The Joystiq Weekend: March 22

The Joystiq Weekend: March 22 - 23, 2008

by Ross Miller { Mar 23rd 2008 at 11:58PM }

For their World Wide Invitational 2008 in Paris, Blizzard has turned the French city into a stylish World of Warcraft map, perfect for a desktop background. (Via WOW Insider)The WWI isn't until June 28, but tickets are on sale now. Check out the highlights for the weekend:

Joystiquery
Japanese hardware sales, March 10 - March 16: The Great Egg Hunt edition
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup celebrates Easter

News
Valve, Nunchuck release Ninja Reflex over Steam
SOCOM Confrontation's Special Forces organizations revealed
Professor Layton DLC already on the cartridge
Japanese Mario Kart Wii video smorgasbord
Halo 3's Heroic Map Pack to be free this Tuesday
New Crisis Core trailer shows off summons, butt rock
PS3 Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 plagued with online snafus

Rumors & Speculation
Sega confirms Sonic Unleashed after video and screenshot leaks

Culture & Community
Microsoft apologizes for 360 'cleaning' with Bill Gates-signed replacement
History Lesson: The Original Video Game Easter Egg

Tags: blizzard, dailyrecap, world-of-warcraft, wow, wwi

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Limezor @ Mar 24th 2008 12:25AM

Please please please let Starcraft 2 come out 2008 =)

Neebs @ Mar 24th 2008 12:30AM

EVERYTIME YOU SAY THIS ITS PUSHED BACK 10 MINUTES, ROUNDED UP.

Deck @ Mar 24th 2008 12:43AM

That is one cool map!!

Having been to Paris, that map is really, really awesome. They did a good job with it and how the city is set up. That's neat!

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Mar 24th 2008 7:38AM

Well, some folks like to use roman numerals. Such as how FFX is not final fantasy ecks, it's 10. Nevertheless that map is made of awesome.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Mar 24th 2008 7:39AM

Whoops, meant to reply to Markster, my bad.

Markster @ Mar 24th 2008 1:44AM

I thought WWI started on *July* 28th, not June....

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

Maerlin @ Mar 24th 2008 2:17AM

That's an I not a 1.

The Dark Lord Meowcifer @ Mar 24th 2008 5:12AM

Maybe they'll give out free French rifles... never fired.. and only dropped once!

I'd play World of Warcraft if they got to mapping-out Italy in a Super Mario Bros. style. Add a flagpole to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, drop mutated turtles into the city, and bam, you'd convert Nintendo fans to PC gaming. Of course, by doing so, you'd cause a rift in the space-time continuum, but it would be worth it to see Pablo spinning-cape-stomp Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael. Poor Michaelangelo, he's an orphan now.