Blizzard Announces Theme Park Contest

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.

Click here to read the official rules.

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Blackwing
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Posted Feb 24, 2009
Trying it out NOW!

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This is surely the most fucked up thing blizzard has come up with in ages lol guess ill go check this out

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Posted Feb 24, 2009
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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This is surely the most fucked up thing blizzard has come up with in ages lol guess ill go check this out

you just made my day. =)

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Man, I would imagine that a Zerger Burger would give you breath of the dying... Pew...

LOL This is nuts. I love it.

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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

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how do u even do this? do you just make a picture and send it in? or do u make a map? or what? this is a VERY vague competition.

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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.

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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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I'd like to see a Diablo 1 Catacombs level haunted house.

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I hate how commercialized they're getting...

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I hate how commercialized they're getting...
Yeah, cuz, you know... Starcraft and Diablo were sooooooooo indie. :rolleyes:

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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...

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You could argue that at the time, they relatively were indie.

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Hmm...maybe this is a little hint for their new game :confused: "Blizzard Tycoon" (O_o)

Nah, i am sure this is something like the pumpkin carving contest.

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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

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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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How about a Diablo 3 demo? I'd enter if that was the prize. F! Starcraft beta keys! Although the Cintiq is pretty nifty...

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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...
I think this is a pretty interesting contest, the theme certainly has a lot of things you can do with it.

However about that Blizzard theme park... I hope not. Unless of course they could make a flume ride with fire instead of water. That'd be awesome

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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.
Of course that's teh case, assuming D3 will be released in 09 is just wishful thinking.

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