BlizzCon 2011: Day two round-up

- Liveblogs If you aren't at BlizzCon and don't have the livestream, fear not: We've got you covered. The Classes, Items, and Professions Q&A, Open Q&A, and Lore Q&A panels were all faithfully liveblogged for you. Brace yourself for the aforementioned angry players in the former two.
- News tidbits from the panels There were a surprising of changes either announced, confirmed, or clarified during the Saturday panels. To answer the question that we've gotten more than any other, yes -- Blizzard is working on new character models for the older races! Enchanters will go back to creating wands (don't forget, wands can be primary weapons for casters in Mists of Pandaria). For all those of you who loved Scholomance and the Scarlet Monastery during classic, heroic versions of these dungeons are also being designed for the next expansion. We got a peek at the art going into Pandaren and their starting zone, and a preview of the Pandaria dungeons. In more immediate news, the guild transfer and guild name-changing services should go live in about two weeks, and Blizzard plans to publish both a graphic novel and a four-part novella concerning the Pandaren.
- People, interviews, and events G4 got some professional studio pictures of some of BlizzCon's most famous cosplayers, and we have a gallery of Friday night's costume contest. Episode 216 of the WoW Insider Show was recorded from the convention and features 7 staffers discussing the Friday announcements. Lisa interviewed a couple honeymooning at BlizzCon, and Gray made the rounds on the floor show with a camera. New to BlizzCon? Sue, the convention center's nurse, has some good advice for you.
- Commentary In which Rossi turns out to have been slightly psychic, Blizzard weighed in on the Guardian Cub controversy, and readers shared their thoughts on the Friday announcements.
The news is out -- we'll be playing Mists of Pandaria! Find out what's in store with an all-new talent system, peek over our shoulder at our Pandaren hands-on, and get ready to battle your companion pets against others. It's all here right at WoW Insider!Filed under: BlizzCon






Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pryn Oct 23rd 2011 10:47AM
:O I see Port Salut cheese! Too much coveting, I cannot read the article.
/AFK
/teleport supermarket cheese aisle.
viciouspen Oct 23rd 2011 11:34AM
K I gotta say it would be nice if the pics of people in costume actually had titles or something.
I don't recognize all of them and for the ones I dont' it'd be nice to know what they are.
Sinfulle Oct 23rd 2011 1:37PM
The Mylune costume - so many huggable plush animals!
Sherwel Oct 24th 2011 7:49AM
Blizzcon was a fail, trying to watch live stream so i could see the live tournaments and about 5 minutes before they start stream went down.... infuriating that on top of the faact that they basically announced Blizzard's new patch is a kiddy spec... calculate talent trees modern day kids cant add we will remove that... orcs o there a bit scary have a cuddly panda... batteries run out on your ds log on to your pc and play pokecraft....
never been so utterly dissapointed in a games company.
Shadoew Oct 24th 2011 8:49AM
@ Sherwel
I know what you mean about the Live Stream, they really dropped the ball with that, a lot of people (myself included) paid to watch those tournaments live rather than wait 5minutes for 3rd parties to confirm the winners, i lost the entire tournament section while it was down, only to have the chat field spammed with the names of winning teams as each round concluded.
bitterly disappointed with Blizz on that Stream Debacle - I strongly doubt any apology or even an admission of that fail will be forthcoming while they busy themselves with Panda's and poke... Sorry, Pet Battles etc :(
jessicaohagann759 Nov 3rd 2011 12:36AM
Very good Championship for the Match.
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