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BlizzCon Flashback: The Panels of BlizzCon 2008

by Alex Ziebart May 16th 2009 at 1:30PM

Tickets are sold out for the day, and most of us are probably a little angry, but don't forget! There's another day of ticket sales on the 30th! If you haven't made your decision on whether you want to go or not yet, you're running out of time and it's probably a good time to look back on the BlizzCon that was. BlizzCon 2008 lacked any major World of Warcraft announcements, Blizzard's other franchises stole the spotlight last year, but that doesn't mean WoW wasn't there in spades. Let's take a moment to look back on that, shall we?

The Opening Ceremonies
BlizzCon 2008 kicked off with the opening ceremonies, hosted by Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime. Morhaime delivered many facts and figures about the World of Warcraft at the time (if WoW were a country, it would be the 75th largest in the world), and announced a new class for Diablo III: The Wizard.

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BlizzCon 2008: Opening ceremonies to commence in one hour

by Dan O'Halloran Oct 10th 2008 at 1:00PM

WoW Insider is camped out at the main stage at BlizzCon and will be liveblogging the Opening Ceremonies at 11am PT/2pm ET. Today we also will be providing coverage of all the WoW-related panels including UI, Art, Classes and the ever popular Dance and Costume contest. Join us in one hour as this Blizzstravagranza kicks into high gear.

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