BlizzCon Day 1: Summary and Thoughts.

Alright, day one of BlizzCon really provide the community with a lot of new exciting information. Firelands, I'm looking at you.. However, there was just a little something missing from this years BlizzCon. Uhhhh...? No big announcement this year Blizz?I was in class, during the opening ceremony, anxiously awaiting my teacher to dismiss class. The moment he dismissed class, I practically ran back to my dorm, expecting to find the internet a buzz with "OMG BLIZZ", "GAME LOOKS ILL", but, there was none of that. Instead, twitter was rather quiet, eerily so. I was shocked, I thought maybe it was because people were just so blown away by what ever they announced. It turns out, it was the opposite, there really was nothing to talk about.

Sure, they announced the new Diablo 3 class, the Demon Hunter. I called that, but, I'm sure everyone else did too. There was also some StarCraft II news. Apparently Blizzard is going to be providing the community with some customs game type maps. Alright, cool. I don't mean to sound like these announcements aren't important. It's just a bit disappointing to see that these were really the two biggest announcements at BlizzCon this year. I've been playing WoW for almost four years, so, I've seen my share of BlizzCons, and this one has been the slowest one for news yet! Heck, I mean with Cataclysm coming out and Diablo 3 on the horizon, still no date (wtf blizz), I think Blizzard just assumed that it's community is quite content at the moment. There would be no reason for them to announce the new ip this year. And, while this is true, I mean I have enough on my plate already, another game, might be the downfall of my college career! It still would have been awesome to see a little more news this time around.

The WoW news this year, well, if you could call it news, was basically as follows. Blizzard announced that they will be selling a new charity pet. Apparently, the Pandarien monk from last year was a success, over 1.1 million was donated by Blizzard to Child's Play. The new pet....Moonkin Hatchling! Cataclysm will be available for digital download, on the night of release, Decemeber 7th. Now, this is some news, that, while boring, is actually something of interest to the greater WoW community, Although, this is practically going to spell my downfall. Unfortunately, Cataclysm debuts right around finals time for me. My previous plan was to wait until finals were over and then purchase Cataclysm, you know to ensure, I pass my classes! Now that the option to buy Cataclysm digitally is there, oh god! I don't know if I'll be able to resist the urge to play it! The final bit of WoW related news, was all provided in the Lore and Dungeon panels. I'll include a link to MMO champion, that sums up what was discussed in these panels. Overall, good stuff in the panels, but, once again, kind of lack luster. Nothing in there really blew me away.

I'm starting to think that maybe BlizzCon, really is just a celebration of Blizzard and it's fans. Maybe I'm being a little to harsh on Blizzard, expecting them to have these big announcements every year. I mean there is only so much that one company can do! I guess I should stop looking at BlizzCon like E3 and start appreciating it for what it is. Hopefully, the lack of juicy news this year, hasn't stopped anyone from having a good time.