BlizzCon 2008: Opening ceremonies liveblog
by Dan O'Halloran 
Oct 10th 2008 at 1:55PM
10:55am: Waiting anxiously for the show to begin. The crowd is excited and ready for a big announcement. WoW movie announcement? Mobile game announcement? Your guess is as good as mine.
More after the jump.
Update: It's over, and the only real announcement we heard was that Diablo 3 has a new class: the Wizard. Stay tuned all day for more news from BlizzCon, including the WoW UI/Addons panel, a classes panel (always fun), and lots of news from the show floor. And have you seen the costume gallery yet?
More after the jump.
Update: It's over, and the only real announcement we heard was that Diablo 3 has a new class: the Wizard. Stay tuned all day for more news from BlizzCon, including the WoW UI/Addons panel, a classes panel (always fun), and lots of news from the show floor. And have you seen the costume gallery yet?
11: 25AM Wizard class blows up everything in a spectacular fashion. Lightning bolts, fire balls, plenty of AE action.
11:23AM Uh, I need to change my shorts now. BRB.
11: 19AM Diablo 3 class announced: Wizard. Cinematic being shown.
11:15AM Intro cinematic to Wrath being shown. (premiered at Liepzig Games conference in Germany two months ago.)
11:14AM Developers will meet players and sign boxes on Wrath launch day in Anaheim, CA and NY. More info in coming week.s
11:14AM "We are on the eve of a historic occasion next month. And I don't mean the presidential election."
11:13AM Total Prize package for tournaments this weeknd is $200,000.
11:12AM Competitive gaming: Arathi Basin on deck at BlizzCon. The first StarCraft II tournament ever will be this weekend. The culmination of the 2008 season is also this weekend.
11:10AM We're watching the highlights from June. Exciting, but nothing new.
11:07AM Showing highlights from June's WWI.
11:05AM Attendees are here from 27 different countries. If WoW were a country it would be the 75th most populated country in the world.
11:05AM This year's sold out in 15 mins. Sold 15,000 tickets, almost double last year.
11:04AM When the first BlizzCon went on sale, it took 3 weeks to sell out.
11:03AM Morhaime thanks us for enjoying and celebrating all things Blizzard.
11:01AM Mike Morhaime introduced.
11:00AM Announcement that ceremonies are about to begin.
Filed under: BlizzCon, Analysis / Opinion, WoW Insider Business, WoW Social Conventions, Blizzard, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Chilblain Oct 10th 2008 2:14PM
Laggy as hell... :-(
z3rb Oct 10th 2008 2:00PM
"You're guess is as good as mine."
And you're a journalist? Christ.
z3rb Oct 10th 2008 2:01PM
I should clear that up, I was refering to the use of "You're" instead of "Your". Pet peeve.
z3rb Oct 10th 2008 2:03PM
They do actually get paid. And even if they didn't it's no excuse.
Ryan Oct 10th 2008 2:04PM
Just because you don't get paid doesn't mean you can't rise above a third grade literacy level.
Reinard Oct 10th 2008 2:05PM
Oh NOES!
TYPO ALERT! TYPO ALERT!
Christ. Get over yourself. It's an easy mistake. (Not confusing the two, but typing the wrong one out of habit.)
Bjara Oct 10th 2008 2:06PM
He corrected it, calm down.
Arlendor Oct 10th 2008 2:46PM
Odds are this was typed from a phone, so you can probably blame that one on auto-complete.
Traw Oct 10th 2008 6:12PM
WE GOT TROLLED INTO REPLYING
Ohnoto Oct 10th 2008 2:07PM
Starcraft 2 Release Date?
Next Expansion... ok, that one it won't be, thought it'd be funny after they said they are already working on it.
Virusz Oct 10th 2008 2:00PM
HERE WE GO!
Trennon Oct 10th 2008 2:03PM
A new line of WoW plush toys.
AndiM Oct 10th 2008 2:01PM
WC4 ... Come on Blizz, do it.
Malón Oct 15th 2008 6:17PM
Yup, because ww journalists are obviously mind readers...?
lulzombielul Oct 10th 2008 2:04PM
and here we see contestants from all countries with the flag circling the stadium and here is the national anthem fo... oh wait wrong opening ceremonies =/
Gutterblade Oct 10th 2008 2:03PM
Rogue buffing beyond limits pleaaaaase
>.> mommy says its ok to dream
Sweet Sweet SoulShards Oct 10th 2008 2:04PM
Come on...World of Lost Vikings!
Eric H. Oct 10th 2008 2:05PM
@Necromos
As far as I know, all employee's of the joystiq network get paid....
Rasmus Oct 10th 2008 2:06PM
Please remove the image in the header so we can spam refresh and not have to scroll!
Dotixi Oct 10th 2008 2:18PM
If you have Add Blocker for Firefox you can just block the image...works really well. :D