Blizzplanet Blizzplanet ( the domain name ) was registered on November 11 , 2002 and joined the Blizzard Fansites Program shortly after . They post news of all Blizzard Games : Starcraft , Warcraft III , Diablo II , World of Warcraft , and others . They are very focused on Warcraft lore content to appeal to fans of the Warcraft franchise . Often a conduit for official lore , look for the Blizzard logo on their pages for sanctioned lore . As part of the Blizzard Fansites Program , the fansite complies with the EULA and Terms of Service of Blizzard Games . They support Blizzard Entertainment with previews and reviews of upcoming licensed products like the Warcraft RPG Books , Warcraft novels , WoW TCG and other products from SteelSeries , Razer , MEGA Bloks , Insight Editions , and Gallery Books . Additionally , Blizzplanet often interviews novel writers , comic book writers , Blizzard Sound and Music Composers , Voice Actors , and other developers . Roots : 2002 - 2007 . Blizzplanet was formerly Star - craft - 2 . com , founded by Yitten and Stephen . On September 22 , 2002 , Blizzard Entertainment announced Starcraft : Ghost at the Tokyo Game Show . With no hope in the immediate future of a Starcraft II announcement , and due to scarce news about StarCraft II , suggested the team to launch a website focusing on news about all Blizzard games . One of the staff members : Justice , proposed " Blizzplanet " as the new domain name . LSDesign created the original Blizzplanet logo . Blizzplanet was launched on January 2003 focusing on news about all Blizzard video games . Medievaldragon became owner of Blizzplanet shortly after launch when Yitten and Stephen graduated and got hired by a web design company . The first public interview in 2003 was with Richard A . Knaak about Warcraft : Day of the Dragon . It was held in the WoWLands IRC channel . For several years , Blizzplanet consisted of two Staff members : DarkNemesis ( Chief Programmer ) and Medievaldragon ( Admin , Newsposter ) . DarkNemesis was pivotal with the programming and maintenance of his custom - made Content Management System ( CMS ) during the initial years . DarkNemesis departed around 2008 . The Forum Affiliates Firence and Meara owned and administrated the RP - PvP . com forums , once a home for Blizzplanet visitors . They assisted with Public IRC interviews - - moderating the IRC Channel and participating in the interview with questions for our guests , and managing the community up to around 2007 . 2008 - 2012 . In 2008 , Blizzard Entertainment invited Medievaldragon to the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals held in Paris , France . Blizzard Entertainment invited Blizzplanet to BlizzCon 2008 - 2011 , the StarCraft II single player press event , Diablo III press event , and World of Warcraft : Mists of Pandaria press event . Through 2008 - 2012 , Medievaldragon has covered licensed product announcements and interviews at the New York Comic Con , Book Expo , and Toy Fair New York . Spotlight . Over the first ten years , Blizzplanet news and interviews have been linked by many gaming networks like Bluesnews , Shacknews , RPGdot , GamingReport , ActionTrip , VoodooExtreme ( IGN ) , JudgeHype , WoW Insider , MMO - Champion , Wow . Stratics , and many others . Blizzplanet has been featured in the headlines of Blizzard . com , WorldofWarcraft . com , Wow - Europe . com and the Press Room of the Starcraft : Ghost Official Website .