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Games have has secrets and easter eggs in them since the Atari was popular. One of the better known secrets is the Konami code. Goozernation takes a look back and some of the more popular secrets in video games in the last two decades
Daav from NoobFeed.com goes over all the winners in the Art of Video Games exhibition from the Smithsonian. After about a quarter decade of playing games and a bunch of platforms, NoobFeed goes over what choices are sound and what improvements or better decisions could've made the final cut. Get your nostalgia on!
"Greed: Black Border is pretty much as advertised, i.e. "Diablo II with guns in space", with isometric action and a mouse control scheme similar to standard Diablo fare. However, there are nice touches which boost this title above the "generic clone" category. The level design communicates well the sprawling corridors of a derelict ship and there are lots of robots and zombies to fry, but I especially enjoyed the variety of challenges the developers placed in my way. There are deadly obstacles..."
"As we make our way through 2010, what better thing is there to do than to take a look back at the last ten years, browse over the RPGs released during that time and talk about them? Of those RPGs, which were the most notable? Which were the ones that set the scene for the decade and which of those should be forgotten?
No really, does anyone have any better ideas because we're all out of them.
For our purposes, we'll officially declare 1st January 2000 as the opening of this decade. Tech..."
Blizzard today announced that their popular match-making service, Battle.net, will be receiving a major face lift sometime in the future, likely corresponding with the Starcraft II release.
People find comfort in familiarity. Apparently this marketing ploy is working both ways, as the popularity of "de-makes" of classic titles is a hot seller. Similar to the popularity of 8-bit Left4Dead, check out these hilarious videos of pirated, 8-bit de-makes from China.
""Diablo II succeeded in an area that many other genre leaders haven’t – it set the bar so high that everything else has paled in comparison. Yes, that’s right. Every hack and slash and/or dungeon crawler is still being compared to the nine-year-old Blizzard title that hasn’t fallen from the position of being the king of the mountain.
Online gaming and Battle.net pushed Diablo II above and beyond the expectations of the hack and slash genre. The advancement of multiplayer is always a welcom..."
GameSpot has a pretty great expose online now regarding the "DRM dilemmna" -- that is, publisher action said to minimize piracy by limiting what gamers can do with a given title for the PC.
In it they speak to DRM advocates, opponents, developers, publishers, and DRM vendors themselves -- a must-read if you're looking to gain a broader perspective on the matter at hand, or don't know what DRM is about.
Everyone knows the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover." Well the same applies to games you would think. But we all know that sometimes you see a game cover that just screams, "Buy Me!" Here's a list of 40 game covers that really got the attention for being imaginative and eye catching.
"In the world of Gaming, 2000 was actually a pretty kick ass year. We were all able to get our hands on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo sold its 100,000,000th Game Boy system.
Looking Glass Studios (System Shock 2, Thief series) went out of business. Bungie was bought by Microsoft (to the eternal embarrassment of Apple's Steve Jobs, to be sure), and Red Storm Entertainment became the new property of Ubisoft. Volition, the development house behind FreeSpace 2 and Summoner (and later Saint's ..."
"- Great classes and class strategies
No, Diablo II didn't have that mindblowing never-seen-before class, though the Druid and Assassin classes added with the Lord of Destruction expansion offered a few things rarely seen in RPGs like combo moves and shapeshifting. What Diablo II did have was strong classes with their own unique feel. But what really put them apart was the ability to specialize in different areas, which meant each class might have a half dozen or more strategies that could ..."
Blizzard has released over 20 new screenshots for Diablo III. You can check out all the screenshots by going to the source. 5 of the 20 screenshots are displayed below.
"Explore a fully-realized Sanctuary the living, breathing gothic fantasy world of Diablo III rendered in gorgeous 3D.
Battle the unholy forces of the Burning Hells with all-new character classes like the otherworldly Witch Doctor, or with re-imagined warriors from Diablos past: such as the fierce Barbarian.
Rain Hell on your enemies wielding the interactive environment as a weapon: lay cunning traps, turn destructible objects against your foes, and use environmental obstacles to you..."
As many of you know, there were rumors running that Blizzard was going to announce the making of Diablo 3 next month, but Blizzard has shot the rumor down: "We definitely appreciate that the community has a lot of interest in seeing the Diablo series continue, and we certainly share that desire," a Blizzard representative told Shacknews when reached for comment.
"For now, though, our focus remains on StarCraft II and Wrath of the Lich King. I'm afraid I don't have any new plans to announce...
Nine days ago, I posted an article telling you about a mysterious counter on diablo3.com which launched numerous rumours... well 9 days have passed, and it's finally the 1st of May.... what was the counter for? It was for the change from diablo3.com to diablofans.com. But why was it (rightly) stated that people would talk about this... the reason being that the original site has been sold to none otherthan Blizzard. Could this mean that Diablo 3 is coming soon? Chances are yes.
A counter on Diablo3.com launched numerous rumours and theories as to what it was counting down to. With so much speculation going on, Staff at Diablo3 decided to clear things out with regards to what the counter is NOT pointing too... However considering how they initially put the counter saying "half the internet is going to link to us" I don't see why they'd tell us that it's nothing to do with Diablo 3... unless it's something quite big nonetheless.
...But what can this counter actuall...
Another game on the list to compete against Diablo II. There's been a few to contend but all have failed. The game might actually be the first to be able to contend with Diablo II though as the people working on it are the people who worked on Diablo II. The game is made up of a mishmash of fantasy cliches combined with the humour of gremlins with cigars, homicidal toys and farmers who'll summon zombies.
"Every game has a different storyline and different factors driving that storyline, but all games have one factor in common. That one factor is the bad-ass whose music or voice sends chills up your spine when you hear it and you know what's about to happen. Each villain is different and each has it's own way of doing things. To make this list they have to have done something either extremely evil, have a truly dark and deprived past, or simply make the player soil themselves when they make the..."
"The announcement of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals 2007 held in South Korea, and its one-week splash page teaser got many Diablo fans hyped up. When Starcraft 2 was announced, Diablo fans hopes went down the drain. I have seen reactions at different Diablo forums, including the official forums, where fans have lost all hope for Diablo III.
I would say to those fans, it is not over until the fat lady sings. Diablo is coming
there is no doubt of that. The signs of its coming is all ..."
![Box shot of Diablo II [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUEMvQWN0aW9uL0FkdmVudHVyZQ==/diablo_ii_frontcover_small_NxjngF9cEhTMbCb.jpg)