Blizzcon Archives

BlizzCon 2017 in the record books, and the doors are closed at the Anaheim Convention Center Throughout the weekend there's been Blizzard, Disney, and Cosplay everywhere we turn.  We've been finding some pretty epic cosplay throughout the  weekend, and one of our favorite cosplay photographers, David Ngo, better known as DTJAAAAM was on the scene. He's been shooting[...]

Over the weekend at Blizzcon, Jeff Kaplan and art director Arnold Tsang helped present some of the scrapped heroes from Overwatch, including one we're super jealous isn't in the game Check out this Jetpack Cat concept art! Holy crap! Would that be fun to run around and shoot people as! You can also see some other designs including[...]

BlizzCon 2017 is under way once again at the Anaheim Convention Center just a single griffon-tram stop away from the front gates of Disneyland Blizzard, Disney, and Cosplay everywhere we turn.  We've been finding some pretty epic cosplay as the weekend rolls along, and one of our favorite cosplay photographers, David Ngo, better known as[...]

At Blizzcon today, Blizzard announced a new expansion for their virtual TCG, Hearthstone which will bring 135 new cards to the game and a single player dungeon run mode, which should keep you decently busy. Venture into the dark, winding dungeons deep beneath Azeroth in search of ancient, legendary treasures in Kobolds & Catacombs, the upcoming expansion for Hearthstone due[...]

Some interesting news coming out of BlizzCon as Heroes Of The Storm will be getting some additional content and a few changes The biggest of the bunch to come out is that the game will be getting two new characters in the form of Hanzo from Overwatch and Alexstraza from World Of Warcraft to join[...]

When exactly the map will be made available after BlizzCon is set to be announced later today, but for now, enjoy the trailer! A little something from the Overwatch developers as they have created a new hybrid map that will probably spark the interest of many Blizzard fans The new map is called "Blizzard World", and it[...]

Blizzard just wrapped up their opening ceremony at BlizzCon and in the process, introduced a ton of material they'll be discussing this weekend The big announcement coming out of Overwatch was the addition of a brand new hero in Moira Blizzard sent out an extremely brief bio describing her as a "life-draining geneticist" who, as per[...]

As part of their BlizzCon opening ceremonies, the Overwatch crew presented a brand new animated short featuring Reinhardt You might wanna grab the tissue box as this one is deeply moving and puts a bit of perspective on the character's history before joining Overwatch It also proves that through his drinking, attitude, and battle tactics;[...]

It was announced at Blizzcon back in November, but now we get our first look at the new map for Overwatch The city is called Oasis, an incredibly advanced city in the Arabian Desert The city was built by researchers and academics from around the region as a place of scientific progress – a monument[...]

Last month was Blizzcon 2016 and the finals for the Esports events based around games like World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Overwatch and Hearthstone But one of the biggest was the MOBA, Heroes of The Storm Blizzard had cameras following four of the teams competing in the tournament as they went through bootcamp, opening week and[...]

One of the most amazing things at Blizzcon is the cosplayers The quality of the costumes are at such a high level that it shows the love the people wearing the costumes have for the characters Though the contest has always been a highlight of the show, I had special interest as for the first[...]

Part of Blizzcon is the fan participation This comes in the form of a cosplay contest, a talent contest, and art contest and a short film contest Here are the three finalist from this years film contest: Final Boss, The Upgraded Vikings and The Conflict of Warchieves The Upgraded Vikings took first place. https://youtu.be/ykaTi8J_vwYVideo can't be[...]

Blizzcon rolls into town and the largest gathering of World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Diablo and Heroes of the Storm kicks off The 10th Blizzcon wrapped up last night with a live concert by Weird Al Yankovic and I have some final thoughts on the whole thing. First off, Blizzcon is a pretty amazing thing[...]

like all hunters being able to trap again and rogues getting back Shroud of Concealment. This will be hitting the Public Test Realm right after Blizzcon. 7.2 With 7.2 we get a named patch again… Tomb of Sargeras The main focus of this patch will be the return to the broken shore and succeeding where the factions lost[...]

It's their 10th Blizzcon, it's the 20th anniversary of Diablo… and the 25th anniversary of Blizzard The company has put together a video retrospective of their growth over the quarter of a century. https://youtu.be/phUgzmvBZ3IVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Celebrate 25 Years with Blizzard Entertainment (https://youtu.be/phUgzmvBZ3I) [...]

At Blizzcon 2016, it was just announced that Diablo III will be adding a new hero class next year… the Necromancer This was a class that was playable in Diablo II but has been missing so far in the new game The Necromancer class will become available next year There will also be two new[...]

After One Night in Karazhan, the Hearthstone game developers wanted to give players a break and take them some place quiet... they didn't though. Instead

Though the character had been leaked online already, Blizzard has just release the first official look at Sombra in this new Overwatch animated featured that just debuted at Blizzcon moments ago. https://youtu.be/Og5-Pm4HNlIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Overwatch Animated Short | "Infiltration" (https://youtu.be/Og5-Pm4HNlI) Though the character had been leaked online already, Blizzard has just[...]

We are just two days away from Blizzcon… the annual convention held by Blizzard Entertainment for the fans and players of World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch and Hearthstone I'll be heading down there Friday to cover their opening ceremony, new announcements, etc But we have one new announcement already. Blizzard has[...]

One of the things I noticed when at Blizzcon last weekend was the amount of amazing Cosplay I'm used to Cosplay at comic conventions and they range from store bought and slapped together outfits to film ready pieces Hollywood would be impressed by But at Blizzcon the majority of the Cosplay was top notch It[...]

As we are posting this, Blizzcon's opening ceremonies have begun and these new Warcraft movie products are being unveiled Below you will find a Doomhammer Pendant from RockLove x Weta, an Alliance Lion Ring also from RockLove x Weta, the Weta 1/6th scale King Llane shield and sword and the Orgrim 1/6th scale statue by[...]

Blizzard has announced a World Of Warcraft Selfie contest and among the varioius prizes are tickets to Blizzcon This is in conjunction with their recently released in-game selfie camera The contest works like a scavenger hunt where it gives you a certain location and you go there and take a selfie like the one in the[...]

Here is the trailer Blizzard showed at Blizzcon this weekend for the upcoming Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void The new release picks up where the current Starcraft II left off, but it is a stand alone game so you don't have to have the previous versions of Starcraft to buy the new one This[...]

During Blizzcon's first day, there was a panel focusing on the Legendary Pictures film being directed by Duncan Jones The film is scheduled to be released March 11, 2016… Legendary held its first movie panel in 2007, the other time I was at Blizzcon ironically. The panel was hosted by the Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick and[...]