Blizzard gave us a trailer for the Diablo III expansion pack “Reaper of Souls” at Blizzcon. The plot picks up after Diablo’s defeat when Tyrael and the Horadrim are attempting to take the Black Soulstone to the Sanctuary. They are ambushed by Malthael, former Archangel of Wisdom and member of the Angiris Council. The trailer […]
Sponsored: Evil Reborn possesses your PS3
Blizzard Entertainment have a number of spooky adverts running promoting the hashtag #EvilReborn. I watched the first before reading what it was about. It’s the tune at the end that gives it away – Diablo. That’s right; you can pre-order Diablo III for the PlayStation 3 as of today. As these videos are adverts; provided […]
David Bowie’s son to direct $100m World of Warcraft movie
Duncan Jones will make a $100m plus World of Warcraft movie for Blizzard. Jones’ first movie, Moon, cost $5m and was very good. His second was Source Code, which featured Jack Gyllenhaal and cost $32, which met with mixed reactions. Warcraft’s 10 million subscribers mean Jones’ budget is about $10 per player. The Warcraft Facebook […]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm opening cinematic
The StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm expansion lands in March. The pack follows on from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and leads into StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. As the name suggests the expansion keeps the focus on the Zerg. It adds new units, tweaks multiplayer and covers about 20 missions. Will you […]
The Diablo III mini-movie – the Black Soulstone
This is almost a mini movie. It’s a very long trailer. I think the phrase we use now is “cinematic”. It’s a chunky slice of video to get you to invest in the Diablo III world. It certainly looks great to me! I sense Diablo III is going to be pretty gritty. In the Diablo […]
Ghosts of the Past look impressive – StarCraft II trailer will perk you up!
It’s Wednesday as I write this blog post. A rather fantastic trailer for StarCraft II – Ghosts of the Past has just appeared on YouTube. It’ll be Friday when this post goes live (I’m always busy on Friday but do like to have the blog post something after lunch) so we get to play the […]
Review – StarCraft Ghost Academy volume 1
Licensed by Blizzard and published by Tokyopop, StarCraft Ghost Academy is written by Keith R.A. Decandido and has Fernando Heinz Furukawa as artist. Decandido is pretty experienced. He already has the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels “Blackout” and “The Deathless” to is name as well as Doctor Who anthologies “Destination Prague” and “The Quality of […]
RPG News: Warcraft Board Game | Echoes #11
These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics Topps buy WizKids Activision sues over StarTrek Warcraft Board Game D&D Board Game CyberPunk D20 […]
Pandaren Monk kung-fu drop
The Pandaren Monk is a new pet introduced into World of War craft with Patch 3.2.2. Right now it’s a bit of a mystery; we don’t know where it drops and we don’t know much else about it other than it looks pretty cool. If anyone correctly guesses the drop location here there is a […]
