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Blizzplanet Attending Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Press Event
Blizzard Entertainment announced the developers will hold a press event at their headquarter this upcoming March 13-15th to showcase World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria — discussion usually takes place at their cinematic room, next to the museum. After the panel, press and fansites will play the game. Blizzplanet’s Eldorian will attend this event. Congrats, buddy. He’s wanted to visit Blizzard for several years, and hopefully this will be his dream come true. A Break…
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Diablo 15 Year Anniversary: Diablo III Almost Done
Jay Wilson and Chris Metzen (Senior Vice-president of Story & Franchise Development) talk on video about their experiences with the development of Diablo along the years, in celebration of the 15th Anniversary of Diablo. Both look totally badass sitting on an old-style chair with a Tristram Cathedral background setting replica. The quality of the video looks like one you find in a hollywood film. Blizzard Entertainment also provided an awesome Extended Diablo Retrospective telling a… -
Blizzplanet Review: Diablo III: Book of Cain
Materials | Review | Press Letter | Content List | Credits | Gallery Diablo III: Book of Cain is the official Diablo universe lore source book written by Flint Dille (The Transformers) with the collaborative assistance of Chris Metzen, Micky Neilson and Matt Burns from the Blizzard Entertainment Creative Team. Blizzplanet got a copy of Diablo III: Book of Cain, courtesy of Insight Editions and its publicity manager, Carlie Demelo. Special thanks to her for… -
Blizzplanet Interviews DC Comics Diablo: Sword of Justice writer Aaron Williams and artist Joseph Lacroix
Blizzard Entertainment recently provided Blizzplanet the opportunity to interview writer Aaron Williams and artist Joseph Lacroix to ask questions about the Diablo: Sword of Justice 5-issue mini-series published by DC Comics. What’s your background as an illustrator? Lacroix: I’ve been an illustrator and comic book artist since around 2000. Before working on Diablo my previous works included L’encyclopédie du mal (Encyclopaedia of Evil), and a story in three volumes called Pythons. Both stories are dark…
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Blizzplanet Attending Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Press Event
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsBlizzard Entertainment announced the developers will hold a press event at their headquarter this upcoming March 13-15th to showcase World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria — discussion usually takes place at their cinematic room, next to the museum. After the panel, press and fansites will play the game. Blizzplanet’s Eldorian will attend this event. Congrats, buddy. He’s wanted to visit Blizzard for several years, and hopefully this will be his dream come true. A Break... -
GDC 2012: Blizzard Careers Team Welcomes Your Resume, Say Hi
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsRecently, I posted the GDC 2012: Blizzard Entertainment Speakers Schedule. A few days ago, the info was not available, but I just got confirmation via twitter the Blizzard Careers Team will be at the GDC Career Pavilion, Booth #1408. If you are a GDC 2012 attendee, walk by their booth to say hi, bring your resume, cover letter and your portfolio or demo reel. Samwise Didier and Chris Metzen got a job with Blizzard in... -
100,000 Diablo III Beta Keys Emailed to North American Players
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsBlizzard Entertainment announced 100,000 beta keys have been deployed to North American players to help stress test Diablo III beta servers and infrastructure. DO NOT check emails to see if you got into Diablo III beta. Beware scammers and don’t click on links even if the sender email says Blizzard.com In order to find out if you got Diablo III beta invite, login into your Battle.net account management page. If you see the Diablo III... -
BlizzPlanet Supports Mario Marathon 5 for Child’s Play
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsFor the second year in a row BlizzPlanet is officially supporting Mario Marathon 5 for Child’s Play. Several of you from last year probably remember the little donation drive we did on the site (where we raised over $700) during Mario Marathon 4 – and this year will be no different. The money raised goes directly to Child’s Play Charity which raises money for Children’s Hospitals across the globe to buy games for sick children... -
Transformers: Autocracy # 2
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No Comments12 CHAPTER DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE SERIES! IDW Publishing proudly presents a new digital comics event five million years in the making: TRANSFORMERS: AUTOCRACY. This 12-part series will be released as 8-page chapters every two weeks starting January 18th and running through June. Each episode priced at 99 cents. ZETA PRIME reveals his plan to the senate … and ORION PAX is sent on a new mission. With these two acts — nothing on Cybertron will ever... -
Transformers: Autocracy # 1 – Blizzplanet Giveaway
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsChris Metzen and Flint Dille joined forces to write a 12-issue mini-series — 8-page each — titled Transformers: Autocracy published by IDW Publishing, Inc. every two weeks online-only via your browser, iPad and iPhone. I’m nigh age 40. Back in the 80s, I watched a lot of TV series and cartoons. Transformers was among my favorite, and didn’t miss a chapter. Optimus Prime was one of my favorites. Many of you might have been among... -
