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BlizzCon: Day Two Saturday, October 29, 2005, 00:57 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! The first-ever BlizzCon continues with its second and final day of exciting events. Here's what's in store today.
Registration opens (9 AM) and is open 9 AM - 9 PM
Vendor Booths, Art Gallery, Silent Auction; Food Court; Meeting Area open (10 AM)
StarCraft 1 vs. 1 Tournament (10 AM)
Battle.net PC area open for fans (10 AM)
World of Warcraft Expansion Demo (10 AM)
Round Five of Pro-WarCraft III/StarCraft tourneys (10 AM - 12 PM)
World of Warcraft Battleground Tournaments (10 AM - 6 PM)
StarCraft: Ghost multiplayer 16-person games (10 AM - 6 PM)
World of Warcraft Expansion demo stations playable (10 AM - 6 PM)
Panels and demos (11 AM - 7 PM) on:
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion
World of Warcraft Raid discussion
World of Warcraft design, dungeons, items, professions, etc.
StarCraft fan Battle.net winners vs. Pro-Gamers (5 PM)
Prize Drawing on Main Stage (5:30 PM)
Battle.net, BlizzCon Invitational areas open (6 - 11 PM)
Closing night concert (The Offspring) (7 - 11 PM)
Event closes (11 PM)
IGN, GameSpy Preview The Burning Crusade Saturday, October 29, 2005, 00:41 | TheAcolyte
| Coverage of World of WarCraft and its new expansion set The Burning Crusade are all over the IGN.com and GameSpy networks.
See Planet WarCraft for all your future WarCraft series needs.
BlizzCon: Visuals from Day One Saturday, October 29, 2005, 00:25 | TheAcolyte
| BlizzCon's first day has closed and there is plenty of juicy Blizzard game material to feast your eyes upon.
GameSpy has a brief event photo featurette from Day One.
See a plethora of screenshots from the newly announced World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade in GameSpy's gallery.
Finally, watch the trailer for World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade in several formats.
Friday, October 28, 2005
The Burning Crusade Announced Friday, October 28, 2005, 10:46 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! It's not Diablo III, but the most exciting announcement from BlizzCon yet is the unveiling of The Burning Crusade, the first expansion set for World of WarCraft. The biggest features thus far revealed are:
New continent: Outland, the remnants of Draenor
Two new races, one revealed: Blood Elves (Horde)
Level cap raised to 70
Paired with the event announcement is the opening of the official web site for the expansion set where you may find and download its first game trailer as well as the first set of screenshots and artwork.
Pricing and a release date have not yet been revealed for World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade.
BlizzCon: Day One Friday, October 28, 2005, 07:44 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! View live coverage from the event in video or audio (MP3 or ASX) starting 10 AM Pacific Time.
See the online schedule for what lies ahead at BlizzCon 2005. All attendees receive a copy of this schedule in their Goody Bag.
Today's events at BlizzCon include the following. All times listed are in Pacific Time.
Registration opens at 9 AM and is open 9 AM - 9 PM
Vendor Booths, Art Gallery, Silent Auction; Food Court; Meeting Area open at 10:00 AM
Welcome speech by Mike Morhaime (10:30 AM)
World of WarCraft expansion demo (following Mike Morhaime)
Rounds One, Two of Pro-Warcraft III/StarCraft tourneys (10 AM - 12 PM)
World of WarCraft Battleground Tournaments (10 AM - 6 PM)
DotA 5 vs. 5 tournament (2 - 3 PM)
Winning Battleground Team vs. Dev Team (5 - 6 PM)
Panels and demos (11 AM - 7 PM) on:
World of Warcraft expansion, design, etc.
Cinematic, art design
StarCraft: Ghost
Careers in gaming
Windows Vista
Intel: Build Your Own Notebook
Warcraft III Fan Battle.net winners (2) play in the pro-area against 2 pro-gamers (6 PM)
Realm meeting sessions (6 - 7 PM)
Battle.net and BlizzCon Invitational areas open for fans to play each other (6 - 10 PM)
Cocktails & Contests on Stage (7 PM - 11 PM)
Event closes for the day (11 PM)
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Visit Mount Arreat at BlizzCon Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 15:22 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! Blizzard Entertainment will be offering attendees of its BlizzCon event the opportunity to get their photo superimposed on a scene from World of WarCraft, StarCraft, and even Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Visit the Gates of Sescheron near Mount Arreat and bring back a "Wish you were here!" postcard.
