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‘World of Warcraft’ artists forum at UC Irvine

September 21st, 2009, 2:58 pm by

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“Gryphn Rider,” a 2004 print by Bill Petras. On view at Laguna Art Museum through Oct. 4. © Blizzard Entertainment.

Attention gamers and art fans: The Laguna Art Museum is hosting an artists’ forum at UC Irvine from 4-6 p.m. Oct. 1. The forum will take place at UCI’s Winifred Smith Hall.

The forum will include artists featured in the museum’s current exhibition, “WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon,” as well as Blizzard Entertainment’s cinematics project lead, Jeff Chamberlain. The forum will be moderated by the associate director of UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art and Technology, David Familian.

The artists participating will be Antoinette LaFarge, Robert Nideffer and Eddo Stern.

LaFarge is an associate professor of digital media at UC Irvine. She’s a faculty member for the arts computation engineering graduate program in the studio art department, and is the director of academic computing at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Her digital print “World of World: The Adventures of Malbec and Player” is on view at the Laguna Art Museum.

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Cataclysm interview: Tom Chilton

August 23rd, 2009, 8:27 am by

Blizzard employees are always pressed for time at BlizzCon — they’ve got thousands of fans and hundreds of journalists and fan site representative clamoring to speak with them. We were lucky enough to snag a few minutes with Tom Chilton, game director for “World of Warcraft,” just before he slipped out to get some much needed rest.

Chilton was able to give us some clarifications on “Cataclysm.”

The biggest is that the revamp of 1-60 content is coming to all WoW players, whether or not they buy the expansion. This change wasn’t difficult to divine, given the unwieldy options for the small percentage of players who would go without the expansion pack, but welcome to hear.

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Keynote: Azeroth to be reformed

August 21st, 2009, 11:10 am by

World of Warcraft: CataclysmUPDATED, 1:41 p.m.: Images from the keynote with revealing details of the new WoW expansion:

Earth-shattering? Try Azeroth-shattering.

“World of Warcraft” heads to the maelstrom in the next expansion set, “Cataclysm.”

The premise — while the war against the Lich King grinds on, Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms will be “torn asunder” as an ancient evil awakens.

Goblins are driven out of the South Seas, where they are joined by the Horde. Gilneas’ Greymane Wall is shattered, allowing the worgen to run free, where they team up with the Alliance against the Forsaken.

That’s right. Horde goblins. Alliance worgen.

Level cap goes to 85, Archaeology will be a new second tradeskill, guild leveling will be added, a new character progression — “The Path of the Titans” — and the return of Deathwing, the black dragon aspect.

Whew.

More information, from the press kit:
Confirmed class-race combinations include gnome priests and blood elf warriors.
New battleground will be Tol Barad Island, a “new Wintergrasp-like zone.”
Rated battlegrounds are announced as a part of this expansion.
Flying mounts confirmed for old world.
Confirmed new zones: Uldum, Grim Batol and “the Sunken City of Vashj’ir.”

No word on what guild leveling or the Path of the Titans are.

Scenes from the keynote:

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Lots more images after the jump:

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What can we expect at BlizzCon?

August 17th, 2009, 5:52 am by

BlizzCon is certainly shaping up to be the best gaming convention in Southern California of the year.

Sure, E3 had Project Natal and almost a half-dozen new Mario games, but this year’s BlizzCon looks to be chock full of exciting information. That’s what happens when a company’s got two blockbusters coming in the near future (“StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty,” is tentatively set for 2010; ”Diablo III” is being pushed fairly aggressively — its Web site is getting the same visibility as those for SC2 and “World of Warcraft”).

So, what can we expect?

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Posted in: BlizzCon 2009 • Diablo • Events • Games • Latest game news • Lich King • New MMO • Star Craft • WarCraft • World of Warcraft • • • • • • | 5 Comments »

Play like a Marine

August 10th, 2009, 1:44 pm by
  • Ah, poker — the classic game of bluffing and luck that’s tough enough to go out to the battlefield. At least, it will be come BlizzCon — Blizzard’s going to be selling Terran-themed battle-worn decks, chips, dice and carrying cases at its annual convention (Aug. 21 and 22).  Blizzard
  • BlizzCast 10 is up. Designers Scott Mercer and Dave Maldonado talk about “World of Warcraft” patch 3.2, covering topics like the state of the game’s story and the new dailies at the Argent Tournament. Blizzard

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Kalgan talks about WoW’s pvp future

July 17th, 2009, 5:33 am by
  • WoW.com’s got an interview with Kalgan — aka “World of Warcraft” Lead Designer Tom Chilton — on pvp. Patch 3.2 will bring several changes to player-on-player mayhem, and Chilton touches on several here, including resilience changes and battleground plans. WoW.com
  • Today’s the first day to sign up for a drawing to have a chance at buying tickets for Laguna Art Musem’s 2009 VIP Benefit Dinner. That’s correct — the right to purchase tickets will be raffled off. The tickets themselves are no pushovers — they’re $500 a piece, netting buyers an evening with the curator of the museum’s WoW exhibit and Blizzard artists and employees; a BlizzCon ticket; and a signed print of Blizzard art. Laguna Beach Art Museum, Blizzard
    Update: The form to enter will be posted online tonight, Friday, but we don’t have an exact time. It will be both on Blizzard’s Web site and the Laguna Beach Art Museum’s Web site.

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“StarCraft II” Battle Report 3 live

June 25th, 2009, 2:10 am by
  • “StarCraft II” Battle Report 3 is up at Blizzard’s site. These battle reports are pretty interesting to watch — a lot of little play intricacies are covered, and there’s quite a bit of sneak-peek information in them. Blizzard
  • For the completionist FigurePrints connoisseur, a handful of in-game pets are being produced now. Unlike the typical FigurePrints custom “World of Warcraft” statuettes, the pets won’t be pulled from accounts; still, they’re kinda neat (if a little expensive). If you’ve got a mind to pick this series up, get on it though — they’re only being produced for a little more than a month, until July 31. FigurePrints

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