Event Coverage Archive

  • Blizzplanet community manager Miaari interviewed Diablo III Lead Designer Josh Mosqueira. Miaari asked questions about Diablo III (PS3). Some of these were submitted by our visitors. Josh explains why the PS3 version doesn’t have an always-online gameplay like its PC/Mac counterpart. Note: Miaari has done an awesome job with the interview. Pretty nice for a first timer, don’t you think? Eldorian managed to clean up the background noise very well, compared with other interviews out...

    PAX East 2013 – Diablo III (PS3) Josh Mosqueira | Blizzplanet Interview

    Blizzplanet community manager Miaari interviewed Diablo III Lead Designer Josh Mosqueira. Miaari asked questions about Diablo III (PS3). Some of these were submitted by our visitors. Josh explains why the PS3 version doesn’t have an always-online gameplay like its PC/Mac counterpart. Note: Miaari has done an awesome job with the interview. Pretty nice for a first timer, don’t you think? Eldorian managed to clean up the background noise very well, compared with other interviews out...

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  • Blizzplanet interviewed Production Director Jason Chayes and Technical Designer Ben Brode over the newly announced Blizzard Entertainment game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. After watching the interview, make sure to read our Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft coverage. Complete PAX East coverage page. Interviewer: Miaari (Blizzplanet community manager) Cameraman: Thunderclaww (Reddit /r/Diablo) TRANSCRIPT Miaari: Hi this is Miaari from Blizzplanet and today we’re going to be talking to Jason Chayes and Ben Brode about Hearthstone: Heroes of...

    PAX East 2013 – Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft | Blizzplanet Interview

    Blizzplanet interviewed Production Director Jason Chayes and Technical Designer Ben Brode over the newly announced Blizzard Entertainment game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. After watching the interview, make sure to read our Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft coverage. Complete PAX East coverage page. Interviewer: Miaari (Blizzplanet community manager) Cameraman: Thunderclaww (Reddit /r/Diablo) TRANSCRIPT Miaari: Hi this is Miaari from Blizzplanet and today we’re going to be talking to Jason Chayes and Ben Brode about Hearthstone: Heroes of...

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  • Blizzplanet community manager Miaari has spent all day at PAX East playing Diablo III (PS3) and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Blizzard Entertainment provided us the press kit with all the information and media available. FACT SHEET PRODUCT OVERVIEW Blizzard Entertainment’s epic action-RPG Diablo® III is moving the eternal war between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells to a new battleground—PlayStation®3! Armed with a controller and a custom-designed interface tailored for consoles, players will step...

    PAX East 2013: Blizzplanet Diablo III PS3 Coverage

    Blizzplanet community manager Miaari has spent all day at PAX East playing Diablo III (PS3) and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Blizzard Entertainment provided us the press kit with all the information and media available. FACT SHEET PRODUCT OVERVIEW Blizzard Entertainment’s epic action-RPG Diablo® III is moving the eternal war between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells to a new battleground—PlayStation®3! Armed with a controller and a custom-designed interface tailored for consoles, players will step...

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  • Blizzard Entertainment Rob Pardo announced at PAX East a team of 15 developers was created exclusively to develop Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft planned to launch beta testing this Summer. No one expected Blizzard to announce a free to play CCG game. The game is slated for beta this summer and will be released later this year (2013). It will be released in PC and Mac first with an iPad release coming shortly after. No current...

    PAX East – Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Press Kit

    Blizzard Entertainment Rob Pardo announced at PAX East a team of 15 developers was created exclusively to develop Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft planned to launch beta testing this Summer. No one expected Blizzard to announce a free to play CCG game. The game is slated for beta this summer and will be released later this year (2013). It will be released in PC and Mac first with an iPad release coming shortly after. No current...

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  • Kevin Carrillo (Sixen), Eldorian & DJTyrant (Blizzplanet), Eroldren and Medros (AllThingsAzeroth) have been brewing a barrel of speculations of what Blizzard Entertainment might be announcing today in barely 5 hours from the time of this posting. The first thought is Blizzard All-Stars. However, Blizzard Entertainment already announced this game at BlizzCon 2011, and attendees even played it. The press invite says Blizzard can’t wait for us to have this on our hands. Blizzard All-Stars has...

    PAX East 2013 Speculation – Warcraft Battles or Heroes of Warcraft ?

    Kevin Carrillo (Sixen), Eldorian & DJTyrant (Blizzplanet), Eroldren and Medros (AllThingsAzeroth) have been brewing a barrel of speculations of what Blizzard Entertainment might be announcing today in barely 5 hours from the time of this posting. The first thought is Blizzard All-Stars. However, Blizzard Entertainment already announced this game at BlizzCon 2011, and attendees even played it. The press invite says Blizzard can’t wait for us to have this on our hands. Blizzard All-Stars has...

