Topic: Blizzard gives Blackthorne for free

[idolminds]

Log in to your battlenet account and go to where you download game clients and it'll be sitting there.

I wonder what this means. Might be something to be announced at blizzcon next week?

[Quemaqua]

*Blackthorne

I remember playing that in a hotel room during one of my dad's business trips a billion years ago.

[MysterD]

Thanks for pointing this out yesterday, Idol.
If it's FREE, it's for me!

So, hmmm... I wonder if is going to push their BNet client harder now.
Or if they'll do a Blackthorne sequel or reboot.

[idolminds]

*Blackthorne

You know, I knew that. The thread on another forum where I got the heads up had it wrong and I went with it for some reason. PEER PRESSURE

[Xessive]

Not in my account. Maybe US accounts only?

EDIT:
Sorry, just adding the title in. TapaTalk still removes titles in replies.

[K-man]

I grabbed it this morning.  Always wanted to play it.  Thank you for the heads up, Idol.  Maybe we can play through it together once you finish Dark Souls.

[Xessive]

Update: I can find but only if I go to us.battle.net, it's not available otherwise.

[W7RE]

I've been dreaming of a Blackthorne reboot for a while now. I don't think most people envision it the way I do though. I think if done right, it could be a unique take on 3rd person cover-based shooters. It would need to be slower and more methodical though. In Gears of War you hide, then pop out and spray bullet-sponge enemies until they die. I imagine Blackthorne done this way to have near instant death (for enemies and players), and the combination of movement and shooting would be slower and more methodical, more like a strategy game than a straight up shooter.

[PyroMenace]

I've never even heard of Blackthorne, watching a video of it on YouTube though it looks cooler than I expected for being an old game.