Event Coverage Archive

  • This is totally rad! The entire Diablo III panels at GDC 2012 are now available. You can choose the panels from the list located to the left, and while the video is playing, the timeline is used to automatically shift the powerpoint slideshow in real-time on queue with what Christian Lichtner says in the video. Check it out here.

    GDC Vault: The Art of Diablo III Presentation Videos Available

    This is totally rad! The entire Diablo III panels at GDC 2012 are now available. You can choose the panels from the list located to the left, and while the video is playing, the timeline is used to automatically shift the powerpoint slideshow in real-time on queue with what Christian Lichtner says in the video. Check it out here.

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  • By now I’m sure everyone has seen the pictures taken of the presentation Christian Lichtner gave at GDC 2012 about the evolution of design. Blizzard has provided us though with the high res art from the slides themselves. We hope you guys enjoy looking at these as much as we did. Also, Blizzard wanted to make sure that we pointed out that the majority of the concept art displayed here is outdated and not being...

    Diablo III High Res Art from Christian Lichtner’s GDC 2012 Presentation

    By now I’m sure everyone has seen the pictures taken of the presentation Christian Lichtner gave at GDC 2012 about the evolution of design. Blizzard has provided us though with the high res art from the slides themselves. We hope you guys enjoy looking at these as much as we did. Also, Blizzard wanted to make sure that we pointed out that the majority of the concept art displayed here is outdated and not being...

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  • All of our visitors currently browsing their iPad / iPhone / other mobile device from GDC 2012 San Francisco: Make a U-turn and head to the Career Pavillion booth CP1402 & CP1408. The Slaughtered Calf Inn booth currently has Engineers – Technical Director, Brian Fitzgerald Lead Console Engineer Norbert Szabo Lead Content Designer, Kevin Martens Senior Producer, Julia Humphreys The latter developers wish to chat with producers & designers. Keith Self-Ballard, Environment Art Manager (Next-Gen...

    GDC 2012: Blizzard Careers Wants You

    All of our visitors currently browsing their iPad / iPhone / other mobile device from GDC 2012 San Francisco: Make a U-turn and head to the Career Pavillion booth CP1402 & CP1408. The Slaughtered Calf Inn booth currently has Engineers – Technical Director, Brian Fitzgerald Lead Console Engineer Norbert Szabo Lead Content Designer, Kevin Martens Senior Producer, Julia Humphreys The latter developers wish to chat with producers & designers. Keith Self-Ballard, Environment Art Manager (Next-Gen...

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  • Mega Bloks Brand and Community Managers talk about the Channel Your Inner Thrall Contest, The new World of Warcraft Product line and a fan perspective from special guests Jason and Stephen from the Brickshow. The winner of the Channel Your Inner Thrall contest will take home a life-size Mega Bloks Doomhammer. The same seen wrapped on the huge Mega Bloks Thrall statue displayed at BlizzCon 2011 and 2012 Toy Fair New York.

    Mega Bloks: Live with Thrall at 2012 New York Toy Fair featuring the Brickshow

    Mega Bloks Brand and Community Managers talk about the Channel Your Inner Thrall Contest, The new World of Warcraft Product line and a fan perspective from special guests Jason and Stephen from the Brickshow. The winner of the Channel Your Inner Thrall contest will take home a life-size Mega Bloks Doomhammer. The same seen wrapped on the huge Mega Bloks Thrall statue displayed at BlizzCon 2011 and 2012 Toy Fair New York.

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  • Insight Editions is exhibiting at the 2012 Toy Fair New York Show at booth # 5846. I finally met the Insight Editions publicity manager Carlie DeMelo. The recent Blizzplanet Diablo III: Book of Cain giveaway international winners will get their copies this week courtesy of Carlie. The box arrives here on Feb 13. Toy Faire attendees can ask Carlie or any representative there to show the Diablo III: Book of Cain. They are showcasing it...

    Blizzplanet @ Toy Fair 2012 : Insight Editions Showing Diablo III: Book of Cain

    Insight Editions is exhibiting at the 2012 Toy Fair New York Show at booth # 5846. I finally met the Insight Editions publicity manager Carlie DeMelo. The recent Blizzplanet Diablo III: Book of Cain giveaway international winners will get their copies this week courtesy of Carlie. The box arrives here on Feb 13. Toy Faire attendees can ask Carlie or any representative there to show the Diablo III: Book of Cain. They are showcasing it...

