Just about anything out there with Blizzard on fluff, since they don't do the community that EVERYONE else in the industry does.
But I think it's fair to say that there are few innovators within the industry, and quite a few polishers. Blizzard's claim to fame is that level of polish, but I would agree. Until BC, we saw no true "innovation" from them.
But also, it's hard to define. Isn't that level of polish an innovation? :o
Round and round we go!
11 innovation lessons from creators of WoW
No one can deny that Blizzard is an amazing company that accomplishes things no one ever thinks possible. With a record breaking player base size, and a worth of over $18.9 billion once the merge with Activision is complete, everyone knows they're a force to be reckoned with.
So what fun it is to read what they told Insight Innovation has made their company, and most of all, WoW, such a huge success.
So what fun it is to read what they told Insight Innovation has made their company, and most of all, WoW, such a huge success.
“We come up with a lot of great ideas, we talk about them, we implement a lot of art and game play, and then we go ‘… that kind of sucks,’ said Pardo. “So do we do a re-boot, throw out everything — or do we make the call to cancel a game if there’s no realistic restart to do? It’s one of the things that makes us infamous for never hitting a release date, but it’s part of ‘gameplay first,’ ” a key principle at Blizzard.It's a great article, other then the point made about Blizzard being a pioneer of a new catagory of gaming in MMOs! Where was the author when The Realm, Meridian 59, and Ultima Online were being played?
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