Today on Headline
RePLAY: Blizzard apologizes for Diablo
III’s disastrous release, Guild Wars
2’s name reservation program and Pokémon
Black and White 2’s awesome
introductory movie.
Diablo III’s release this week unleashed a different kind of hell
than the one Blizzard was expecting: a hell rife of error messages, disappearing
achievements and long queues. The technical problems were so grave that Blizzard
has stepped forth to apologize.
“We sincerely regret
that your crusade to bring down the Lord of Terror was thwarted not by mobs of
demons,” said Blizzard Community Manager Micah “Bashiok” Whipple, “but by
mortal infrastructure.”
Bashiok admits that “despite
very aggressive projections” their preparations for the game’s launch “did not
go far enough.” Since then Blizzard has been “monitoring the game 24/7 and have
applied several optimizations” to Diablo
III’s systems to “better weather the global rush.”
“As of last night,
specifically 11:50 PM PDT on May 15, all systems have been online and running
relatively smoothly,” Bashiok reports. “We’re continuing to monitor performance
globally and will be taking further measures as needed to ensure a positive
experience for everyone. This includes some maintenance to implement additional
improvement s for each region.”
As a result, the
real-money auction house has been delayed from its estimated May 22nd release
date.
|Source: Blizzard
What’s in a name? ArenaNet
tackles that question by launching a name reservation program for their
upcoming MMO, Guild Wars 2.
Guild Wars 1 players can preserve their character name into Guild Wars 2 simply by being an active
player. During Guild Wars 2’s
Headstart Access period, account holders must create a Guild Wars 2 character with the same name as their Guild Wars character in order for the
process to work.
And voila, a hero is
reborn!
|Source: ArenaNet
Before its June 2012
release date in Japan, Pokémon Co. is (re)introducing fans to Pokémon Black and White 2’s characters with
a 5-minute anime movie.
While the movie is
ultimately an ad and won’t be used in the game, it does tantalize viewers on
what to expect from the sequels. i.e. Gym Leader battles, Team Plasma’s return,
pre-Generation V Pokémon, returning characters, etc.
|Source: Andriasang
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