Category Archives: Blizzcon 2011

Wed, Nov 09, 2011 | 09:30 GMT

Pandemonium: Blizzard’s Lagrave on Mists of Pandaria

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Pandas in World of Warcraft. Are you freaking kidding me? Nathan Grayson gets the skinny chubby from Blizzard’s John Lagrave.

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Tue, Nov 01, 2011 | 12:35 GMT

Diablo III features around 15,000 lines of spoken dialogue

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BlizzCon 2011′s Sound Panel session offered a revealing look at the work that goes into aurally caressing your ear lobes

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Mon, Oct 31, 2011 | 09:29 GMT

Devil May Launch Soon: Blizzard’s Bender on Diablo III

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At Blizzcon 2011, Nathan Grayson sat down with Blizzard’s Jason Bender to discuss one of the hottest tickets of the season: Diablo III.

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Fri, Oct 28, 2011 | 16:50 BST

Blizzard releases SCII: Heart of the Swarm fact sheet

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Blizzard has released a fact sheet for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, which continues the  story from Wings of Liberty with a campaign that focuses on Kerrigan, the former Queen of Blades.

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Fri, Oct 28, 2011 | 04:13 BST

Blizzard chief apologises for Blizzcon “error of judgement”

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Blizzard president Mike Morhaime has issued an apology for the use of a controversial video during Blizzcon 2011, and taken responsibility for what he describes as a mistake.

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Thu, Oct 27, 2011 | 17:02 BST

Blizzard “not sure” if free-to-play is “the best model,” for WoW right now

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Blizzard president Mike Morhaime has admitted the subscription-funded MMO market is a difficult one “to compete in,” but considering the value players get when paying a monthly fee, he feels free-to-play “doesn’t necessarily make for a better game.”

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Thu, Oct 27, 2011 | 04:40 BST

WoW players outraged by anti-Alliance Blizzcon presentation

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Blizzard has come under heavy criticism for a Blizzcon 2011 presentation featuring a censored video, found to contain a string of slurs and implied violence against Alliance players.

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Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 22:30 BST

“We don’t want Diablo III to be moddable,” says Blizzard

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Blizzard’s said mods will not be supported in Dibalo III not only because of the persistent internet connection requirement, but also because the firm doesn’t want it to be moddable.

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Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 17:00 BST

Blizzard: Offering Diablo III for free is a show of “gratitude,” to WoW player base

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Blizzard COO Paul Sams has said the firm is offering Diablo III free to World of Warcraft Annual Pass subscribers as a way to “show an amount of gratitude,” to the player base.

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Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 14:21 BST

WoW’s enemy UI to ascertain whether Pandarens are Horde or Alliance in PvP

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Blizzard has said PvP players will be able to distinguish whether the neutral Pandarian Monk class in World of Warcraft is fighting for Alliance or Horde by using the game’s enemy UI.

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Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 11:37 BST

Blizzard snaps Blizzcon to death

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It has. There’s a proper ton of photos from the event, from the opening ceremony and Felicia Day signing autographs to the Foo Fighters closing off the show. See Morhaime and Metzen in action, plus more, below. Catch up on our event coverage from it here.

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Mon, Oct 24, 2011 | 02:16 BST

Blizzard believes players will “come around” to Pandaria

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Blizzard isn’t worried about a negative reaction to the World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria expansion, announced at Blizzcon this weekend.

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Sun, Oct 23, 2011 | 00:42 BST

BlizzCon 2011: SCII: Heart of the Swarm panels reveal new and existing unit changes

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During a StarCraft II panel at BlizzCon, game director Dustin Browder, balance designer David Kim, and senior designer Josh Menke discussed some of the new units included in the expansion, as well as changes being implemented to existing units, and revealed which units would be retired from service.

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Sun, Oct 23, 2011 | 22:11 BST

BlizzCon 2011: Diablo III panels touch upon consoles, Book of Cain, gameplay, random dungeons

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Blizzard held Diablo III panels today at BlizzCon, which focused on the lore in the RPG, and well as the game’s Auction House, gameplay mechanics, skills, and crafting.

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Sat, Oct 22, 2011 | 21:47 BST

BlizzCon 2011: More details on Blizzard DOTA gameplay and mod tools finally come to light

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Blizzard not only debuted a trailer for DOTA at BlizzCon yesterday, but it has offered up a few extra details on a game it’s been rather quiet about since it was announced at BlizzCon 2010.

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Sat, Oct 22, 2011 | 18:22 BST

BlizzCon: GSL Finals – SlayerS_MMA bests IMMvp 4 to 1

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BlizzCon hosted the first Global StarCraft League finals held outside of Korea last night at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, and the event pitted two Terran against one another for a $100,000 prize. In a five-game bout, underdog SlayerS_MMA bested IMMvp, four games to one.

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Sat, Oct 22, 2011 | 22:14 BST

BlizzCon WoW panel: Pokemon-like pet battles, revamped talent system, big class changes

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Hi! I’m at BlizzCon! There’s a World of Warcraft preview panel happening right this very second. You want Pandas? Well, here’s 90 minutes of the little bastards and their furry fists of fury. Follow this space for all the news.

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Sat, Oct 22, 2011 | 23:46 BST

BlizzCon 2011: Diablo III CE, Mists of Pandaria announced

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During BlizzCon’s opening ceremony, Blizzard dropped a few nice bits of news for Diablo III and World of Warcraft fans. Nathan Grayson was there, and liveblogged the happenings for us.

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Thu, Oct 06, 2011 | 22:12 BST

Preliminary panel and events schedule released for BlizzCon 2011

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Blizzard has released a preliminary schedule for BlizzCon 2011, and it’s posted below. Scheduling may change before the actual event takes place, so keep that in mind as you look it over. You can also view a map of the floor plan through the link. BlizzCon takes place October 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Thanks, WoW Insider.

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Thu, Sep 29, 2011 | 09:10 BST

Blizzard: No Titan unveil at Blizzcon next month

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Blizzard’s confirmed it won’t show its new game Titan next month at Blizzcon. It comes as it was predicted by one analyst yesterday that the next-gen MMO might get an airing in Anaheim, despite previous claims from Blizzard it won’t be shown until next year at least. Not to be though, according to Blizzard. 2012, it is. Hopefully.

Thanks, IGN.