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  • The DC Unlimited action figures can be found at the Diamond Comics Distributors booth # 4905. It has an open booth and a closed booth. In both, Toy Fair attendees will find the World of Warcraft Premium Series 4 and the StarCraft Premium Series 1 action figure sets. The World of Warcraft Premium Series 4 set contains the Hallow’s End Nemesis: Headless Horseman (with a Sinister Squashling) and the Moonkin Wildmoon. The StarCraft set contains...

    Blizzplanet @ Toy Fair 2012 – DC Unlimited World of Warcraft Premium Series 4 Action Figure Set and StarCraft Premium Series 1 Action Figure Set

    The DC Unlimited action figures can be found at the Diamond Comics Distributors booth # 4905. It has an open booth and a closed booth. In both, Toy Fair attendees will find the World of Warcraft Premium Series 4 and the StarCraft Premium Series 1 action figure sets. The World of Warcraft Premium Series 4 set contains the Hallow’s End Nemesis: Headless Horseman (with a Sinister Squashling) and the Moonkin Wildmoon. The StarCraft set contains...

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  • During my visit to the Mega Bloks booth # 753, I found out some details all Toy Fair attendees should be aware of. It’s a closed booth. It’s very big inside, but it is a fortress with walls around the booth. Talk to the ladies in the front desk, and request an appointment. They will write down your name, and provide you the time you can return for a one-on-one tour. Go check out other...

    Blizzplanet @ Toy Fair 2012 – Mega Bloks World of Warcraft

    During my visit to the Mega Bloks booth # 753, I found out some details all Toy Fair attendees should be aware of. It’s a closed booth. It’s very big inside, but it is a fortress with walls around the booth. Talk to the ladies in the front desk, and request an appointment. They will write down your name, and provide you the time you can return for a one-on-one tour. Go check out other...

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  • Blizzard Entertainment recently announced their partnership with USAopoly, developers of the upcoming Monopoly®: World of Warcraft® and RISK®: StarCraft®. I managed to blow the cover a couple days earlier as you might have seen in WoW Insider. (Mea Culpa) Video camera in hand my first target to visit at the Toy Fair 2012 New York today was the USAopoly booth # 2822. To my detriment, the USAopoly booth is a closed expo. You can’t walk...

    Blizzplanet @ Toy Fair 2012 – USAopoly Monopoly: World of Warcraft and RISK: StarCraft

    Blizzard Entertainment recently announced their partnership with USAopoly, developers of the upcoming Monopoly®: World of Warcraft® and RISK®: StarCraft®. I managed to blow the cover a couple days earlier as you might have seen in WoW Insider. (Mea Culpa) Video camera in hand my first target to visit at the Toy Fair 2012 New York today was the USAopoly booth # 2822. To my detriment, the USAopoly booth is a closed expo. You can’t walk...

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  • THE ART OF BLIZZARD is a new product slated for September 2012 which collects over 300 pieces of art from Blizzard Entertainment’s different art style teams: concept artists, cinematics, 3D modelers, etc. This 304-page book appears listed in the Insight Editions Complete Catalog given to me at their 2011 New York Comic Con booth. Check out our video at the bottom of the page. I browse the pages of the catalog to show the ART...

    The Art of Blizzard by Insight Editions

    THE ART OF BLIZZARD is a new product slated for September 2012 which collects over 300 pieces of art from Blizzard Entertainment’s different art style teams: concept artists, cinematics, 3D modelers, etc. This 304-page book appears listed in the Insight Editions Complete Catalog given to me at their 2011 New York Comic Con booth. Check out our video at the bottom of the page. I browse the pages of the catalog to show the ART...

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  • The 2011 New York Comic Con was celebrated at the Jacobs & Javits Center through October 13-16. Gear on hand, I landed at the event on Saturday and visited the Insight Editions booth in search of details of the upcoming Diablo III: Book of Cain. From there I headed to the Simon & Schuster, Inc. / Premiere Collectible booths to find out if there were any upcoming novels in the horizon. There was no exhibition...

    Blizzplanet: 2011 New York Comic Con Coverage

    The 2011 New York Comic Con was celebrated at the Jacobs & Javits Center through October 13-16. Gear on hand, I landed at the event on Saturday and visited the Insight Editions booth in search of details of the upcoming Diablo III: Book of Cain. From there I headed to the Simon & Schuster, Inc. / Premiere Collectible booths to find out if there were any upcoming novels in the horizon. There was no exhibition...

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