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Diablo 3: What Bill Roper thinks - Star Trek Online for Xbox 360 News
videogamer.com - 3/18/2009
Diablo 3: What Bill Roper thinks - Star Trek Online for Xbox 360 News
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Series' architect 'prefers dark and gritty', but reckons new art style 'makes complete sense'. Bill Roper, one of the chief architects behind the Diablo series, has revealed to VideoGamer.com what he thinks of the hotly-anticipated Diablo III. Blizzard caused an internet storm when it released ...
us.blizzard.com - 3/19/2009
Blizzard Support
— us.blizzard.com — What is the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator? The Battle.net Mobile Authenticator is an optional tool that offers Battle.net... account users an additional layer of security to help prevent unauthorized account access. This includes World of Warcraft ... (more) Blizzard Support

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Creative Writing Contest
— blizzard.com — BLIZZARD CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST Official Rules Eligibility. BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (referred to herein as... "SPONSOR") IS THE SPONSOR OF THIS CONTEST. THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, ... (more) Creative Writing Contest

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Gazillion to launch series of major online games with Marvel Comics characters
venturebeat.com - 3/17/2009
Gazillion to launch series of major online games with Marvel Comics characters
— venturebeat.com — Online game startup Gazillion Entertainment is announcing today a major partnership with comic book king Marvel Enterprises... to build a series of online game worlds with Marvel’s comic book characters. The first game is a kid-oriented online ... (more) Gazillion to launch series of major online games with ...
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Joystiq:  Diablo II's producer weighs in on sequel's art style

Kotaku:  Original Diablo Producer Thinks Diablo III Isn't Diablo Enough [Blizzard]

Macworld:  Ex-producer: Diablo III doesn't 'really ring with Diablo'

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Diablo II's producer weighs in on sequel's art style
Joystiq — ... Former VP of the now-defunct Blizzard North and producer of Diablo II, Bill Roper, agrees with fans who feel Diablo III ... well, doesn't quite look "Diablo" enough. Roper discussed the game's brighter, more cartoon-like art ...

Original Diablo Producer Thinks Diablo III Isn't Diablo Enough [Blizzard]
Kotaku — ... from the architecture and to a degree from the character design but not the feeling of the world. I can't say that I dislike it. I didn't look at it and go, oh my God that's horrible. But I looked at it and went, it's not really... to me as a player it just didn't really ring with Diablo." Cutting words, but you have to put things into perspective with this sort of thing. Bill Roper went on to form Flagship Studios, who created Hellgate London, and we all know how well that game went. Diablo 3: What Bill Roper thinks [VideoGamer.com]

Ex-producer: Diablo III doesn't 'really ring with Diablo'
Macworld — ... . In an interview with VideoGamer.com, Bill Roper, the producer of the original Diablo video game and former Vice President of Blizzard, states that ...

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