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 "...
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....




