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Leaked Blizzard Roadmap Shows Release Dates For… Pretty Much Everything Yikes. It’s no surprise that the Blizzard China manager who let this slide leak has been fired. I’m surprised he wasn’t “relocated” to a labor camp in the deep north or something. It pretty much leaks Blizzard’s plans for the next five years, though a savvy analyst might have come to the same conclusions. As you can see, there are updates to Battle.net coming, including a “Map Market,” which is probably for selling extra maps as DLC. Starcraft 2 is getting its expansions and a “Phoenix” version (probably a standalone thing) in late 2011, then another in 2012. B3TA : WE LOVE THE WEB

Zelda makes analyst's list of 2009 releases - News at GameSpot With this year's release of Wii installments for Super Smash Bros., Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart, there are few cherished Nintendo series in need of a new-generation debut. That means it's about time for the publisher to start a second lap of its greatest hits, and if one industry analyst's prognostication is accurate, leading off that lap could be a second installment of The Legend of Zelda. In a note to investors this morning, Lazard Capital Markets' Colin Sebastian listed a slate of 22 games that could potentially help drive a 5 percent growth in game sales for 2009. In addition to heavily anticipated games like Resident Evil 5 and Starcraft II, Sebastian included a new Princess Peach adventure and an as-yet-unannounced Zelda game. In the report, the list of games was sourced to Lazard's research, as well as to company reports.

That VideoGame Blog - 343 working on Halo 1 remake - Report Microsoft's freshly-formed internal Halo studio, 343 Industries, is working on a Halo: Combat Evolved remake. That's according to "industry chatter" reported in the new Games Master magazine, which writes that the updated game could run on the Halo: Reach engine and arrive ahead of a full Halo 3 sequel in late 2012. Zoom If true, the remade Halo: Combat Evolved could release on the original's tenth anniversary, which falls on November, 2011. Microsoft has previously expressed interest in adopting an annual release model for the Halo series, and this would certainly fit that nicely.

Research: Americans Spent 2008 Playing World Of Warcraft, PlayStation 2 Games @ShadowOdin: Totally agree with you 100%. I clock a lot of hours on my PS3, but am fortunate enough to own a backwards compatible one. If I had a newer one, the play time would drop significantly. Valve's New Game Announced, Detailed: Dota 2 - Features - GameInformer.com The rumors and speculation can cease. Valve is making Dota 2, we've played it, and it's already amazing even though it's not coming out until next year. And we haven't yet laid eyes on Dota 2's biggest innovation: a radical approach to integrating the game's community back into the gameplay itself.What's a Dota?Dota 2 takes its name from the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients, a drastic change to that stock real-time strategy title, which pits two teams of five players against each other in highly competitive, 40-minute or longer matches.

Top 10 Scariest Video Games Most video games allow you to play as an unstoppable killing machine that can mow down dozens of puny enemies with ease. Horror games, however, are different; they tend to feature weak heroes that must simply try to survive with limited resources. Nothing makes a game scarier than a feeling of extreme vulnerability; although terrifying sights and sounds, spooky atmospheres and disturbing stories can certainly contribute as well. This list features games that excel in all of those categories. For maximum effect, be sure to play them at 3AM with the lights out: