WWI Coverage

StarCraftZone WWI Coverage

Preliminary Information

Official Blizzard WWI Website
StarCraft 2 Website

*note - Be sure to install the Octoshape player before viewing the live feed coverage available from the official WWI Website.

Saturday June 28th, 2008 - Paris, France

3:06am EST - Blizzard unveiled a slightly more revealing teaser image on their official website, lending more credibility to the unveiling of Diablo 3!  - Rylin

5:09am EST - Here's a complete list of things from the 'Goody Bag" given out to everyone in attendance:

• Diablo Book
• Post Cards ( One for each franchise)
• Beta Card w/ 'Unknown' WoW pet key
• WWI event book
• WoW Game Miniatures (samples)
• WoW Dark Portal TCG Starter Pack
• Exclusive "Typhon Promotion" for the StarCraft Board Game
• Product Ads
• Free WWI Mouse Pad from the WWI Store

5:55am EST - Various blizzard developers from all three franchises taking stage along with starcraft pro gamers, some from Korea..  WC3 pro gamers also taking stage.

6:15am EST - Diablo 3 has just been announced! Jay Willson, Lead Designer for Diablo 3 takes stage. Gameplay video demonstration follows..

Official Diablo 3 Website is now available

11:01am EST - StarCraft 2 discussion panel took place over the last hour and covers briefly what has changed for all three races. Details on how some of the new mechanics work for the Zerg are also covered. More details to come..

11:06am EST - The StarCraft 2 campaign is "roughly 1/3 complete" and alot of work is being done on the cinematic side of things. Battle.net is also receiving alot of development time and they hope to bring about enough changes to make it the premiere online gaming service for PC Blizzard games.

3:34pm EST - 8 new StarCraft 2 gameplay screenshots have been uploaded to our Screenshot section. Check them out! Also, rendered in-game zerg units and structures have been released from blizzard. (source: starcraft-source.com)

Be sure to keep an eye on our Gallery page for WWI photos from our friends at StarCraft.org & SCLegacy.com

Sunday June 29th, 2008 - Paris, France

6:00am EST - StarCraft Finals is taking place live

6:03am EST - StarCraft-Source.com has put up their Protoss Gameplay Preview as well as 20 new Terran unit & structure renders released by Blizzard!

7:56am EST - sclegacy has written up their coverage of the StarCraft 2 Art Panel along with some juicy images from the discussion. Check it out!

10:43am EST - First televised StarCraft 2 match took place. Kevin "Karune" from Blizzard competed against Miracle, StarCraft Professional Player, in a lengthy, heated battle. Miracle took the match with quick expansion and early scouting.  'GG' to the both of them!

Blizzard's World Wide Invitational has finally come to a close. We hope you enjoyed our coverage, thanks for tuning in! - SCZ Staff