Blizzard to attend Gamescom 2015

Last month Blizzard confirmed the dates and details of this year's Blizzcon, but they are planning a huge event months before their big Con. Blizzard has announced that they will be attending Gamescom in Cologne, Germany on Wednesday, August 5 to Sunday, August 9.

Blizzard will be setting up 500 game stations featuring five of their games (sounds like 100 stations per game). They will set up the gaming stations in Hall 7 and will have apparel and collectible in Hall 5.1.

During Gamescom Blizzard will host dance and costume/cosplay contests on their stage. It will be interesting to see if they tease anything that they will be revealing during Gamescom. Here are the details:

Hearthstone

Travel-weary card-slingers are welcome to take a load off and play a few rounds of Hearthstone. This deceptively simple, insanely fun online strategy card game now includes the brand-new single-player Adventure,Blackrock Mountain.

Heroes of the Storm

Iconic characters from Blizzard’s past and present will be out in force in Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s action-packed free-to-play online team brawler . gamescom 2015 attendees will be able to leap into the Nexus a cosmic storm where Blizzard’s game worlds collide—and take control of legendary heroes and villains such as Thrall from the Warcraft universe; Jim Raynor fromStarCraft; Diablo, the eponymous Lord of Terror; and even the Lost Vikings: Erik, Baleog, and Olaf.

Overwatch

Overwatch will be playable publicly in Europe for the first time ever at gamescom 2015! In this futuristic team-based shooter, players choose from a diverse roster of colorful heroes and battle it out in fast-paced 6-vs.-6 combat. Allies will need to work together to complete battlefield objectives such as capturing strategic locations or transporting a payload across the map in order to emerge victorious.

StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void

Visitors will have the opportunity to play StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, currently in closed beta testing. The third chapter of the epic StarCraft II saga concludes the single-player campaign storyline and adds new multiplayer units and features, including Archon mode—a new game type that allows two players to combine their expertise and control a single army—and Allied Commanders, where two players join forces, taking on the roles of powerful commanders from StarCraft history.

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Would-be adventurers at gamescom can join the millions already playing World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor and pick up a quest or two at the Blizzard booth. On the savage world of Draenor, Grommash Hellscream and his mighty Iron Horde are on the warpath, and it’s up to Azeroth’s finest heroes to stop them.