC operating system. We aren't in discussions with Microsoft regarding any future consoles." (Emphasis added.)"

Typical gaming journalism creating fake rumors for hits, and then blame someone else for the hype surrounding the original rumor.

Montrealien5545d ago

pswi60, maybe he would like to play on his couch? Seems like you got a little worked up for one simple remark and made sure we all knew that MS was not in talks with blizzard.

I have a question for you. Would you like it if Blizzard said they will release an mmo on the next Xbox at launch?

Daver5545d ago

dont care about mmo especially world of warcraft.. just release diablo 3 and starcraft 2

ASSASSYN 36o5545d ago

Wow somone gots some issues. I am flattered my little comment generated that overly, pointless, and unprovoked response. Calm down high-speed it's all good. And montrealien you are exactly right. On my couch and on my 42".

indysurfn5545d ago

And I think we arr not the only ones. What is with the response from the fantoy? Didn't PS3 launch without a killer app for $600, and have people paying up to 10,000 for it and bragging about it? This would be the best killer app ever! Now that fantoy assumes xbox720 will launch for $600(where did he get that from) and it is a bad deal with the biggest game ever? Hello! Hypocrisy is over the top!

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Metal Gear Solid 5, Nearly After A Decade, Is Still A Timeless Classic

The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.

SimpleSlave2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.

xHeavYx23m ago

I know a lot of people didn't, but I actually liked that story twist at the end. The game was fun and all, but I wouldn't call it a timeless classic.

-Foxtrot1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Meh

Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.

Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.

I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.

CrimsonWing691h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.

Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.

Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.

Inverno58m ago

People have selective memory. This game had huge drama attached to it, what Konami did to Kojima and this game was horrible. Now they praise Konami cause they revived Silent Hill, even though SH looks half arsed too.

CrimsonWing6953m ago

I dunno if they’re getting much praise after the Silent Hill 2 debacle. Makes me scared sh*tless for the MGS 3 Remake…

JEECE1h ago

Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.

Fishy Fingers27m ago

For me, best gameplay, worst, everything else.

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How Valve has treated Team Fortress 2 is a disgrace, and its community deserves better

17 years on from release and 5 years into a botting epidemic, Team Fortress 2 is on its knees, and it's high time Valve stepped in to fix it.

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badz14916h ago

Valve can do no wrong, remember?

fsfsxii14h ago

Ah yes, pc gaming aka the bastion of fairness and equity and everlasting online playerbase, all i can say is lmao
Not to mention that these tf2 idiots were the progenitor of mrx in gaming

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Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - 20 Years of the Surprisingly Good Film Adaptation

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay debuted 20 years ago, and to this day is a surprisingly good film franchise adaptation.

porkChop23h ago

I'd love a remaster of both games with 4K, raytracing, and the ability to have both AA and AO at the same time.

Petebloodyonion19h ago

Remasters were made for Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2009 Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena

porkChop10h ago

It was a remaster of the first game, plus a sequel. The sequel was never remastered though. In the PC version you couldn't even have AA and AO, you had to choose one or the other. You can't buy it anymore either on PC.

MrBaskerville23h ago

MS owns the developer, if only they wanted to bother with the license, could be a nice addition to Series X BC program. These titles and Arx Fatalis.

Petebloodyonion19h ago

Microsoft does not own Starbreeze Studios; it is owned by Digital Bros through its subsidiary, 505 Games.
Tigon Studios, founded by Vin Diesel, primarily develops games featuring him and holds licenses related to these games.

ZwVw15h ago

You're thinking about MachineGames (Wolfenstein) which was formed by several ex Starbreeze staff after Assault on Dark Athena was released (whose owned by Zenimax/Bethesda), now owned by MS.

rlow121h ago

Great games, wish they would make another.