Refusing to heed our suggestion, D3Publisher has picked the name for it's upcoming version 1.5 update for Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. The download, which will drop over Xbox Live this spring, will carry the rather tortured title of Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Revenge of the Plague Lord. Let us pause now and catch our breath.
According to D3, the mouthful was picked from a collection of more than 500 suggestions sent in as part of the last month's call for potential monikers, which turned out equally labored names as "Sorceress of Malbec" and "The Scourge of Antharg," the contest's two runner-ups. Still, while we find the chosen name difficult to swallow, we remain excited for the expansion, which promises to tempt us with new hero professions, spells, items, and quests. Goodbye free time, we hardly knew ye.
Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 10:18PM (Unverified) said
Every time I look at the title, I see: "Revenge of the Plaque Lord". Sounds like an interesting dentistry sim.
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Posted: Apr 4th 2008 7:14AM (Unverified) said
That was exactly what I thought of when I read this title.
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 10:22PM HighFiveJesus said
Lord's Revenge: Quest of the Puzzle Plague
this dubbing is really generic, i'm surprised they couldn't think of better. It is far from a generic game, its very unique and a lot of fun.
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this dubbing is really generic, i'm surprised they couldn't think of better. It is far from a generic game, its very unique and a lot of fun.
Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 10:28PM (Unverified) said
I suggested "Scourge of the Plague Lord". SO CLOSE!
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Posted: Apr 3rd 2008 10:29PM (Unverified) said
Wait -- if one of the runner ups was "Scourge", and the winner was "Revenge", then why wasn't "Source of the Plague Lord" selected? >:(
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Posted: Apr 4th 2008 1:19AM masterinsan0 said
"...which turned out equally labored names as "Sorceress of Malbec" and "The Scourge of Antharg,"..."
Hey, I thought "The Scourge of Antharg" was pretty clever given the little story blurb the submitters had to work with. I don't really see how "Revenge of the Plague Lord" works except to rip off the third Star Wars prequel. The guy's not even getting revenge, he's just the next step in your quest to match colors.
In fact, I kind of preferred the original PQ 1.5. Oh well, I get a free copy now so I don't really care what it's called =P. (Yay for being the first to submit a pretty obvious title!)
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Hey, I thought "The Scourge of Antharg" was pretty clever given the little story blurb the submitters had to work with. I don't really see how "Revenge of the Plague Lord" works except to rip off the third Star Wars prequel. The guy's not even getting revenge, he's just the next step in your quest to match colors.
In fact, I kind of preferred the original PQ 1.5. Oh well, I get a free copy now so I don't really care what it's called =P. (Yay for being the first to submit a pretty obvious title!)
Posted: Apr 4th 2008 3:01AM Keithustus said
Hey, nice punctuation, Joystiq. Your "it's" in the first sentence needs to be "its," the possessive form.
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Posted: Apr 4th 2008 3:04AM (Unverified) said
Is it just me or does this name remind you of another "update" coming to another addictive game this year (presumably)?
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Posted: Apr 4th 2008 11:11AM The Wicker Man said
I liked this title more : Puzzle Quest expansion : This needs to hurry up and be released!
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