Blizzcon 2008 Announced
"IRVINE, Calif. – May 12, 2008 – – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its third BlizzCon™ gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®'s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises. In response to the demand to accommodate more attendees, this year's event has expanded from two convention halls to three."
Let the rumors begin. =)
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Aww everyone can have their own opinions. Lots of people are just coming here hoping for some definitive evidence. Myself, I certainly hope it's coming, and I love to take part in the speculation, but I am by no means as convinced as you seem to be. The hype is fun to be a part of, but lots of people are holding out for concrete facts.
We'll make MD go
I would really like to attend as well. Maybe I can scrounge up some money to get a ticket...
>Does the announcement have to be short? No.
>If it was planned as an announcement by Blizzard for their own program, wouldn't they have enough time to announce it? Yes, or they wouldn't bother planning anything at all- these events aren't random.
>Will people be satisfied about a Diablo III or WoD announcement? Hell yes, there's no reason for them not to be! The Diablo fan base is huge- just look at this site's roster, and then add the entire population of Diablo/Diablo II/Diablo II LoD on every server and include those who don't play it on the net and you've got an immense fan base to be excited about the announcement.
And, your own sentence contradicts itself- if the announcement was indeed short, they'd obviously be able to squeeze it in to their schedule.
also, pens or flyers?
(I kind of want to see redwings vs pens)
This is nothing like the last blizzcon in august. All of the hype was generally created by us. Now, all the hype is being created by blizzard. The rumors now are becoming more than rumors. We can draw some strong inferences from the new news.
Last blizzcon most of us we're very skeptical, because a diablo announcement simply didnt fit. It was unlikely for blizzard to steal any of starcraft 2's thunder with an announcement, and it would of been too early for a D3 announcement anyway. Blizzard figured they could at least keep us content with starcraft 2.
Also, all of us were giving the d3 announcement at last blizzcon at best a 50% chance. Now i think we would give it at about a 85-95% chance of happening (at WWI)
so you a pen fan or a flyer fan!