If you're still stewing in your seat thinking about attending BlizzCon 2009, you're too late. Don't worry too much, though, you're not the only one. You know those 20,000 tickets for the event? Well, they were all sold out...in just eight minutes.

This is the gold mine right here. Literally. The WoW Gold Pig blog is running a contest for 500,000 WoW Gold. We’ve gotten wind of it, thanks to tips (and tweets) from the community, and so went further to fish out more info about it through their representative, Nick Gardner. Click on full article for the complete dibs.

What to do when your event is drawing flak and your circle of supporters are leaving one by one? Try a different strategy, for one. And this is what ESA seems to be doing for next year's E3. Talks of them "going public" are circulating the Internet's grapevines. But how probable is this move?

This year's Games Convention at Leipzig was a sure fire success. And though some of you might not think that the same could be said about E3, GC 2009 has already been scheduled. Via press release, we find out that this year's event has set records above and beyond what GC 2007 had, and reception from the masses has definitely shown a good sign that the video games industry is booming more than it used to.

Feeling lucky? The opt-in lottery ticket drawing for the BlizzCon event is now in full sway. If you were able to create an eligible Blizzard account, you stand a chance to win two tickets to the BlizzCon! It's a relatively simple matter, actually. Read on for more details.

Unfortunately, not all of us mere mortals have super saiyan powers like Michael Phelps to go to the Olympics and win eight gold medals. But not to worry, WoWwiki is holding their very own WoWlympics right now and you don't need no Olympic-record-breaking abilities to join. Find out more about this after the jump.

The good folks at 1UP have posted a bunch of new photos from the site of the Leipzig Games Convention as the booths are being set up for the big event tomorrow. From what we're seeing, it looks like we might find at Leipzig what we found lacking at E3. Pics in the full article.

The Leipzig Games Convention 2008 is about to get even more exciting as Blizzard confirms their attendance for the event. They didn't say anything about making a presentation on the highly anticipated Diablo 3, but there sure are a lot in store for those who will be attending. More information are provided in the full article.

If you were planning on going to BlizzCon, you'd best find an alternative means of entering the convention hall (such as a personal invite from the devs). Blizzard has officially stated that there are no more tickets to be had for the event. Learn more after the jump.

Blizzard Entertainment has finally announced a specific date when BlizzCon 2008 tickets will be available. In addition, they also announced that video coverage of the event will be provided by DirecTV. To find out more, head on over to the full article