Now that BlizzonCon 10 is over, we can look through the settling dust to see what news and interesting morsels of information we can discover… and it seems as though Blizzard Entertainment is keen to let fans know that the developer’s upcoming action RPG extravaganza, Diablo III, is coming along just fine.

Amongst the reveals during the weekend of fantasy and science fiction revelry included the fact that there will be a closed beta for Diablo III, while the fifth and final character class, the Demon Hunter, was also showcased for the first time.

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Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the company’s fifth BlizzCon gaming convention is all set to take place at the end of the year, running from Friday October 22nd to Saturday October 23rd, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, to celebrate all things Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo related.

CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment Mike Morhaime commented:

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Blizzard Entertainment recently announced that tickets for its fourth gaming convention, BlizzCon 09, will be going on sale in mid May, while the show itself will be aired as a DIRECTV Pay Per View event, as well as viewable as an internet stream.

BlizzCon 09, the latest iteration of the convention for fans of all things Blizzard (WarCraft, StarCraft, Diablo etc.), offering “an array of activities, including discussion panels, hands-on playtime with upcoming games, tournaments, contests, and more.” CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Morhaime:

“BlizzCon always offers us a great chance to meet players and celebrate our shared passion for gaming. We look forward to delivering another entertaining and memorable experience to all attendees and to those joining us from home.”

Tickets will go for $125 on May 16th at the BlizzCon website, while a second round of tickets will be available on May 30th. For those of you who won’t be able to attend BlizzCon 09 in person, you’ll be able to watch the event of DIRECTV or as an online video stream, for $39.95 (for existing DIRECTV customers, or to gain access to the online video footage).

BlizzCon 09 will be taking place on August 21st and 22nd at the Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California.

Blizzard have announced that the fourth iteration of their BlizzCon gaming convention will be headed to California this year in August, after it was announced that Blizzard would not be attending E3 this year, and being coy on whether or not BlizzCon ‘09 would even happen at all! CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Morhaime said:

“We’ve been amazed by the incredible response to each of our previous BlizzCon events. We’re pleased to be bringing the convention back to Anaheim this year, and we look forward to this new opportunity to meet Blizzard gamers from around the world.”

The convention will return to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California and will take place on August 21st (Friday) and August 22nd (Saturday) to celebrate all things Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft (the ‘World of,’ that is), expanding from three convention halls to four… which is pretty massive.

For convention goers, there will be a ton of things to see and do, a list of which you can see below:

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News from BlizzCon, Blizzard’s very own convention, reveals that StarCraft II will be released as a trilogy of games, instead of a single package.

The trilogy will cover the story of the three races, the Terran, Zerg and Protoss, and will be named Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void respectively. The decision to release three separate games, which Blizzard liken to expansion packs, was as a result of their desire to create three, self-contained, epic story campaigns, instead of providing an abbreviated form of each. Each of the campaigns will be connected by an overarching story.

How multiplayer will work, though, is another question… Click through for some new footage from StarCraft II.

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