It's time for Blizzard Entertainment's annual geek-fest in Anaheim, CA, where fans and press will spend two days getting a first-hand scoop on the latest plans for the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo series. GameSpy's editorial team is on-site to bring you all the latest news, panel reports, developer interviews, and hands-on impressions we can muster up. Check back frequently for BlizzCon updates throughout the weekend!


Saturday, August 22, 2009

Hands-on with World of Warcraft's Goblin Race
Goblins are coming to World of Warcraft in the Cataclysm expansion, and they may have the most creative and downright entertaining starting area of any race thus far.


Hands-on with World of Warcraft's Worgen Race
The Worgen are shapeshifting wolf-men. Upon creating my very own Worgen I spawned in the newbie area of Gilneas, where I immediately found myself in restraints.


Hands-On with Diablo III
Diablo III is playable at BlizzCon. I cleared the entire map as a Monk, exploring all of its abilities in the process.



WoW Cataclysm: Dungeons and Raids Galore
Big changes are on the way for instance runners and raid enthiusiasts. You won't necessarily have to wait for Cataclysm either.



Rob Pardo on the Future of Battle.net
Blizzard's Rob Pardo conducted a panel in which he opened up about the company's extensive plans for Battle.net. Naturally, we were there.




Friday, August 21, 2009

New StarCraft II Screenshots
While the big news of the day is the announcement of a World of Warcraft expansion, StarCraft II also got some love.



Trailer and First Footage of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Unless you were lucky enough to be at BlizzCon you probably haven't checked out the new trailer and first footage of Cataclysm. Want to scope out what your luckier peers saw earlier?


First Details on Diablo III's Monk
The basic premise behind Diablo III's Monk class was to create a class that felt like a fighting game character. How'd Blizz manage that? Read on.



First World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Screens
For those of you who weren't able to be there yourselves, here's some eye candy for the upcoming WoW expansion.



World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Preview Panel Report
Today's first panel at BlizzCon went into detail on the just-announced World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion, which tears the world of Azeroth asunder and reworks the game's classic zones in grim new ways.


New World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Expansion Announced
Today at BlizzCon 2009 World of Warcraft's Cataclysm expansion was officially announced. The expansion will "change the face of Azeroth as you know it." Read on for first details.


Monk Class Announced for Diablo III
A new class was announced for Diablo III at BlizzCon. After a brief introduction by Chris Metzen, VP of Creative Development at Blizzard, a video dropped that introduced the world to the Monk.



Pre-Show

Hands-on with StarCraft II
We spend some quality hands-on time with the single-player campaign of the first StarCraft II installment.



StarCraft II Developer Interviews
We pick the brains of StarCraft II designers Chris Metzen and Dustin Browder about the game's characters and story.



World of Warcraft: Fact or Fiction?
For the last few weeks, we've heard rumors aplenty about an alleged third World of Warcraft expansion. Here's a handy guide to the speculation -- and what we think about all of it.