Today on Headline
RePLAY: Diablo III pre-orders break
records, Republique reaches its Kickstarter
goal of half-a-million dollars hours before it expired and the unexpected
conclusion between Blizzard vs. Valve over the DOTA name.
Demon-slayers are
anxiously waiting to combat the forces of Hell on May 15th, no less evidenced
by the sheer amount of pre-orders on Amazon.com that had the retailer declare it to
be the most pre-ordered PC title of all-time.
“Today, it became the
most pre-ordered PC game of all-time on Amazon.com–even exceeding pre-orders
for Blizzard’s own StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm,” an
Amazon.com representative told Joystiq.
Four days to go until the battle between Good and Evil begins once more…
|Source: Joystiq
It’s another
Kickstarter miracle: Republique, a
stealth game by newcomer Camouflaj, reached its $500,000 goal today with just
six hours to spare. By the time the Kickstarter expired, almost 12,000 backers
pledged $555,662 to the cause.
The project plateaued at
around $400,000 in donations earlier this week until a last-minute media blitz
by various news outlets prompted donations that launched Republique towards its half-a-million goal.
Congratulations,
Camouflaj!
|Source: Kickstarter
via Destructoid
The legal battle over the DOTA name draws to a close today, as both Blizzard and Valve announced “mutual
agreement” over how the term should be used. Valve will be able to use DOTA
commercially for DOTA 2 while
Blizzard gets to preserve noncommercial rights for its community.
“Both Blizzard and
Valve recognize that, at the end of the day, players just want to be able to
play the games they’re looking forward to,” said Blizzard Entertainment’s Rob
Pardo, “ so we’re happy to come to an agreement that helps both of us stay
focused on that.”
Pardo added that Blizzard DOTA, Blizzard’s take on the genre,
is being changed to Blizzard All-Stars
as it “ultimately better reflects the design of our game.”
“We’re pleased that we
could come to an agreement with Blizzard without drawing things out in a way
that would benefit no one,” said Valve’s Gabe Newell. “We both want to focus on
the things our fans care about, creating and shipping great games for our
communities.”
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