10-25-2005, 12:47 AM
I don't know how one could consider an upcoming expansion as a disaster waiting to happen. Give credit to Blizzard... they're the single most meticulous and thorough game developer out there. No other development house can live up to their record of success, and with due reason. And unlike houses like SOE they are very premeditated. Given their track record of amazing expansion packs, not being afraid to scrap projects if they are sub-par (Lord of the Clans, Ghost now being in it's 3rd or so revision), general level of meticulousness, and the safe bet that the expansion to their largest game ever (and world's largest MMO) puts some serious pressure on them to do well, I find it hard to think of them even considering dropping the ball.
Regarding info getting out early - most here should know how careful they are to not let any information out until they're dead sure it will not be changed. Blizzard is renowned for their secrecy on projects, patches, and the like. They are aware of how popular they are, and do not risk information leaks of discrepant info... hence why the Italian article was swiped from the internet within hours of being hosted (thank god for the quick people re-hosting for our speculation eh? :)). In one week they'll be blowing the cover off this expansion, and they didn't want anyone stealing their thunder.
Ahh well. Jaded gamers and internet hate runs rampant everywhere I suppose!
Regarding info getting out early - most here should know how careful they are to not let any information out until they're dead sure it will not be changed. Blizzard is renowned for their secrecy on projects, patches, and the like. They are aware of how popular they are, and do not risk information leaks of discrepant info... hence why the Italian article was swiped from the internet within hours of being hosted (thank god for the quick people re-hosting for our speculation eh? :)). In one week they'll be blowing the cover off this expansion, and they didn't want anyone stealing their thunder.
Ahh well. Jaded gamers and internet hate runs rampant everywhere I suppose!