Here’s a video from Blizzard’s Diablo III launch event at the Irvine Spectrum. According to a PR rep, more than 2,000 fans showed up for the festivities. Gamers were treated to prizes, cosplayers, developer chats, art competitions, and more. They even got to witness members of the dev team having their “Diableards” (think playoff beards) shaven. It was a fantastic turnout for Blizzard and a real treat for Diablo fans. I got a charge from watching so many people come together to celebrate a videogame. Sweet stuff!
I look at that video and think to myself, "I wonder how many of them got home, couldn't log on because of the heavy servers, and then went and trolled the game with a 2 on metacritic."
Quite a few, I'll wager.
See, this is just one of the reasons I don't buy games on launch day… or launch year.
-M
Really had a blast playing this last night. Bye bye console gaming in 2012.
Did you see Fargo there?
How about my buddy, b-movie actress and big gamer Michele Morrow?
Totally forgot that Fargo existed until you mentioned it. Ha!
Did you know he works at Blizzard? I think he's a quest designer for WOW.
Yes, I knew he was there. The best was when Christian found out. He was not happy and expressed it rather loudly.