Ex-Blizzard Devs Sign With Namco, Blizzard Using BitTorrent

Posted by simoniker on Thursday March 18, 2004 @07:40AM from the blizzard-of-bits dept.

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting a press release revealing the ex-Diablo creators now at Flagship Studios have signed a publishing deal with Namco, in a move that "marks Namco's official entry into the PC games publishing business" - we've previously covered Flagship Studios' formation on Slashdot Games. Elsewhere, several readers point out Blizzard's official World of Warcraft site, which has announced with regard to the upcoming WoW Beta test: "While we plan on having several ways available to distribute the files to everyone, our primary method will be through the Blizzard Downloader program, which uses BitTorrent technology." Update: 03/18 21:01 GMT by S : There's more discussion on Blizzard and other companies using BitTorrent in a recent mainpage post.

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Blizzard == evil [repost] by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-19 00:57 · Score: -1, Redundant

Maybe they changed but I'm still too offended from I-forgot-what, and I won't give them another chance until I remember what I should maybe forgive them - this is how I deal with my fucking short memory and too much companys that upset me ;-)

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