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Blizzard Acquires Swingin' Ape Studios

Posted by Zonk on from the more-monkeys-are-always-welcome dept.

Gamasutra.com has the news that well known development house Blizzard has acquired Swingin' Ape Studios, the company currently working on the StarCraft:Ghost console title. From the article: "The acquisition of Swingin' Ape Studios takes us one step closer to realizing our goal of becoming a top-tier console developer...With Swingin' Ape's talented designers, programmers, and artists, we're confident we'll be able to create console games that meet the quality standards we've established for every Blizzard title."

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  1. and perhaps by FidelCatsro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Star craft ghost may actualy get released some time this centuary .
    I may be mistaken but hasn't this been expected since 2001.
    I understand it switched developers last year , i just hope it dosn't go daikatana on us

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    1. Re:and perhaps by pyrrhonist · · Score: 3, Funny
      I understand it switched developers last year , i just hope it dosn't go daikatana on us

      Don't worry, it won't be like that. It's going to be really good, and will be released at the same time as DNF. I'm looking forward to it.

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  2. Blizzard making sure the job's done right? by UltimaL337Star · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that's quality control...

  3. Re:WoW subscribers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You may not be aware, but Blizzard runs an entire forum dedicated to trolling about World of Warcraft.