We just received this press release straight from Blizzard.
Surely this means there’s going to be some huge announcement, as it’s planned so soon after the World Wide Invitational? Fingers Crossed!
Blizzard Entertainment® gaming convention returns to Anaheim Convention Center 10-11October
MARLOW, UK – 12th May, 2008 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its third BlizzCon™ gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on 10 and 11 October. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®’s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises. In response to the demand to accommodate more attendees, this year’s event has expanded from two convention halls to three.
“Whenever we’ve been able to meet and interact with Blizzard gamers from around the world, it’s been a great experience for us,” stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re looking forward to seeing even more of our players at this year’s BlizzCon and delivering another entertaining and informative event for them.”
BlizzCon will offer a wide variety of activities to help all attendees get the most out of the two-day event. In addition to serving as a gathering place for the different Blizzard Entertainment gaming communities, attendees will be able to enjoy:
- Discussion panels with Blizzard Entertainment developers
- Competitive and casual tournaments for players to showcase their talents
- Areas and activities devoted to licensed products such as the World of Warcraft® Trading Card Game
- Costume, machinima, and character sound-alike contests with great prizes
- Commemorative merchandise based on the Blizzard Entertainment franchises
- A silent auction
Tickets for BlizzCon will go on sale in the next few weeks at a price of $100 USD per person. As the event draws closer, further details will be announced on the official BlizzCon website: www.blizzcon.com.
This fantastic announcement explains why the Blizzard employees were so quiet about whether or not there was going to be one this year. One thing that is on everyone’s mind is that it might be a showcasing of Diablo at WWI, as has been rumoured, and perhaps an even bigger event in the US. The EU event will be huge in its own right, so the one in Irvine will obviously be even bigger. EPIC!
We are still getting all our old articles into the new article system but we have just added last year’s BlizzCon coverage articles which can be viewed in the new articles section now if you want to see what goes on at the event.
[QUOTE=mesonm;4125888]The first blizzcon was good, but suffered greatly from the lack of available terminals to get hands-on….
I hope they learned, and have put in more terminals/comps.
For the number of people that attended (they sold out), there was just not enough to do, and much of the time was spent in line waiting.
I’ve been to both of the previous ones. The second one had a bit more stuff to do, to be sure. The first one suffered from a number of shortcomings… but truth be told, it was Blizzard’s first attempt. As such, I am not going to be hard on them for it.