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Hot Job – Senior Programmer
Blizzard is looking for a seasoned Senior Programmer to work on core technology that will be leveraged across all Blizzard games. Technology that includes product/community launchers, installers, automated testing systems, and data distribution technology to name a few.
Take a look at the job posting here.
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September 5, 2008
BlizzCon 2008 Online and Live Contest Submissions
We are now accepting entries for our BlizzCon online contests, including our Diorama, Motivational Poster, and Movie contests.
Whether you have tickets to BlizzCon or not, your application is welcome. Simply fill out the
Submission form and be prepared to demonstrate your creative
talents! For more contest information visit our BlizzCon Contests page.
For those BlizzCon attendees looking to show off graceful dance moves, fill the convention center halls with laughs, or come dressed
as your favorite Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo characters, the
Submission form for all applicants is now available! For more contest
information visit our BlizzCon Contests page.
September 4, 2008
Blizzard Soundtracks Now On iTunes
If you enjoy the music from Blizzard Entertainment games and have ever thought about ordering the soundtracks, doing so just got more convenient. Six soundtrack albums have just been added to a new Blizzard hub page within the iTunes music store, and are available for purchase and download. The StarCraft, Diablo II, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, and The Burning Crusade soundtracks are all there, as is the Taverns of Azeroth album, which had been exclusively sold at BlizzCon 2007. The Diablo III Overture is also available as a single, and has been chosen as a Discovery Download, making it free to download until next Tuesday. For more information, check out the
official announcement, or head over to the Blizzard iTunes page.
Diablo III Site Updates: Diablo Timeline, Artwork
 We just added the Diablo Timeline to the Diablo III website. This page provides a chronological background for the history of Sanctuary. If you're interested in learning more about the lore of the Diablo universe, look no further.
We've also expanded the media galleries with four new pieces of artwork and four new screenshots. Take a look!
DIRECTV BlizzCon Package Availability
DIRECTV has just announced further details for their pay per view package of BlizzCon coverage, and that the special promotion offering it free with a new subscription is now open. New DIRECTV subscribers in the US who sign up for DIRECTV by September 30 through www.blizzard.directv.com or 800-728-9375 will receive the package for free, while existing DIRECTV customers will be able to order it for $39.95 beginning on September 28. For full details, check out the official announcement, or head over to the BlizzCon site.
September 3, 2008
New Fan Art
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with many new pieces of Lich King artwork.
September 2, 2008
StarCraft II Monthly Comic Contest
Send us your StarCraft-themed comics and we'll choose the funniest or most interesting to be showcased on a special gallery page.
Remember, we're looking for the best StarCraft humor out there. You can submit comics created in any medium, just make sure
they're relevant to StarCraft II, original, and make us laugh.
For the first month, our winner will receive an 8GB Blizzard Branded iPod Nano, a copy of the StarCraft board game, a StarCraft
Battle Chest, a shirt, and a copy of the StarCraft cinematics DVD. Two runners-up will also receive prize packages. See the official
contest page here.
August 27, 2008
BlizzCast Episode 5 Now Available
In this special Worldwide Invitational wrap-up edition of BlizzCast, we briefly recap some of the events at
the recent WWI in Paris, and then move straight into a discussion with Diablo III Lead Designer Jay Wilson.
We quiz him on how the development team is evolving the classic series -- and then dive into a discussion
of some recent hot issues surrounding the upcoming sequel. Listen to the show now.
BlizzCon Ticket Drawing Winners Selected
The winners of the BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing have been chosen. We've sent emails to 1,500 randomly selected eligible Blizzard
Account holders containing instructions for purchasing up to two tickets to the show. For your security, please note that in this
email we are not asking winners to email us credit card information directly, nor are we asking winners to call
Blizzard for any reason.
If we still have tickets remaining after this initial round, we will select more winners from the original opt-in pool. We will
make an announcement on our websites once all tickets available have been sold. For more information, refer to the
BlizzCon Ticket Drawing FAQ.
August 26, 2008
Win a Trip for Two to BlizzCon 2008
Our friends at SteelSeries, Jinx, Upper
Deck, and BradyGames have just launched the Win a Trip to BlizzCon Sweepstakes.
The grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to Anaheim, California,
along with two free tickets to attend BlizzCon 2008. For more
information or to enter the contest, visit www.blizzconsweepstakes.com.
August 21, 2008
Wrath of the Lich King Opening Cinematic Unveiled
Five years have passed since Arthas released Ner'zhul from his icy prison and merged with him,
claiming the Frozen Throne of Icecrown. Now the heir of Lordaeron has risen again, and soon the
world will learn what it means to incur the wrath of its one true king....
The opening cinematic for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is now available for download
or streaming from the official Wrath of the Lich King website.
Check it out now!
Win a Tyrael Pet
Attendees of the recent Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational in Paris received, among other goodies, a card containing codes redeemable for an in-game World of Warcraft non-combat Tyrael pet and entry into the Wrath of the Lich King beta. If you weren't able to attend but would still like a chance at a Tyrael pet of your own, you're in luck -- because we recently sent Diablo III fan sites some cards to give away.
As of now, both D3DB.com and Diii.net have begun contests, while
Diablofans.com and Diablo-Source.com will be starting their own giveaways soon. Keep an eye out here and other Diablo fan sites for more chances to win.
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