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Custom Warcraft Figurines Go on Sale

Custom Warcraft Figurines Go on Sale

After spending months on end bonding with their characters in the world of Azeroth, World of Warcraft players will finally be able to produce tokens of their favorite characters that exist in the real world. A company called FigurePrints is making it possible for WoW characters to literally be printed as full-color replica figurines.

Through a partnership with Blizzard, the company uses the 3D prototyping machines usually employed by engineering firms to instead produce accurate 3D “printouts” of WoW characters. The final product arrives in full color, mounted on a pedestal with the character alias emblazoned on the front.

Microsoft Game Studio Exec Resigns

The veteran Microsoft executive who headed the company’s push into console video game software and is credited with launching hits like the PC favorite “Flight Simulator” and “Halo” for the Xbox has resigned, Microsoft said on Tuesday.

Ed Fries, who joined Microsoft in 1985 as an intern, had headed the company’s game studio since 1995 and was responsible for cementing key relationships with game software publishers when Microsoft introduced its Xbox video game console.

Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft’s games division, said that Fries had resigned to pursue other opportunities but might return to the video game business and possibly in some future alliance with Microsoft.

Project Gotham 2 hits the streets

Microsoft Corp. today officially announced that “Project Gotham Racing® 2″ arrived on store shelves this morning, leaving wicked skid marks along the way. The game is scheduled for release in JapanNov. 20 and in Europe Nov. 28. “Project Gotham Racing 2″ was developed by Bizarre Creations Ltd. in Liverpool, England.

“Project Gotham Racing 2″ is the follow-up to the smash hit “Project Gotham Racing.” Rewarding drivers for racing with speed, style and daring, “Project Gotham Racing 2″ offers circuit-based racing through highly detailed city environments. Racers can choose from more than 100 of the hottest cars while speeding through the streets of 10 exciting cities, power-sliding around corners and accelerating through the straightaways before moving to a different venue. Players will also be able to race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit, Germany’s famous 14-mile-long track. In the single-player mode, gamers will progress through more than 230 races in Kudos World Series and Arcade racing modes.

Microsoft’s Halo for PC launched today

With its rich storyline and intense gameplay, “Halo” is considered by many to be the benchmark against which other games are judged. Optimized for the Windows platform and leveraging the power of Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 application programming interface, “Halo” enables gamers across the globe to live the incredible sci-fi epic adventure that elevated the original “Halo” for the Xbox® video game system into gaming legend status.

“With more than 3 millions copies sold worldwide, ‘Halo’ is the most successful Xbox game ever and is now available on Windows,” said Ed Fries, corporate vice president at Microsoft Games Studio. “‘Halo’ brings the excitement of the award-winning game to PC gamers with additional features, including enhanced graphics, and new, online multiplayer capabilities.”

Xbox exclusive ‘Jade Empire’ in development

BioWare, whose publishing relationship with Microsoft for this product was announced one year ago at the X02 North America event in New York, has most recently been recognized for its highlysuccessful game “Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic (TM) .”

“We’re thrilled that BioWare’s next big game will be available only on Xbox,” said Ed Fries, vice president of Microsoft game content. “‘Jade Empire’ is sure to deliver a game experience that’s truly unique and exciting with our Xbox fans in mind.”

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