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BlizzCon 2009 Internet streaming pre-orders begin

by John Callaham Jun 29th 2009 @ 10:00AM

Blizzard's annual BlizzCon event sold out quickly but if you are not one of those heading to Anaheim, CA on August 21-22 you can still get some of the feeling of the event from the confort of your office chair or couch. This week pre-orders are being taken for the live Internet streaming video for BlizzCon 2009.

The video will come from the DirecTV coverage of BlizzCon which will have 16 hours of coverage of the event for its subscribers. While DirecTV owners will get that video in HD, those of us that don't have the satillete TV service will still be able to see the event via the$39.95 Internet streaming coverage. World of Warcraft players will even get the BlizzCon in-game Murloc Marine pet when they purchase the BlizzCon streaming services.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

BlizzCon 2009 officially sold out

by John Callaham May 30th 2009 @ 5:00PM

It's not exactly a shock but there are no more tickets that are being sold (officially anyway) by Blizzard for BlizzCon 2009. Just like two weeks ago with the first block of tickets, this second and final block sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale at 1 pm ET today.

We are sure that a few scalpers will put up highly inflated tickets for the event on eBay and we also know some Blizzard fan sites will have contests where you can win tickets. As for the rest of you, you can still watch the August 21-22 event from your homes via Internet streaming or pay-per-view on DirectTV.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Reminder: Final block of BlizzCon tickets go on sale today

by John Callaham May 30th 2009 @ 9:00AM

We've reported on this a couple of times but here's a quick reminder for you. Today Blizzard will sell the second and final of block of tickets for people to attend their (sort of) annual BlizzCon event. The event itself is being held August 21-22 event in Anaheim, California. The $125 tickets go on sale at the BlizzCon site at 10 am PT today (that's 1 pm ET). Expect tickets for the event to sell out very quickly

If you fail to buy a ticket today . . . well, Blizzard might set up some contests to have people win some tickets in the weeks ahead. And if you can't come to BlizzCon at all you can still purchase a pay-per-view event via DirectTV or streaming Internet to watch the show from afar.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

First block of BlizzCon 2009 tickets sold out

by John Callaham May 16th 2009 @ 3:00PM

Well that didn't take long at all. As expected the first of two blocks of tickets for BlizzCon 2009 sold out almost immediately. The tickets went on sale at 10 am PT (1 pm ET) and were all gone inside of 30 minutes. Even the price increase this year to $125 per ticket ($25 more than last year's event) didn't slow down the rate of sales.

If you didn't get a chance to get tickets you will get a second chance two weeks from today when Blizzard sells a second block on May 30. Again Blizzard is also offering folks a chance to buy a pay-per-view broadcast of BlizzCon 2009 on August 21-22 via DirecTV or via streaming Internet video for $39.99.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Reminder: BlizzCon 2009 tickets go on sale today

by John Callaham May 16th 2009 @ 9:00AM

We've reported on this a couple of times but here's a quick reminder for you. Today Blizzard will sell the first of two blocks of tickets for people to attend their (sort of) annual BlizzCon event. The event itself is being held August 21-22 event in Anaheim, California. The $125 tickets go on sale at the BlizzCon site at 10 am PT today (that's 1 pm ET). Hopefully the web servers won't get overwhelmed like they did last year but expect tickets for the event to sell out quickly.

If you fail to buy a ticket today Blizzard will sell another block of tickets two weeks from today on May 30. And if you can't come to BlizzCon at all you can still purchase a pay-per-view event via DirectTV or streaming Internet to watch the show from afar.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

BlizzCon 2009 offers StarCraft-like World of Warcraft pet to attendees

by John Callaham May 12th 2009 @ 2:00PM

Tickets for BlizzCon 2009 go on sale this Saturday and for those of you who will be attending Blizzard Entertainment's latest fan gathering you will be getting some cool extra stuff. One of these items was revealed today; a new in-game pet for anyone who plays Blizzard's MMO title World of Warcraft.

This year's in-game pet is titled Grunty the murloc marine and its description is clearly a nod to Blizzard's upcoming RTS game StarCraft II: "This tiny terror is fully armored and comes equipped with a gauss rifle, which he'll occasionally fire into the air to make sure no invisible spacecraft are swooping in to attack." If you can't make BlizzCon 2009 on August 21-22 in Anaheim, California you can still get Grunty for your World of Warcraft chararacter by purchasing the BlizzCon DirectTV pay-per-view event.

[Via WoW Insider]

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Filed under: Culture, MMO, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft

BlizzCon 2009 tickets go on sale May 16

by John Callaham May 5th 2009 @ 8:00PM

While many of us at Big Download are prepping for E3 next month, it's not supposed to be open to the public. That's not the case with BlizzCon, Blizzard's (sort of) annual gathering of fans to both celebrate their games and try out upcoming titles. Today Blizzard relaunched the BlizzCon web site with word that one block of tickets would go on sale May 16 (a second block will be made available on May 30).

Ticket prices for the August 21-22 event in Anaheim, California will be $125, which is higher compared to previous BlizzCons' $100 price tag. Even with the increase tickets are still expected to sell out quickly. However people who cannot attend can check out a pay-per-view event on DirecTV. Blizzard will also offer the DirecTV broadcast via the Internet as a pay-per-view streaming video for $39.95.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

BlizzCon 2008 beta code sign ups begin

by John Callaham Apr 25th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Folks who were able to atttend last year's BlizzCon got a code that they could use later on to participate in a future beta test for an unnamed Blizzard game. Well, if you have one of those rare codes you can now head over to a special web page over at the World of Warcraft web site and enter that code along with your email address.

Now does this mean you are signing up for a StarCraft 2 beta slot? Well, not nessessarily. The page does say, "Be advised that it may be quite some time before this beta test begins, and this sign-up may not be for the next beta test to become available." So it could also be for Diablo III or the next World of Warcraft expansion pack. It's a crap shoot but we are sure folks who have the code will be happy with what they get.

[Via Joystiq]

Filed under: Betas, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Win StarCraft II beta keys in Blizzard Theme Park contest

by John Callaham Feb 25th 2009 @ 8:00PM

What would it be like to go to an amusement park based on Blizzard's game franchises? Would there be a StarCraft Mountain ride? Would their be a Diablo tilt-a-wirl? How about a chance to hug your favorite World of Warcraft character? Blizzard wants folks to imagine what such a theme park might be like in a new contest.

Folks are asked to design and illustrate their idea for such a theme park and send it into Bliizzard by March 30. They will judge the entries and the winners will have their designs put on display at the 2009 BlizzCon event. The grand prize winner gets a Wacom Cintiq 12WX digital tablet but perhaps more importantly all of the selected winners get two StarCraft II beta keys.

Filed under: Betas, Contests, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

BlizzCon 2009 announced

by John Callaham Feb 17th 2009 @ 12:00PM

If you were disappointed to learn that Blizzard wasn't planning to attend E3 this year, you don't have to worry. Blizzard has just announced that they will indeed be holding a new edition of their BlizzCon fan event in 2009. As with previous editions, BlizzCon 2009 will be held once again at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The event will be held on August 21-21.

This year's event will be bigger simply because it will take up four halls of the convention center compared to just three last year. You can expect lots of major news and reveals about Blizzard's upcoming games like StarCraft II, Diablo III and new additions to World of Warcraft. Perhaps we may get the first details on Blizzard's next MMO project. Pricing for the event has yet to be announced. Last year BlizzCon tickets sold for $100 each and quickly sold out.

Filed under: Culture, MMO, RPG, RTS, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Diablo III

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