BlizzCon 2005 will also feature a rock climbing wall � la Blackrock Spire from World of WarCraft and a jousting arena.
Live Coverage of BlizzCon Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 15:08 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! Global Gaming League and Radio Inside the Game will be providing live coverage of BlizzCon starting this Friday, October 28 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. The coverage will run during event hours and start again on Saturday at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.
BlizzCon 2005 will be Blizzard Entertainment's first official gaming convention and the event is dedicated to its famous computer game series' Diablo, WarCraft, and StarCraft. It will take place October 28-29, 2005 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
More Celebrities to Attend BlizzCon Tuesday, October 25, 2005, 22:32 | TheAcolyte
| Audiomoe, comedian Christian Finnegan, Jonathan Davis of Korn, and author Richard Knaak will all be attending BlizzCon 2005 as Blizzard Entertainment has announced.
Jonathan Davis of Korn will select the grand prize winner from the five winners of the Original Song Contest. Davis also allegedly plays World of WarCraft.
New York disk jockey Audiomoe (Moses Truzman) will be spinning live, onstage for the event.
Richard Knaak, author of a number of short novels based on Blizzard's games, will be available for autographs courtesy of TokyoPop and Simon and Schuster.
Christian Finnegan will perform at the closing night concert, limited to attendees with Full Show Pass tickets, that will also feature The Offspring. Finnegan is known for his work on VH1's Best Week Ever and Comedy Central programs.
We previously noted that a number of web comic personalities will be attending the event, including Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade. Scott Kurtz of PvP and Woody Hearn of GU Comics will also be present.
Update: The Battle.net web site noted today that Mad Mike Martin from MTV's Pimp My Ride will be at the Intel booth at BlizzCon.
BlizzCon Original Song Contest Winners Tuesday, October 25, 2005, 22:10 | TheAcolyte
| Blizzard teamed up with FilePlanet to let fans pick from the ten finalists the five winners of the BlizzCon Original Song Contest, through a poll based on the downloadable tracks. The top five in descending order are the following.
The artists of these five winning songs will receive these prizes.
Sound Blaster Platinum X-Fi Sound Card
Free year of World of Warcraft
Free year of FilePlanet Premium Membership
One grand prize winner from these five will be selected at BlizzCon, and that winner will receive the additional prizes of one Ibanez K7 guitar autographed by Jonathan Davis of Korn, who will be attending the event, and one Creative GigaWorks ProGamer G500 speaker system.
Additional entries may be downloaded on FilePlanet.
BlizzCon 2005 is the inaugural event of Blizzard Entertainment's own gaming convention, set for October 28-29 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Tickets have been sold out for the event, save for those one may win through the event contests. See the event web site for further details.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The PDF Inquirer #21 Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 14:42 | TheAcolyte
| 2 Comments Celebrating its upcoming third anniversary, The PDF Inquirer is back with its twenty-first issue. Direct all thanks to senior editor Inquisitor95.
The new issue of the comedy column features the details on Diablo II patch 1.12, reports on Lut Gholein's Wind Druid disaster and the billion Battle.net account closing, plus a new hit single from Sanctuary's Flayer Tabernacle Choir and the latest on the Kill Baal franchise.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Diablo II Mod Launcher Beta C Released Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 12:35 | TheAcolyte
| Comment! Raevanmorlock released Beta C of his Diablo II Mod Launcher application for Windows with the addition of multi-version functionality.
The Mod Launcher program is a management tool for Diablo II mods, providing a simple way for players to bypass the manual file changes required to launch and play a given mod. Using it, one can easily organize a collection of mods, including multiple versions of those mods, and easily launch them when desired.
Median_2 v1.16 Released Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 12:24 | TheAcolyte
| Brother Laz released v1.16 of his Median_2 mod for Lord of Destruction v1.10 and v1.11, in what he described will be the last update to the project for a while.
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