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  • After a 90 minute flight delay, @Miaari has arrived to Boston, Massachusetts. Thank God, sound and safe. We wish her to have fun at PAX East in less than 10 hours. We will be gathering questions right after Blizzard announces the new video game for our scheduled video interview. Miaari is there to forward your questions. Stay tuned. Twitch Live Stream Twitch will livestream the Blizzard panel where the new game will be announced today...

    PAX East 2013: Blizzplanet Arrives to Boston

    After a 90 minute flight delay, @Miaari has arrived to Boston, Massachusetts. Thank God, sound and safe. We wish her to have fun at PAX East in less than 10 hours. We will be gathering questions right after Blizzard announces the new video game for our scheduled video interview. Miaari is there to forward your questions. Stay tuned. Twitch Live Stream Twitch will livestream the Blizzard panel where the new game will be announced today...

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  • Blizzplanet staff member Miaari is attending the Blizzard Entertainment Press Event at PAX East 2013 in Boston this upcoming Friday, March 22nd. Blizzard Entertainment invited a handful of Gaming sites and fansites to the event, including Blizzplanet. There, Blizzard Entertainment plans to announce a new video game. There are two things we want our visitors to know. 1. Miaari is taking video of the entire game announcement. Make sure to check us during the weekend...

    Blizzplanet @ PAX East 2013 – Countdown to Awesome: New Blizzard Game

    Blizzplanet staff member Miaari is attending the Blizzard Entertainment Press Event at PAX East 2013 in Boston this upcoming Friday, March 22nd. Blizzard Entertainment invited a handful of Gaming sites and fansites to the event, including Blizzplanet. There, Blizzard Entertainment plans to announce a new video game. There are two things we want our visitors to know. 1. Miaari is taking video of the entire game announcement. Make sure to check us during the weekend...

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  • In this week’s Blizzplanet Weekly, our host Chris Arnone talks about several topics around all Blizzard Entertainment video games. Mists of Pandaria will see no additional 5-person dungeons, Major League Gaming (MLG) in Dallas is this weekend where 32 players will clash to the end to claim the victor prize, Diablo III developers are moving away from the Auction House, and finally — Chris Arnone enumerates what are all the facts surrounding the new game...

    Blizzplanet Weekly: PAX East – World of StarCraft? Project Blackstone Speculation

    In this week’s Blizzplanet Weekly, our host Chris Arnone talks about several topics around all Blizzard Entertainment video games. Mists of Pandaria will see no additional 5-person dungeons, Major League Gaming (MLG) in Dallas is this weekend where 32 players will clash to the end to claim the victor prize, Diablo III developers are moving away from the Auction House, and finally — Chris Arnone enumerates what are all the facts surrounding the new game...

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  • Blizzplanet is giving away a Sunday-Only ticket for PAX East to go play Diablo III on PS3. To join the drawing for a chance to a FREE ticket, simply “post” a comment at the following [YouTube Blizzplanet Weekly page] saying: “I want a PAX East ticket”. Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel. Hurry up, though. PAX East is next week. The winner will be announced on Sunday, March 17th. Be sure to check out...

    Who wants a PAX East Ticket to play Diablo III PS3?

    Blizzplanet is giving away a Sunday-Only ticket for PAX East to go play Diablo III on PS3. To join the drawing for a chance to a FREE ticket, simply “post” a comment at the following [YouTube Blizzplanet Weekly page] saying: “I want a PAX East ticket”. Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel. Hurry up, though. PAX East is next week. The winner will be announced on Sunday, March 17th. Be sure to check out...

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  • Blizzard Entertainment today confirmed the big reveal event at PAX East 2013 will be a public event — not Press-only as many of us on the media side wondered, as the email invitation was sent to press only originally, not to Blizzard customers in general. Those of you who are attending PAX East on “Friday”, read the details in our previous article. The event will be held on March 22nd at 10:00 a.m. EST. Blizzard...

    Confirmed: Blizzard Big Reveal @PAX East 2013 is a Public Event

    Blizzard Entertainment today confirmed the big reveal event at PAX East 2013 will be a public event — not Press-only as many of us on the media side wondered, as the email invitation was sent to press only originally, not to Blizzard customers in general. Those of you who are attending PAX East on “Friday”, read the details in our previous article. The event will be held on March 22nd at 10:00 a.m. EST. Blizzard...

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