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A new Battle.net for the digital distribution age

Seems like Blizzard is making sure it’s ready for the age of game communities and digital downloads (ala Steam).  Blizzard just announced the new Battle.net, an update to its free online matchmaking service.

The new Battle.net features a centralized account for all your games starting with World of Warcraft.  If you’re an existing WoW player, you [...]

Busy Week

Yep, this week’s been so busy that I don’t even have the time to browse the internets for news.  I don’t knwo what’s going on in the world, except for the fact that “The Dark Knight” is already out in theaters here in the Philippines.

No, I haven’t seen it.  I’ll be seeing it next week [...]

Nomad Gaming Log, 2008.07/07

BTW, in case the cave you’ve been living in doesn’t have TV/internet/print news access, Blizzard has officially announced Diablo III.  I’ve never been a Diablo fan (I respect the game, but I guess it just wasn’t my thing at the time), but this one might pique my interest.

Video Game News

Blizzard Authenticator for WoW accounts
Warcraft Operator [...]

Warcraft III Patch v1.22 Includes Balance Changes

When I tried to play a game of Warcraft 3 on battle.net last night, I ran into a snag when the game started downloading a patch.  I was expecting a bunch of bugfixes, but apparently there were some balance as well.

“BALANCE CHANGES” (copied from Blizzard’s Warcraft III Patch v1.22 at Support Site)

HUMAN
- Scout Tower repair [...]

Nomad Video Game Log, 2008.06/27

Video Game News

Atari Tries To Supress Bad Reviews, Claims Piracy
Blizzard Announces Warcraft Security Token
Fatalities Intact for “Mortal Kombat vs DC”
Register, Others Call Plagiarism in “Limbo of the Lost” Game
2,676 Claim Outrage Over ‘Hot Coffee’

Video Game Features

Age of Conan Director: AoC is Steak, WoW is McDonalds
The Making of Street Fighter: The Movie: [...]

Last Week’s Video Game Roundup, 2008.06/16

Video-Game News

Sci-Fi Channel Merging TV Show With MMO
Capcom + Ultimate Game Chair = Capcom Ultimate Game Chair
Paralyzed Man ‘Walks’ In Second Life
Itagaki Resigns From Tecmo, Sues Company
Jack Thompson Walks Out on Hearing
Pizza Hut Makes Your Gamer Fantasies Come True!
New Browser-Based MMO Teaches Mandarin Chinese
World of Warcraft Achievement System Rumored
The truth about last year’s Xbox [...]

Vacation ToDo List 2008.05/19

I had several things in mind when I was planning on my day off. Now that my day off is over, I thought I’d recap what I managed (+) or didn’t manage (-) to do.

+ Wake-up late
- Eat some form of breakfast (particularly the Cheerios I got over the weekend)
+ Replace the toilet tissue roll [...]

Illidan Moves 3″, Gets +2 for Backstab

If you’ve ever wanted to fill your desk with an army of Archers and Huntresses led by Illidan you’ll soon get your chance! ICv2 reports that Upper Deck will be releasing a new World of Warcraft game, and they’re minitatures!

Apparently, this is under the vein of a collectible mini game, with boosters and all. [...]

Leeerooooy Jenkiiiinnnns!

I feel for them. Really, I do.

LMAO!!!This video got so famous that WoW TCG actually made a card for him!

He even managed to get mentioned in Jeopardy!

The world will never be the same! :_)

Lag! Arrghh!!!

Got 4 losses at Warcraft III this afternoon, 1 of them fair-n-square.  3 of them due to LAG!!!

What’s more annoying is, the lag somehow comes in either when we manage to win a critical skirmish or whenever we have an upper-hand!

Why, network gods?!   WHY?!!!!