Author: Blizzard toyed with 'always online' idea for Warcraft 3
It's Monday, and that means more stories from David Craddock's upcoming book, Stay Awhile and Listen, a behind the scenes look at Blizzard Entertainment. Today's revelations deal with the creation of the Blizzard cinematics group and the autonomy that group enjoys from the r...
READ MORE >Author details Diablo ideas that never made it into the games
Three episodes of the Stay Awhile and Listen stories from author David Craddock are in the books, and today's new installment, we find out about several ideas for Diablo and Diablo II that never made it into the games.
READ MORE >"this is totes awesome david. i am looking forward to your ibooks preorder."
see all 24 commentsAuthor: Warcraft 3 almost had six playable races
In our last two chats with David Craddock about his upcoming Blizzard book Stay Awhile and Listen, the author has given us stories about Diablo 2 hardcore mode and details on Blizzard North's early desire to create a sports division. Today, we get a bit more meat on the Warc...
READ MORE >"Nope not revealed. But that's cus they didn't know what it'd be themselves."
see all 50 commentsAuthor: Blizzard North almost had a sports division
In last week's chat with author David Craddock about his upcoming book, Stay Awhile and Listen, about the behind-the-scenes look at Blizzard Entertainment, we learned that hardcore mode almost made it into the original Dianlo. This week, we turn back the clock a bit further ...
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see all 23 commentsMorning Caffeinated! -- Diablo stories, Black Mesa, and so long Paragon
Ramblings and musings of occasional significance to the Shacknews audience. This is the morning edition for September 4, 2012. Topics include: We get behind-the-scenes stories on Blizzard and its games; Black Mesa: Source finally has a release date; and NCSoft pulls the plug...
READ MORE >"Black Mesa on the 14th and Torchlight 2 not too far behind it? Its gonna be a sweet month."
see all 35 commentsAuthor: Diablo 2 Hardcore mode almost made it into first game
Author David Craddock has been working on a book about Blizzard Entertainment since mid-2008. Entitled Stay Awhile and Listen, the unauthorized book talks to nearly 80 former employees, including those who used to work at Blizzard, Condor (later Blizzard North), and Silicon ...
READ MORE >""Few people know that the concept for Diablo was not formulated by Blizzard, but by Condor ..."
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