ozzy-osbourne posts

It's been rumored for some time but it does look like the Prince of Darkness will indeed make some kind of appearance at BlizzCon 2009. We are talking about heavy metal rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, of course, who made a terrificially funny commerical promoting World of Warcraft several months ago (as you can see from the video above this post).

Our sister site WoW.com spotted the mention of "a special appearance by Ozzy Osbourne" in the schedule of DirectTV who is doing a pay-per-view event of Blizzard's sort-of annual fan get-together on August 21-22. There's no word yet on if Ozzy will actually be taking the "Crazy Train" and performing on stage but we wouldn't bet against it.

Last year Blizzard had some fun with their World of Warcraft commercials, having actors like William Shatner, Verne Troyer and especially Mr. T explain their "love" of the game (more likely the love of getting some cash to do the TV ads). Now Blizzard has prepared two more similar commercials for the launch of the expansion pack Wrath of the Lich King.

One of them is very brief and shows rocker and actor Steve Van Zandt doing his Sopranos character but the second is the funniest commercial yet for the game. It features none other than Ozzy Osbourne himself taking on the Lich King in the game. That commercial is above you. You can see the Steve Van Zandt clip after the jump.

[Thanks WoW Insider]