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This morning, Blizzard announced that they were cancelling this year’s annual festival where they usually hold rock concerts and showcase their latest in game-development. Blizzard Entertainment, known for the World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo franchises, will be too busy working on developing games. A short press release from Blizz said: “We’re also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players’ hands as soon as possible.” However, there will still be big tournaments for World of Warcraft Arena and Starcraft II later this year in the 2012 Battle.net World Championship Event. It will likely be one of the biggest eSports events of the year with pro-gamers around the world playing for the title. The Championship is said to be taking place in Asia, but dates and times are yet to be confirmed. BlizzCon will be returning in 2013 for what will hopefully be the biggest one to date, considering their plans to skip this year, although this is of course good news if it means we get the next set of Blizzard games quicker. Blizzard are known to be working on a mysterious MMO, named ‘Titan’, but the lack of news on that topic continues. But we are still expecting a few games from Blizz this year, including the next World of Warcraft expansion: Mists of Pandaria, the first Starcraft II expansion: Heart of the Swarm, and the third-entry into the Diablo Franchise: Diablo III, which is still in closed beta. Akardo
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Prošla godina bila je iznimno uspješna za Activision Blizzard osovinu. Ostvaren je promet od skoro pet milijardi američkih dolara od čega čak 32% ili 1.54 milijarde otpada na digitalnu prodaju. Najzaslužnije za ovakav uspjeh bile su Call of Duty, Skylanders, Diablo i Warcraft franšiže. Call of Duty: Black Ops II bila je komercijalno najuspješnija igra 2012. godine, prešavši zaradu od milijardu dolara samo 15 dana nakon izdavanja te je tako potukao rekord Avatara Jamesa Camerona kojemu su za isti pothvat trebala dva dana više. Nastavak hita iz 2011., Skylander Giants, najprodavanija je dječja igra za 2012. godinu, a Skylander franšiza je od svojeg početka generirala milijardu dolara u prodaji dok je Activision prodao 100 milijuna Skylander igračaka. Blizzard Entertainment imao je dvije mega-uspješnice u 2012. To su naravno (pre)dugo iščekivani Diablo III te nova ekspanzija za World of Warcraft, Mists of Pandaria. Diablo III bila je najprodavanija igra za PC u protekloj godini s 12 milijuna prodanih primjeraka dok je Mists of Pandaria zasjela na treće mjesto najprodavanijih PC igara u 2012. Blizzardov behemot World of Warcraft zabilježio je pad pretplatnika u zadnjem kvartalu. U prošlom izvješću Blizzard je objavio da WoW ima 'preko 10 milijuna pretplatnika' dok je u ovom objavljen pad na 9.6 milijuna. Blizzard je barem privremeno zaustavio krvaranje pretplatnika te je još uvijek najveći subscription-based MMO. Activision je već izdao prvi downloadable map pack 'Revolution' za Black Ops II, zasad samo na Xboxu 360 a uskoro će i na ostalim platformama. Također, Blizzard Entertainment 12. ožujka izdaje i novu ekspanziju za Starcraft II, Heart of the Swarm koja će zasigurno postići golem uspjeh.