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Fan Art Update

Thursday, January 06, 2005
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.






New World of Warcraft Wallpaper

Thursday, December 30, 2004
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring the Dwarf from the World of Warcraft Cinematic Trailer.






Fan Art Update

Wednesday, December 28, 2004
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.






Happy Holidays from Blizzard!

Thursday, December 23, 2004
The holiday season is upon us, and it's gift-giving time! Our team has put some special presents together for all you good boys and girls out there to enjoy.

All of us here at Blizzard Entertainment would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.




New Position - Web Designer

Thursday, December 23, 2004
Our web team is looking for a Web Designer with strong artistic sense to help design our growing websites. If you love Blizzard games and can make it show in a web browser, then look to our Web Designer posting for more information.





Fan Art Update

Friday, December 17, 2004
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.

Holiday Fan Art Update
We recently experienced some down time with our fan art submission process and unfortunately did not receive entries sent after Monday the 13th. If you submitted a holiday-themed art piece between then and 1:30 am on Thursday, please re-send your submission to have your work recognized for the art contest update. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience.

To submit your artwork, please visit this link: Holiday Fan Art Contest.




New World of Warcraft Wallpaper

Friday, December 10, 2004
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring Ironforge at Night.






World of Warcraft Now On Sale from the Blizzard Store

Thursday, December 16, 2004
New recruits are needed for the Horde and Alliance as the battle for Azeroth rages on. Join your friends and vanquish your foes by purchasing your copy of World of Warcraft today. World of Warcraft is nearly sold out in stores across the country, but it's now available in the Blizzard Online Store. So if you missed your chance to buy World of Warcraft, then despair no more! Head to our online store and get your copy now.




New World of Warcraft T-Shirts

Thursday, December 16, 2004
Show your allegiance to the Horde or Alliance with two new shirts now available in our Blizzard Online Store. We have also restocked our mouse pads and Blizzard shirts.




New Blizzard Job Openings

Tuesday, December 14, 2004
New Position - Technical Game Designer
Are you a programmer who would like to design games as well as program them? Is solving mathematical problems behind game systems a dream you'd like to follow? Is it all about the balance? If you answered yes to all these questions, then please look at the Technical Game Designer job posting for more information.

New Job Opening - Game Programmer
Blizzard North is looking for an experienced Game Programmer to help make more award-winning games. If you love programming, love Blizzard's games and want to help us go on to make even better ones, please look to the Game Programmer posting for more information.

New Job Opening - Online Community Representative
Are you a motivated, proactive individual with a professional, customer-service attitude and previous experience participating on community forums? Do you know massively multiplayer online games inside and out, and are you able to effectively communicate with other players about them at length? If so, you might be interested to know that Blizzard Entertainment is seeking to fill two positions on our community management team. Please see the new online community representative job description to learn more.






Holiday Fan Art Contest

Monday, December 13, 2004
The Blizzard Fan Art Program is pleased to announce its first themed art contest, just in time for the holidays. What we're looking for is some holiday-themed artwork portraying a holiday scene set in either the Warcraft, StarCraft, or Diablo universe. To be considered for the contest, your artwork must be submitted by 12:00 noon PST on Monday, December 20 using the link below. Winning submissions will be selected by a team of judges, and we will then post the winners on our websites for a massive holiday update. Thanks for your support in making the fan art program a wonderful success, and happy holidays!

To submit your artwork, please visit this link: Holiday Fan Art Contest.




Congratulations Team Europe!

Monday, December 13, 2004

Congratulations to Team Europe who defeated Team Americas in a close set of matches with a result of 3 to 2!

  • rS.Veg (Team Americas) defeated 3wD.Christian by a score of 2-1
  • ZelotITO[MA] (Team Europe) defeated SW)DAy[9] by a score of 2-1
  • Fisheye[pG] (Team Europe) defeated Hellghost[pG] by a score of 2-0
  • rS.Testie (Team Americas) defeated Eriador[pG] by a score of 3-0
  • ToT)Mondragon( (Team Europe) defeated Hero[pG] by a score of 3-0

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New Blizzard Job Opening

Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Are you a motivated, proactive individual with a professional, customer-service attitude and previous experience participating on community forums? Do you know massively multiplayer online games inside and out, and are you able to effectively communicate with other players about them at length? If so, you might be interested to know that Blizzard Entertainment is seeking to fill two positions on our community management team. Please see the new online community representative job description to learn more.




New World of Warcraft Wallpaper

Friday, December 10, 2004
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring a Massive Infernal.






Blizzard Celebrates the World of Warcraft Launch

Friday, December 10, 2004
The historic launch of World of Warcraft was a wonderful and joyous occasion for everyone at Blizzard Entertainment. To celebrate the launch, the entire staff at Irvine gathered outside the offices today to join in a champagne toast of the event. It was a time to congratulate the team, read aloud some of the generous reviews we've received, and have some fun. We'd like to share some pictures of this afternoon's celebration -- and the raucous aftermath that followed -- and say thanks as well to all the players who have helped make the game's launch in North America, Australia, and New Zealand so successful. Enjoy!

   




23 New Rune Words for Ladder Players

Friday, December 10, 2004
There are twenty-three new Rune Words available only to Ladder players on the Battle.net Realms. You can find the formulae on the Rune Words page.




New Blizzard Job Openings

Tuesday, December 07, 2004
New Position - Oracle Database Administrator
Blizzard is seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator for our World of Warcraft Live Team. If you have worked with Oracle RAC on Linux and think that massively multiplayer games are the perfect application of your database skills, then please see the Oracle Database Administrator page for more details.

New Position - BONS Technician
Blizzard is looking for an experienced Network Administrator to help keep Blizzard Online Network Systems running day and night all year long. If making hardware, software and networks work together 24x7 to keep developers and gamers world wide happy is your dream, then look towards the BONS Technician position for more details.




Mystery Maps Unveiled!

Friday, December 3, 2004

Today we present the three maps for the first of two StarCraft Mystery-Map Invitationals. Just as the StarCraft community was invited to vote on which match-ups they'd like to see, we've also invited two members of the community to work with Blizzard to create the mystery maps. We're pleased to unveil the two well-known map makers today who have worked diligently to create their maps and have worked closely with Blizzard to fine-tune and test them: Bill307 and Taylor "Mora" Fales.

The maps are available in both observer and melee modes. Please note that to play the observer maps games must be started with Use Map Settings enabled.






New World of Warcraft Wallpaper

Friday, December 03, 2004
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring the Night Elf from the World of Warcraft Intro Cinematic.






Fan Art Update

Thursday, December 02, 2004
The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.






World of Warcraft Shatters Records

Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Within its first day of release, World of Warcraft sold more than 240,000 copies -- the highest day-one total in PC game history. See the full press release to learn more about World of Warcraft's launch-day achievements.


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