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With the dancing competition behind us, on the second day of Blizzcon 2011, we scoured the show floor for goodies, toys and other fun things to shoot. Check out the gallery for some of the cool stuff you can find at Blizzcon and the leader singer of Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III. To celebrate the decade of open-world gaming GTA III gave us, Rockstar's giving us one of its just-announced, limited-edition, super-swank Claude Speed action figures (which Rockstar sells for $149.99) so that we can give it to one lucky reader. Made by Sideshow Collectibles and coming complete with two outfits, eight weapons and nearly 30 points of articulation, Claude makes for an impressive man-doll, but he's limited to a set of 1,500. One of those 1,500 could be yours...

The first day of Blizzcon has come and gone. For those who couldn't make it out to the event, we're documenting it in photos as well as ongoing news and previews coverage. The day began with the opening ceremony and ended with the exciting GSL finals, but one of the highlights was definitely the costume and dance competition.

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm’s new multiplayer units were teased earlier this month with silhouette images on the official StarCraft Facebook fanpage. Then we caught a glimpse of them again earlier today in the latest Heart of the Swarm teaser, which debuted at BlizzCon 2011. Now, we finally have first screenshots and details on the new multiplayer units. Find out what Blizzard is working on to round out and expand armies for the terran, zerg, and protoss.

Telltale Games' Jurassic Park: The Game doesn't release for another three weeks, but the clever girls that developed the game have paired with GameStop to offer prospective Xbox 360 players a pre-order bonus. By extracting DNA information from the blood of 65 million year-old mosquitoes, the companies have managed to recreate Tyrannosaurus Rex as an XBLA avatar, whose pint-sized ferocity is on offer to anyone who puts their name down for a copy of the game. Science is so cute...

One of the first panels to kick off Blizzcon was the World of Warcraft preview panel which went over all the new features that will be included in the expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Other than kung fu pandas, Tom Chilton (game director), Greg Street (lead system designer) and Corey Stockton (lead content designer) talked about the new pet battle system, new zones, monks, creatures and more.

If news of the Collector's Edition didn’t get you to step back from the edge after a release date wasn’t announced, this new cinematic from Diablo III’s campaign might do the trick. The video, which features Deckard Cain's niece, Leah, does a good job to remind us why we love Blizzard’s cinematics – the developer has some of the most talented animators around working under its roof. Seriously, you'll want to pull up a chair. Stay a while, and listen...

We're not entirely convinced that Blizzard understands the success of Defense of the Ancients. Sure, the trailer for their take on the popular mod is funny, and the screenshots below look properly zany, but it doesn't highlight the things people really care about in a DOTA-style map...

Blizzcon 2011 has kicked off in Anaheim, California and while the big news this morning was focused on Diablo III, there were no shortage of new announcements for those who are hopelessly addicted to World of Warcraft. A new pet battle system was announced, where you can have your WoW pet(s) fight another player's WoW pet(s). At the World of Warcraft preview panel, Corey Stockton, the lead content designer, shared the details on this new system - amidst plenty of chuckling coming from the audience.

Fresh from BlizzCon 2011 comes the latest trailer for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. You’ll see extended cinematics from the upcoming game’s cutscenes, setting the stage for the new zerg singleplayer campaign where you’ll lead the swarm with former Queen of Blades Sarah Kerrigan. But what’s most exciting is teaser footage of the new multiplayer units that’ll be added when StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm ships...