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Ralle · Apr 21, 2014

Iceborn attracted many during its long development and has won Project Spotlight several times making it known among many and so now APproject is pleased to announce that it has been finally released and it is ready to be explored. The development started in 6th of December 2012 and ended in 15th of April 2014 having a decent amount of time dedicated to project's polishing, reaching the size of nearly 190 MBs. Map has been tested by Lordkoon, who is noted for participating in map contest events as a demanding judge, and received a generous appraisal.

Iceborn is a fully voice acted and quite difficult single player RPG by APproject. Puzzle elements, unique environment, intense RPG action and a completely custum plot is what Iceborn has to offer at its best. Its storyline is marked with the spice of ego, treachery, love, grief, soreness and blind courage. Take a role of frost spellcaster and dive into the cold and charming world of Frostsky that may demand observation, puzzle solving and combat skills. Simple, but effective, systems are also a fine feature of Iceborn. Different kind of leveling, universality of spells, method of gaining them and a strong link to Hero's attributes may certainly provide a decision based experience.

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Ralle · Mar 23, 2014

Over at Battle.net Blizzard has announced the launch of a new StarCraft 2 mapping contest.

Now that the Arcade is free, we think this is a great time to encourage the creation of awesome games. We’re sending out the call: wow us with the most amazing Arcade games ever made using the StarCraft II Map Editor and Art Tools, and we’ll award over fifteen thousand dollars and other amazing perks to the winning entries. If you’ve always wanted to create your own game, this contest is for you!

This means that anyone can participate in this contest, no matter if you own the game or not.
If you decide to participate, it would be awesome to follow your project in the StarCraft Mapping Forum.
I hope that one of you wins this contest. Good luck!

Archian · Mar 20, 2014

The Hive administration team together with community member, Azothan, has introduced a new feature here at Hive.
Azothan, is a commentator & map reviewer, known for his netcasts of Warcraft 3 on his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAzothan.
To make a long story short, he has agreed to cast maps found here at Hive. We are very excited about this, as this will put some spotlight on some of the awesome maps our users have made through the years.
This includes but is not limited to hosted projects upon completion and various map contests in the past and in the future.

As we speak, Azothan is currently casting a playthrough of Rise Of The Blood Elves by Tomoraider. Check it out here:

You can also try it out for yourself, by clicking the link below:

Archian · Feb 25, 2014

As some of you may have noticed, a new forum has surfaced on Hive's forum index.

More specifically, we've added a new Hearthstone forum in the Gamer's Hub. Go check it out, and lets see some awesome deck creation ideas etc.
Notice that our new forum has no subforums. However, this will change with the arrival of Hive 2, which will also feature a unique Hearthstone-theme style.

IN OTHER NEWS

Forsaken Bastion's Fall (FBF) is a map that combines Tower Defense gameplay with an AoS-like Hero PvP Battle. Our project started in 2008, when it was known as Defense of the Undead (DotU). As time went on, ideas, criticizing, and suggestions reshaped DotU into a whole new map which was then completely remade from scratch to become what it is now.

FBF is set in a completely new universe with an extensive lore that keeps growing as time goes by. It is set in a key point of the World's history: At the very end of a long war that present many great changes at social, political and religious levels. The players can choose from 2 teams and 5 different factions. The Forsaken, an ancient cult of necromancers and it's undead army, have to defend their last fortress from The Alliance (The Infidel), a coalition of human nations using their last resources to take down the Forsaken.

There is a total of 5 factions, 27 heroes, 104 items (8 base items and 24 items unique to each faction), 27 minions with varied statistics and skills, and 11 towers for the Forsaken to use. Alongside a great map terrain and an extensive lore.

Ralle · Jan 29, 2014

Blizzard just announced the immediate availability of their StarCraft II art tools. This will definitely help people making graphics for StarCraft!

Blizzard said:
The beta test is finished, and with Patch 2.1, our new StarCraft II Art Tools are live and available to you. It’s a complete package of plugins for 3ds Max, a large number of StarCraft II source art files, and all the documentation and tutorials you need to get you started.

These aren’t just some tools that we’ve whipped up. These are the exact same tools that our very own development team used to create Heart of the Swarm. The full capability of the StarCraft II engine is at your disposal -- to do with as you see fit.

If creating new models, textures, particle effects, animations, or any other 3D art asset for the StarCraft II engine sounds appealing, then make sure you meet the system requirements, and click below to start downloading the StarCraft II Art Tools.

Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/12444476/

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