Gamers might find themselves in this March Madness tournament courtesy of
The Escapist. The
March Mayhem Developer's Showdown pits a variety of game developers against one another in the competition of the best developer.
The Final Four pitted three of my favorite developers against one another.
Blizzard, the makers of the
Warcraft,
Starcraft and
Diablo series, fought valiantly but finally lost against
BioWare, the developers responsible for the
Mass Effect games and
Dragon Age, while
Valve, the innovative designers of the
Halflife,
Counter-Strike,
Team Fortress and
Left 4 Dead series, dominated annoying and superfluous
Zynga, who cursed the world by developing
Farmville,
Mafia Wars and
Vampire Wars (these are the people responsible for all the stupid Facebook invitations daily).
My prediction is that
BioWare is going to win. They've started off with a decent lead, and I've heard more ravings about
Mass Effect 2 and
Dragon Age in the last year than even the magnificent
Left 4 Dead 2. If it were up to me, however,
Valve would win. Even if
Valve couldn't lay claim to some of the most entertaining games in the business, which it can, the content-delivery system called
Steam is reason enough to consider these folk the best developers. I would have chosen
Blizzard over
BioWare as well because they innovated the world of on-line playing with
BattleNet and
World of Warcraft.
The final battle between
Valve and
BioWare is being waged now. You can vote
here.
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