World of Warcraft Patch 4.3.2 Released – Patch Notes
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsBlizzard Entertainment released today WoW Patch 4.3.2 into live realms making available the Launcher Optimization tool and the 64-bit client. Better start downloading ASAP before reading the patch notes below. The patch is around 1.3GB in size. According to Jurannok (Support Forum agent) the 64-bit should be considered in beta. Feel free to submit feedback to the developers should you find any bugs, or issues. Otherwise, you can launch the 32-bit client as usual. Jurannok:... -
Michele Morrow Visits 2012 Darkmoon Faire Los Angeles
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsSurprise! Michele Morrow — who hopes to play the role of … umm Worgen Lady Sylvanas, huh?, in the upcoming Warcraft film by Sam Raimi — attended the 2012 Darkmoon Faire: Los Angeles celebrated this past weekend. There she was taught the basics to play the WoW TCG. Michele appears in several photos as one of the players attending the event, and may be seen posing alongside OP Team Brand Ambassador Christina Sims (disguised as... -
2012 GDC: Blizzard Entertainment Speakers Schedule – March 5-9
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsBlizzard Entertainment has a strong presence this year at the 2012 Game Developers Conference (GDC) to be celebrated through March 5-9 in San Francisco. Follow the links to add them to your schedule builder. Simply click the checkbox to the left of each program at the landing page. GDC Attendee Tickets may be ordered here. Those who wish to apply for a job at Blizzard Entertainment, bring your resume, cover letter and demo reel/portfolio. Blizzard... -
StarCraft II: Questions from the Community by David Kim
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsBalance designer David Kim posted a Questions from the Community blog page to address concerns about units and versus ratio. The Q&A came up after David Kim listened to feedback at the G-Star event in Korea. These are some of the topics in this round of questions: Mass Mutalisks vs. Protoss Protoss Win Rate is Too Low in Tournaments Carrier Removal in Heart of the Swarm Terran Can’t Beat Protoss Ghost EMP is Too Weak... -
2012 Super Colossal Sale: Blizzard T-Shirts – $7 off Tees $15 off Hoodies 30% off Accessories
Posted on January 28, 2012 | No CommentsUPDATE: The Super Colossal Sale has been extended until Tuesday, Jan 31. The people have spoken, and they have cried for more Super-Colossal Sale! The on-staff wizards, shamans, mages, clerics, and other magic types have called upon eldritch energies and have discovered a spell that has allowed our prices to stay low for another 3 days. It is through their casting that many of our tees are $7 off, hoodies at $15 off, and accessories... -
Razer Blade — First Wave on Sale and Shipping Early February 2012
Posted on January 28, 2012 | No CommentsUpdate: To the thousands who criticized Razer because the Razer Blade is expensive, and prefer to grab a cheaper laptop … Razer now tells you: Min-Liang Tan: “OMFG. Less than 30 minutes and we sold out of EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. of our first batch of Razer Blades. Our next batch will be in about 2 weeks and we’re making as many as we can. Hang in there. This is f#$@% amazing.” — twitter Razer: The overwhelming demand... -
Leader Short Stories: In the Shadow of the Sun
Posted on January 28, 2012 | 1 CommentBlizzard Entertainment has posted a new Leader Short Story titled: In the Shadow of the Sun. This time it’s the turn of Lor’themar Theron, regent lord of Quel’Thalas. It’s an amazing story considering all what transpires in Lor’themar’s mind as he is pushed to the limits from different angles. The story might disappoint some people because it’s not based in Cataclysm. Yet it fills a very profound gap. We haven’t heard of Quel’Thalas since the... -
StarCraft Premium Series 1 Action Figures Shipping Now
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 1 CommentDC Unlimited announces the StarCraft Premium Series 1 Action Figures is shipping now. The StarCraft Premium Series 1 Action Figure Set contains 2 individually packaged figures: 1x Zeratul 1x Jim Raynor These can be ordered separately or as a set. Blizzard Entertainment will send me a copy for review. Expect close up photos and video soon. Order the StarCraft Premium Series 1 Action Figures -
![BigBomb interviewed Colorado Congressman Jared Polis, one who strongly opposed SOPA before Congress, and who openly acknowledged he is a video gamer himself. During the interview, Jared Polis said he is looking forward to play Diablo III. Polis: “I grew up with PC games mostly and still prefer PCs,” he said, “but we do have an Xbox. I even played the text based legendary game Dungeon back on my Apple ][ when I was a...](http://www.blizzplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/congressman-Jared-Polis-115x90.jpg "Anti SOPA Congressman Jared Polis Plans to Play Diablo III")
Anti SOPA Congressman Jared Polis Plans to Play Diablo III
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsBigBomb interviewed Colorado Congressman Jared Polis, one who strongly opposed SOPA before Congress, and who openly acknowledged he is a video gamer himself. During the interview, Jared Polis said he is looking forward to play Diablo III. Polis: “I grew up with PC games mostly and still prefer PCs,” he said, “but we do have an Xbox. I even played the text based legendary game Dungeon back on my Apple ][ when I was a...