MS Details Last.fm on Xbox Live, Marketplace Changes2009-08-29Two of the less prominent announcements during E3 were that Last.fm would be coming to Xbox Live, and so would the ability to purchase games that were only available through physical media in the past. Microsoft has now elaborated on how those services will work. According to Kotaku, "The [Last.fm] ser...
Blizzard Designs for the Hardcore First2009-08-13A lot of people are eager to find out what's the secret behind the success of each videogame developed by Blizzard, from the original Starcraft to World of Warcraft going through the Diablo series.Recently, one of the most important people at the company, Rob Pardo, who is the chief of game design, might have offered an insight saying that Blizzard was creating, first and foremost, for the hardcore gaming crowd.Pardo talked to Eurogamer and told it that ˇ°We really try to serve both audiences. One of the ways we do that is that we build...
