WorthPlaying writes: "Celebrating its Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft global player communities, Blizzard announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale August 11, while the event itself will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Oct. 10 and 11."
Joystiq writes: "Earlier this week, Blizzard released a patch for Warcraft 3, known to some of you as "the game before World of Warcraft" and the rest as "the client for playing Defense of the Ancients." Patch 1.22a provides balance changes for the units, fixes some technical issues and includes four new maps. You can update the game by either logging onto Battle.net"
Eric Brighteyes of Diabloii.net alerted all Blizzard fans that Xfire have posted details of their coverage of the upcoming WWI event to be held in Paris later this month. Not that startling in itself but they do mention:
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A member of Korean girl group So Nyeo Shi Dae has received the WoW treatment, as revealed on the official forums by a random poster earlier today. Kim Hyo Yeon, noted for her dancing skill in particular, has appeared in a doctored Blizzard wallpaper, entitled Hyork, as seen below.
The Epic Weapons and Blizzard Entertainment replica of Arthas's evil Frostmourne sword has finally stole the soul of one lucky and rich fan outbidding all challengers with a whooping $20700 out of his pocket.
Blizzard has just announced that they sold out all the tickets for the World Wide Invitational in Paris this year.
WoW IncGamers got a sniff from Blizzard that they are going to hold another World Wide Invitational (like a mini-BlizzCon for the gamers and the games industry) in late June this year. Considering that StarCraft II was release during the WWI 2007 in Korea, one wonders what this one in France will give. Is there some game French games like in particular, or is it just convenient to have it near the World of WarCraft centre? Make sure to check all news sites in June!
BlizzCast Episode 2 was recorded and awaits official release in upcoming days. Blizzard Entertainment is localizing the transcript for a simultaneous release date.
Blizzard Entertainment issued out the awaited patch 1.21b which allows players to play the game without the requirement of its CD loaded on the CD-Drive. Now play without CD.