Now here's something completely different! Blizzard has just announced a new Theme Park Contest. They want you to design your own ideas of how a Blizzard theme park would look. In addition to some great prizes including a Wacom Cintiq and Starcraft 2 beta keys, some of the best entries will be put on display at BlizzCon 2009!
"Step right up, and take a ride on Onyxia's Revenge -- a wild, whelp-filled roller coaster through the depths of the nefarious dragon's lair! Head to Koprulu Food Court and grab yourself a Zerger Burger -- then don your Horadric Poncho, and prepare to get soaked in a rain of fire on Diablo's River of Flame!
What thrills would you seek in the Blizzard Entertainment theme park of your dreams? This is your chance to show us.
We're challenging you to design and illustrate your own Blizzard Entertainment Theme Park, including roller coasters, water rides, shows, shopping areas, food courts, game areas, patrons, and whatever fantastic attractions you desire.
Submit your original park design by March 30, 2009, and we'll choose our favorites based on the creativity of the design, artistic technique (including the medium and style), and how your park reflects the lore and spirit of Blizzard Entertainment's games.
You can submit illustrations that look like theme-park maps, compose your park to look like a screenshot from a game, or create whatever kind of park you wish -- the only limit is your imagination. Winning entries will be featured on Blizzard Entertainment websites around the world as well as at BlizzCon 2009, being held in Anaheim, California on August 21 and 22. The park designer who most creatively incorporates the StarCraft, Warcraft, and Diablo universes will receive a Wacom Cintiq 12WX Digitizing Tablet, a pair of StarCraft II beta keys, and more."
So what do you think? This is a pretty random contest for them and I definitely can't wait to see the results, but it raises some questions. Is this their way of hinting that we'll maybe see Blizzard's own version of Disneyland some day? After all, BlizzCon is held in Anaheim right near Disneyland. Coincidence? Or perhaps this is for something more along the lines of a new game like RollerCoaster Tycoon? Oh how the mind loves to wonder about such things...
Click here to visit the official Blizzard Theme Park Contest page.
A blizzard theme park would be totally kick ass!! Step right up and challange Diablo in this kick ass rolar coaster
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Man, I would imagine that a Zerger Burger would give you breath of the dying... Pew...
Forget about the breath... I'd be more concerned with the horrific aftermath that would surely ensue when you rush to use the restroom!! They don't make toilet paper tough enough to handle that kind of a situation. :x
imma use rollercoaster tycoon! lol, no JK. there is an official rules page, i guess that SHOULD tell you how it is supposed to be. i dont really know tho, i havent read it lol.
LOL. leave it to blizzard to have a contest like this. hell they're raking in so much dough from WoW that i wouldnt be surprised if they acctually built the winners rollercoaster park design in real life.
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Wow, this is kind of neat. It feels for the first time in a long time like Blizzard is trying to conform its main franchises instead of giving them independent viewing platforms- kind of makes me want to respect them just a little more
This is definitely interesting- one can only hope the day will come when we can walk through the Blizzard theme park's pearly gates...
hmm.. well i'd love to do this... i've played roller coaster tycoon, sim theme park, etc. religiously... i've mastered the hardest levels in those games so i would know exactly what to do except one problem.... i cant draw for shit! ahahha so yeh.. is there like another way we can submit this? hahaha
If Blizzard does release a game of that genre...well, i wouldnt be surprised for a game company of that magnitude lol. But i am sure this is just something for all the blizzard fans to keep interested and tuned in to their company.
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Am I the only one concerned about the prize. A Starcraft beta key!? This makes me think that if only one game is being released this year, it will unfortunately be SC and not D3.
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Now here's something completely different! Blizzard has just announced a new Theme Park Contest. They want you to design your own ideas of how a Blizzard theme park would look. In addition to some great prizes including a Wacom Cintiq and Starcraft 2 beta keys, some of the best entries will be put on display at BlizzCon 2009!
So what do you think? This is a pretty random contest for them and I definitely can't wait to see the results, but it raises some questions. Is this their way of hinting that we'll maybe see Blizzard's own version of Disneyland some day? After all, BlizzCon is held in Anaheim right near Disneyland. Coincidence? Or perhaps this is for something more along the lines of a new game like RollerCoaster Tycoon? Oh how the mind loves to wonder about such things...
Click here to visit the official Blizzard Theme Park Contest page.
Click here to read the official rules.
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
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you just made my day. =)
LOL This is nuts. I love it.
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This is definitely interesting- one can only hope the day will come when we can walk through the Blizzard theme park's pearly gates...
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Nah, i am sure this is something like the pumpkin carving contest.
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