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Blizzard's Xbox 360 Surprise
So what's going on between Blizzard and the Xbox 360? There have been several "leaks" over the past few months, including the "accidental" listing of StarCraft: Ghost for next-generation consoles, an hour-long "Microsoft Next Gen Platform" presentation at BlizzCon this Friday, and several "Next-Gen" programming positions on the Blizzard jobs board.
Most likely Blizzard will simply be showing an Xbox 360 version of StarCraft: Ghost, but there is the possibility that they will be announcing an Xbox 360 version of World of Warcraft. However, I have confirmed that Greg Canessa (Group Manager of Xbox Live Arcade) will be at BlizzCon this weekend.
Why is the Manager of Xbox Live Arcade attending BlizzCon? Is he there just to hang out and play World of Warcraft with the masses or is he going to be announcing something? Very interesting. Well, BlizzCon starts on Friday so we'll all know soon enough!
are any of Steve's faithful going to attend? It would be nice to get a first-hand report.
Posted by SurfMurph at October 26, 2005 11:46 AMhello steve. iam new to your blog cast. very ineteresting news about wow and star craft. i love your show. keep it going.
new york aka the big apple. queens.
Wow(no pun intended) if there is a 360 version of WoW I will be sooo happy. My computer can hardly play solitare, let alone any actualy computer game. I might actually be able to get into this whole MMORPG thing that everyones been talking about... *crosses fingers*!
Posted by Areku at October 26, 2005 02:29 PM I agree with what the above poster said without realizing. If WoW goes to the XBox 360 it will bring in many, many more players who are primarily console gamers, those who can't afford a computer that can handle WoW, and the computer illiterate.
There's something like, what, 4 million subscribers to World of Warcraft right now? If it came to the XBox 360 I can see that jumping to 5 or more depending on the success of the console itself.