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Blizzard's Rob Pardo has confirmed that his company has had talks with Microsoft about the successor to the Xbox 360. Speaking at the Luminaries Lunch today during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Pardo would only state that Blizzard is actively in discussions with Microsoft, ...
Blizzard Details Secret World of Warcraft 'Progressive Percentage' Item Drop Mechanic - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads
Blizzard Details Secret World of Warcraft 'Progressive Percentage' Item Drop Mechanic - ...
shacknews.com — Former World of Warcraft lead designer and current next-gen Blizzard MMO director Jeffrey Kaplan today detailed a... behind-the-scenes system of drop percentages secretly added in the WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King. The system, called ... (more) Blizzard Details Secret World of Warcraft 'Progressive ...
New Diablo 3 Screenshots: Here's Your UI
shacknews.com — A few new screenshots of Diablo 3's user interface accompanied Blizzard's latest BlizzCast . Still no word... on a release date for D3, but the shots are mighty tempting. I'm already thinking about customization--with a chipped sapphire here and a ... (more) New Diablo 3 Screenshots: Here's Your UI
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Microsoft discussing “Xbox 720″ next-gen console with publishers
SlashGear — ... According to games publisher Blizzard, Microsoft is currently working closely with game developers on the replacement to the ...

Microsoft Actively Discussing Successor for Xbox 360 with Game Developers - Claim
X-bit labs — ... game machine with game designers. It is not a secret that development of new products takes several years and is carried out secretly so that not to let competitors know potentially strong or weak sides of it. However, it is inevitable that at some point details regarding the fact of development or even details regarding the next-gen products are made public. Last week Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision Blizzard, said during the Game Developers Conference that he talked to Microsoft Corp. regarding the ...

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