Rob Pardo Archive

  • Do you have the talent and the passion for games to join Blizzard Entertainment? Do you live near San Francisco? This could be the opportunity of your life. Blizzard Entertainment will be accepting resume and reels at the Game Developers Conference in Moscone Center at the Career Pavilion Booth Number CP 272 through March 9-13, 2010. Not attending GDC? No problem. Go online at http://jobs.blizzard.com Four Blizzard developers will be attending GDC 2010 as speakers:...

    GDC 2010 Blizzard Entertainment Schedule

    Posted on March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Do you have the talent and the passion for games to join Blizzard Entertainment? Do you live near San Francisco? This could be the opportunity of your life. Blizzard Entertainment will be accepting resume and reels at the Game Developers Conference in Moscone Center at the Career Pavilion Booth Number CP 272 through March 9-13, 2010. Not attending GDC? No problem. Go online at http://jobs.blizzard.com Four Blizzard developers will be attending GDC 2010 as speakers:...

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  • Recently we reported that Rob Pardo confirmed that Blizzard and Microsoft are talking about the Xbox 360 successor.  They want Microsoft to learn from Nintendo. During the Luminaries Lunch at the GDC 2009,  Junction Point’s Warren Spector slashed at Rob Pardo with mockery … “I

    GDC 2009: Blizzard’s Pardo: Sony, Microsoft Need New Forms Of Gameplay

    Posted on March 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Recently we reported that Rob Pardo confirmed that Blizzard and Microsoft are talking about the Xbox 360 successor.  They want Microsoft to learn from Nintendo. During the Luminaries Lunch at the GDC 2009,  Junction Point’s Warren Spector slashed at Rob Pardo with mockery … “I

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  • Rob Pardo confirmed at the GDC 2009 that Blizzard Entertainment and Microsoft are talking about the Xbox 360 successor.  And by the looks of it they want its successor to have a keyboard and mouse peripherals and tools to allow MMO and RTS gameplay on consoles.  The potential is enormous. Imagine World of Warcraft, Starcraft: Ghost, Starcraft II and even Diablo III on PC and Consoles.  It is the culprit of the Next-Gen MMO no...

    Blizzard And Microsoft Talk Xbox 360 Successor For Next-Gen MMO?

    Posted on March 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Rob Pardo confirmed at the GDC 2009 that Blizzard Entertainment and Microsoft are talking about the Xbox 360 successor.  And by the looks of it they want its successor to have a keyboard and mouse peripherals and tools to allow MMO and RTS gameplay on consoles.  The potential is enormous. Imagine World of Warcraft, Starcraft: Ghost, Starcraft II and even Diablo III on PC and Consoles.  It is the culprit of the Next-Gen MMO no...

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  • Update found here It looks like Blizzard Entertainment got yet another game in early development.  If you are a programmer with awesome skills and experience in the game industry, you have the opportunity to join the best international game studios and all what comes attached to that: good salary, benefits, reputation and access to the in-house gym and cafeteria to boot. Thus far Blizzard is developing five new games: 1. Starcraft II 2. Diablo III...

    A Fifth Blizzard Game In The Works … An Unannounced Game – March 2009

    Posted on March 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Update found here It looks like Blizzard Entertainment got yet another game in early development.  If you are a programmer with awesome skills and experience in the game industry, you have the opportunity to join the best international game studios and all what comes attached to that: good salary, benefits, reputation and access to the in-house gym and cafeteria to boot. Thus far Blizzard is developing five new games: 1. Starcraft II 2. Diablo III...

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  • Rob Pardo presented a keynote today at the Paris Game Developers Conference.  The full Pardo conversation at GDC Paris is now available on Gamasutra, including the Blizzard exec thoughts on a whole host of major issues, from user-generated content through the Activision/Vivendi merger and beyond. He elaborated: “If you make it subscription here, and free to play in Korea, that doesn’t work, because it’s a global community, and the other regions wouldn’t like it, because...

    GCD 2008 Paris - Rob Pardo Says World of Warcraft Planned Free-Gameplay Originally

    Posted on June 24, 2008 | No Comments
    Rob Pardo presented a keynote today at the Paris Game Developers Conference.  The full Pardo conversation at GDC Paris is now available on Gamasutra, including the Blizzard exec thoughts on a whole host of major issues, from user-generated content through the Activision/Vivendi merger and beyond. He elaborated: “If you make it subscription here, and free to play in Korea, that doesn’t work, because it’s a global community, and the other regions wouldn’t like it, because...

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