GGG the new Blizzard North ?

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Kokoro wrote:

What's more interesting the old BN team was also working on the next D2 expansion - "Diablo 2: Salvation" which was then cancelled because so many key people had left.

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freedom wrote:

i play this game since last week, i am sure ggg will be another blizzard.

but blizzard will be another runic game.
d3 looks likes wow, i am tired of wow.

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Kokoro wrote:

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Hinzir wrote:

For being the new blizzard north , GGG must change the looking of website asap. It looks like webpage of a 10 years old game. Compare this to diablo 3 website, that tyrael animation is very cool alone. When people enter the website for the first time they should be excited about the game. I must say that after watching the video of this game at another game news site and when i enter the website of poe for the first time , it was like omg this website is crap. If i didn't watch the movie at another website probably i should close website after checking 1-2 sections.

It looks you are not familiar with Blizzard North history. This was a branch of Blizzard which was closed in 2005. Please check Wikipedia for more details. Diablo 3 is entirely a product of Blizzard Irvine.

Also, I don't agree PoE website look is bad. It is very neat and I don't need any flash animations to appeciate this game. As a web designer I can tell you it hes some advanced mechanisms which you don't find on many sites (eg. custom text fonts, linking items directly from the game, beta counter).

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Soulmancer wrote:

Runic kind of already has that title.

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Kokoro wrote:

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Soulmancer wrote:

Runic kind of already has that title.

Runic is sort of BN succesor but unlike GGG they are not in position where Condor/early BN was. They can capitalize on their famous title, large experience in making the real time 3D roguelikes and good contacts in the game industry.

GGG is coming from nowhere just like Condor. Instead thinking how to squeeze as much money as possible they just want to release a great game players will love for years. I think they have enough talent & passion to succeed in that area.

Torchlight, although a nice and funny game, it is not a tittle which may change the games history. On the other hand, PoE with their F2P model and restored dark fantasy theme (which was dumped even by Diablo fathers from Runic, although I hope they will go back to it in the future) has a chance to get mixed up in the current scene.

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chuk15 wrote:

I'm going to laugh then cry if their shops starts selling exp/loot buff potions and increases in stash size.