Are you an avid creator of machinima related to Blizzard games? Was your Halloween costume from last year a dead ringer for one of the Forsaken from World of Warcraft? Does your Orc breakdance outshine the original? Then it is time to show off your skills to the world by participating in one of the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational Contests!
Read below about the two featured machinima contests. We will be announcing more details for additional contests during the next few days, so make sure to check back soon if your talents are in dancing, dressing up or creating fan art!
For a long time, the staff at Blizzard has watched enthusiastically as the community pushed movie-making in our games from an unexplored, unproven experiment to a broadly utilized and intricate craft, producing thousands of videos ranging across every genre.
Opportunities such as BlizzCon and other movie contests challenged community artists to push the limits, and time and time again, players stepped up to the plate and delivered memorable works that turned heads not just in the Blizzard community, but in the digital film-making community as a whole.
This year, we hope to invite an even greater response from the machinima community. For the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational, we are asking players to create exclusive machinimas in two categories (see below). Prizes for the winners include high-end equipment, free subscriptions and tickets for the Worldwide Invitational.