So, as you may have heard, the gang is back from GamesCom (which I wasn't invited to, not that I'm complaining *grumble*Diablo 3 demo*grumble*) and they brought some pretty great pictures back with them so we thought we'd share them with you!

And so it begins:



The Manaflask crew of Dennis (Pewpewmuh), Jan, Mike (Tyrania) and Chris (Bhalu) start their trip.



The team engages in early strategy meetings. Srs stuff.



GamesCom is a pretty big place alright...



The Cataclysm Beta area. Doesn't look THAT impressive though...



...or does it?



The Intel Extreme Masters tournament, I'm guessing Quake Live. Also I guess they haven't invented chairs yet in Germany, which is weird cos I could've sworn I saw some in the previous pictures...ah well.



Some more deep philosophical discussions, I'm sure.



Now that's advertising.



I hope this is a picture from the dance contest, cos otherwhise it's a bit disturbing.



The crowds are pretty big, considering how large of a place it actually is. Also, the Guild Wars 2 booth, hopefully it won't suck (the game, not the booth. I have nothing against the booth, honest).



And some royalty for the end: Tom Chilton, Lead Game Designer for WoW and Jay "Double Rainbow" Wilson, the mastermind and genius and whatever it is I have to say for him to send me the Alpha of Diablo 3...err, yea, he's the Lead Game Designer for Diablo 3.

Now this next part is for Starcraft fans only so you others should avert your eyes.



Tychus Findlay, or as he is better known to the masses: the guy in the first SC2 announcement video, or the Hell it's about time guy.



German pro player The Little One or TLO getting ready for either his showmatch or one of the Intel Extreme Masters matches. I'm a big fan of his, actually.



And Dimaga, pro Ukranian player and Zerg macro master.
You should really check out the Intel Extreme Masters Tournament games from GamesCom, they are some of the best matches around (the videos are in horrible quality though, but Day(9) is casting them so!).