BlizzCon 2008 Tickets On Sale Now

Post by **Digital Puppy** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:29 am

IRVINE, Calif., Aug 11, 2008 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon(TM) gaming convention are now on sale. Tickets are priced at USD $100 each and can be purchased through the company's event website at www.blizzcon.com.

BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment(R)'s Warcraft(R), StarCraft(R), and Diablo(R) game universes. The event will take place October 10-11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, and will feature an array of activities, including developer panels, contests, tournaments, hands-on gameplay with upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games, and more.

For US-based players unable to attend BlizzCon in person, DIRECTV(R) will offer an exclusive pay per view package of HD event coverage that will include a minimum of eight hours of content for each day of the show, with interviews, demos, and more. The pay per view package will also provide a code for an exclusive World of Warcraft(R) in-game polar bear mount otherwise only available in goody bags at the convention. DIRECTV will also offer this package free as a promotion for new DIRECTV customers who sign up for the service online via a link that will be posted at Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon website (www.blizzcon.com/dtv). Current DIRECTV customers will be able to purchase the BlizzCon pay per view package for USD $39.95.

Please visit the official BlizzCon website, www.blizzcon.com, to purchase BlizzCon tickets and to learn more about the show. In addition, further details on DIRECTV's BlizzCon pay per view event, including ordering information, will be posted there by September 1, 2008.

For press inquiries, please contact Shon Damron in Blizzard Entertainment public relations at [email protected] or (949) 854-5100.

About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft(R) and the Warcraft(R), StarCraft(R), and Diablo(R) series, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry's most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment's track record includes ten #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company's online-gaming service, Battle.net(R), is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active users.