News tagged with BlizzCon (14 results)

BlizzCon 2008 Announced

IncGamers has the press release announcing details on the 2008 installment in Blizzard's BlizzCon convention: 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, Ca...

BlizzCon 2008 Tickets in August

BlizzCon 2008 Tickets on Sale August 11 announces when the ducats for Blizzard's annual gaming convention will go on the market, also revealing that those who cannot attend will have the chance to enjoy coverage of the proceedings on pay per view on DirecTV:IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B...

BlizzCon 2008 Tickets on Sale

This press release announces that tickets for BlizzCon 2008 are now on sale via the official website of the upcoming Blizzard-centric gaming convention, and tickets are sure to sell out fast in spite of their $100 price tag. Word is: BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communiti...

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Sales Fixed

BlizzCon 2008 Website has word that the glitch from earlier (story) is fixed, and that BlizzCon 2008 ticket sales are underway. Word is:This morning, we experienced some technical difficulties with ticket sales for BlizzCon. Please be aware that no tickets were sold during the service int...

BlizzCon Ticket Sales Resume Today

The latest from the World of Warcraft Forums on the status of BlizzCon 2008 tickets is a post that went up in the wee hours (Eastern time) today in a futile bid to save folks from staying up until the wee hours. So the tomorrow it refers to means later today: Update: 9:40 PM PDT - We have a...

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Sales Broken Again

The BlizzCon 2008 has word that their complication has suffered a bit of a complication: Due to continued extreme demand, the Blizzard Store is again temporarily unavailable while we make some adjustments to better accommodate the volume of BlizzCon ticket purchase requests. For continuing u...

BlizzCon 2008 Tickets Update

The rocky launch of ticket sales for BlizzCon 2008 continues, as the BlizzCon 2008 Website states they will "post another update here when tickets are up for sale again." They also point out the WoW Forums will have updates in the meantime on the status of BlizzCon ticket sales. ...

Remaining BlizzCon 2008 Tickets Tonight

The BlizzCon 2008 Website has word that tickets for this year's Blizzard convention sold out within minutes of them finally going on sale today. In deference to those who were not able to spend over 24 hours hitting the refresh key, they have reserved a small handful of tickets that will go ...

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Lottery Planned

The BlizzCon 2008 Website has a statement from Blizzard's Mike Morhaime about the stream of problems that plagued their attempts to put tickets on sale for BlizzCon 2008 earlier this week (story, story, story, story, story, and story). Word is they've scraped together an additional 3000 ti...

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Auction Update

BlizzCon 2008 Website has an update on the planned lottery for the remaining BlizzCon 2008 tickets:We recently announced that we will be offering 3,000 more BlizzCon 2008 tickets for sale via a drawing. Soon, eligible Blizzard Account holders who created accounts prior to 9:00 p.m. PDT on T...

More on BlizzCon Ticket Lottery

The BlizzCon 2008 Website has word on how the promised lottery will be conducted for tickets to the sold-out BlizzCon 2008 convention. The BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing FAQ has all the specifics. ...

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Lottery Opt-in

The BlizzCon 2008 ticket lottery opt-in period is underway. Word is: "The opt-in period will last until 11:59 p.m. PDT on Sunday, August 24. After it ends, we will select 1,500 people from the opt-in pool and offer them a chance to purchase up to two tickets to BlizzCon 2008." ...

BlizzCon 2008 PPV Offers, Free WoW Item

This announcement has details on the DirecTV pay-per-view coverage of BlizzCon 2008. They say new subscribers who sign up for DirecTV via this page before the end of this month will get the PPV even free, while all other DirecTV subscribers will be charged $39.99 (though they also say &quot...

BlizzCon 2008 Ticket Drawing Ends

The World of Warcraft Website announces the last of the tickets from the BlizzCon 2008 ticket drawing have sold out. Those interested in the proceedings at the convention still have the option of getting the pay-per-view on DirecTV (story), not that everybody is happy with that arrangement....