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Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
by Nick Breckon, Jul 11, 2008 5:51pm PDTThe overall industry index held steady this week, posting minor double-digit gains to close at 90210 points ahead of next week's E3 event. Ah, the calm before the storm.
BioWare
Pumps up eager fans for a July 9 Dragon Age reveal, then pulls back the curtain on an astonishingly boring logo--at 10 PM EST. Cute.
Diablo
Battle Chest cracks the NPD PC sales chart the week before Diablo III's announcement. We're not sure if this says more about Diablo or PC gaming.
Australia
First bans Dundee, now Fallout 3. What's going on down there?
CD Projekt
Announces a digital distribution site for classic PC games. Listen here, you lovable Polish heroes: Tie Fighter or bust.
Mirror's Edge
New gameplay details sound great, but we could have done without the Esurance-style animation.
Half-Life 2: Episode Three
IntoThePixel concept art entry reminds us that Valve is still plugging away on the final chapter. Btw, I heard Gordon is the G-Man.
Warhammer Online
Several classes and cities axed from the anticipated MMO. Quick, someone conjure Paul Barnett.
Max Payne Movie
First trailer surprisingly shows some potential, but we've been fooled before. Yes, we're looking at you, Silent Hill.
"You see they're not buying games on it...it's almost like the same people that buy a karaoke machine, you know? They're not really buying it for games, they're just buying it as a novelty."
Xbox 360 product management director Aaron Greenberg, after commenting that users "graduate" from Nintendo's Wii to an Xbox 360.
"Like the vague page they left up for a week (I think it was a week) to generate hype without commenting on what it is? We let you know what game we were talking about. ;)"
BioWare community manager Chris Priestly responds to a forum member's less-than-favorable comparison between the Dragon Age: Origins and Diablo III announcements.
"I wish we didn't have to do it."
EA Mythic VP Mark Jacobs laments a large reduction of content from his company's upcoming MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
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If anything, it should get 2 green shacks just for having Mila Kunis in it.
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Whereas Blizzard showed us a cinematic and gameplay and then explained what steps they were taking to improve Diablo 3 over 2. So far we have no idea what Dragon Age is about, why the gameplay should be worth trying, and what exactly Bioware is working on now.
That employee's comments contrasting their and Blizzard's game announcements show they don't understand why a new Blizzard game would generate so much buzz.