During the last Major League Gaming season this Winter, the Winter Arena included some of the best competitive Starcraft 2 action. This Arena format was so popular that MLG decided to not only do it again, but to have two of these arenas take place.
Merlin'in Kazani interviewed Allen Dilling - StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Lead 3D Artist. We asked him about new episode on StarCraft II storyline, Blizzard DOTA and future.
If you are an ardent fan of StarCraft, you should already have noticed this. Well, if you haven't it's time to be enlightened. StarCraft's multiplayer is particularly popular in South Korea, where players and teams participate in professional competitions, earn sponsorships and such tournaments are even widely-televised!
EGW writes: "It's official: Blizzard, renowned publisher of games like Wold of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, is finally coming to Brazil! According to Steve Huot, Blizzard's director for Latin America affairs, the first game on the company's portfolio to be released in Brazil will be Starcraft II, completely in portuguese from menus to voiceworks.
Hmm must be the latest way ActiBlizzard are trying to save money, outsourcing work now while charging more soon enough I'll bet.
Wow, I am surprised that people still remember Zhuk. He's been gone for years now.
I don't think this 'studio' is meant to be a so-called 'programming sweatshop.' Brazil has relatively progressive labor laws and encourages union formation, so it's difficult for corporations to readily take advantage of Brazilian workers. I think some good may actually come of this (perhaps in the form of a new IP?).
There are some good developers in South America. ACE Team, for example.
I don't think Blizzard is opening this studio to do development work, though. Sounds like it's just going to be localization.
i woudl support then if their prices are reasonable, if we have to pay 200 bucks like any other game here in brazil then its a no go...
