Thursday, February 17, 2011

World of Starcraft?

Ryan Winzen, developer of the  World of Starcraft mod for Starcraft II, has come to fame recently for his creation as well as his potential job offers.

World of Starcraft is exactly what it sounds like. World of Warcraft meets Starcraft. It is a mod for Starcraft II that is programmed in such a way to give it online capabilities, character design, and what not all in a similar fashion to World of Warcraft.

After Ryan Winzen's Youtube video went viral and garnered much attention, WoW and Starcraft publisher Activision/Blizzard sent a Cease and Desist letter via the original video getting removed from Youtube for DMCA infringement. However, this cloud comes with a silver lining. Riot Games, whose claim to fame is League of Legends, offered Ryan a job offer because of the World of Starcraft mod.

The plot thickened even more when Blizzard said the whole cease and desist letter was "just a misunderstanding" and that they actually enjoy the fact that the modding tools they released for SCII were used. They were so happy about it, in fact, that they are even looking into hiring him.


 In semi-related news and jumping on the band-wagon, Halo game designer Bungie might be producing an online game that would be a WoW in space.

16 comments:

  1. I'm not a fan of WoW, but WoS might be worthwhile to check out if ever made.

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  2. That's crazy stuff! I play sc2 so i gotta check out this mod.

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  3. WoS..mhhh
    couldnt they get a more original name for the game?

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  4. Thats nice. But I really cant see SC as a MMO... I mean, the match game is soooo good as it is.

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  5. i cant remember where i heard it but werent rumors about both world of diablo and world of starcraft around the net since 2009?

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  6. as a starcraft fan, i can't wait to see what might come out of this.

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  7. I love what people can do to modify a game. Sometimes, it's stupid stuff like color swaps, but things like this are great. I'm glad it's turning out well for him. He's the Ted Williams of computers, apparently.

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  8. Never played Starcraft, maybe I'll try it

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  9. I've heard loads about starcraft. Combining that with WoW would be quite something.

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  10. Blizzard should have given him a job offer.

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  11. It would be possible, but Blizzard is already working on a new MMO. It is supposedly not based on any of their existing franchises (Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft...or Lost Vikings LOL)

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  12. Very clever, glad they offered him a job but if I were him take the Blizzard offer when it comes!

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  13. I'll have the normal version of both rather than this, too crazy for me.

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  14. Its like when the Muppet went to space

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  15. I heard this mod dev got picked up by riot

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