The Opening Ceremony Has Started!
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Update 2:50 PM EST: Opening Ceremony over.
Update 2:49 PM EST: Overwatch panels in the gap / Overwatch playable at Blizzcon!
Update 2:43 PM EST: Overwatch Beta - 2015
Update 2:42 PM EST: Overwatch - Team based action shooter. Approachable game for everyone.
Update 2:41 PM EST: Jeff Kaplan takes the stage.
Update 2:41 PM EST: Overwatch is set in the future, game coming sooner than you think
Update 2:40 PM EST: Overwatch confirmed!
Update 2:34 PM EST: Trailer playing
Update 2:33 PM EST: New Blizzard world after 17 years
Update 2:32 PM EST: Metzen took the stage to hype up the crowd
Update 2:25 PM EST: SC2: Legacy of the Void trailer playing - Archon Mode
Update 2:22 PM EST: Goblin vs Gnomes launches next month!
Update 2:21 PM EST: Hearthstone expansion - Goblin vs Gnomes - 120 cards, Explosive Sheep, Annoy-o-Tron.
Update 2:20 PM EST: Hearthstone - Android version in December
Update 2:16 PM EST: Heroes of the Storm closed beta Jan 13.
Update 2:15 PM EST: Heroes of the Storm trailer - Jaina, Thrall, New Battlegrounds, Ranked Play, New Skins, Lost Vikings.
Update 2:12 PM EST: New movie websites: Horde and Alliance.
Update 2:11 PM EST: Blizzcon will have a sneak peak of work in progress footage for the Warcraft movie.
Update 2:10 PM EST: The new Argi (Spacegoat) charity pet in December will be for Ebola relief with the Red Cross.
Update 2:09 PM EST: The documentary will be on the WoW site and Youtube channel if you miss it tomorrow.
Update 2:05 PM EST: Mike Morhaime is on stage
Update 2:00 PM EST: Warcraft recap video is playing

This article was originally published in forum thread: The Opening Ceremony Has Started! started by chaud View original post
Comments 202 Comments
  1. mmocf89c8b0f36's Avatar
    WoW is getting old, no surprise that Blizzard finally sees it and doesn't want to focus so much on it. Deal with it.
  1. Benggaul's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Moradim View Post
    if you guys are impressed, check out TF2 on steam.

    it's basically a better version of what they are talking about.
    First of all, way to be the last person to the party with the same narrow, reductionist attempt at humour. Second, I've played tons of TF2 and this game looks like it'll be just as good if not better (indeed, everyone I've spoken to who actually played it at the 'con said they can already tell they'll be losing many days of their lives playing the hell out of this when it's available). Obviously I can't say with any certainty that it's great since I've only seen what everyone else here saw in the video/panel, but neither can anyone already claim it's terrible. Be a bit more objective and less knee-jerk jerks, guys.

    Quote Originally Posted by Moradim View Post
    my concern is blizzard are turning their back on "hardcore" games (mmo/rts) and are settling for casual stuff like mobas, card games, and casual shooters
    Except they aren't. These games are being developed alongside the other games with completely different development teams. They're still releasing MMO and RTS content, or were you so blinded by unjustified outrage that you missed that there's a WoW expansion coming out next week and a SC2 expansion coming along within the next year? Honestly, it's not a bad thing for a gaming company to diversify, particularly when, like Blizzard, they have the manpower and resources to do so without skeletonizing their existing teams.

    Quote Originally Posted by Roudene View Post
    WoW is getting old, no surprise that Blizzard finally sees it and doesn't want to focus so much on it. Deal with it.
    New expansion out next week. A further 3-4 expansions already planned for (according to interviews between the last 'con and this one). Still far more than enough subs to justify the cost of development of future content and a development team that's even larger than it has been in previous years.

    Yeah, they absolutely aren't focusing on WoW at all. Good grief, you people.

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