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BlizzCon Tickets Set for August 11 Sale, DirecTV Broadcasting Live in HD

by Nick Breckon, Jul 29, 2008 1:16pm PDT

Related Topics – StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, Diablo 3, , Blizzard, StarCraft 2, PC

Blizzard today announced that tickets for its 2008 BlizzCon event will go on sale August 11. The show is set for October 10-11 in Anaheim, California.

Tickets will be priced at $100, and can be purchased on the official BlizzCon website.

The company also noted that BlizzCon 2008 will be broadcast live on DirecTV, with a minimum of eight hours of HD coverage being provided on a pay per view basis. Starting in August, new subscribers to DirecTV will receive the event for free.

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Hmm…The DirectTV announcement spawns so many questions:
- How much is it?
- What will they be showing?
- Who is putting it together?
- Will we be subjected to the inane babbling of “hip” host?

G4 does an ok job now at E3, but there have been SO many failures when it comes to coverage of video games. I do not have DirectTV, but I find this an interesting business deal.

Jul 29, 2008 2:55pm PDT

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Am I reading that incorrectly or do they have 2 Blizzcons a year now? Or is that old news?

Jul 30, 2008 12:37am PDT

Am I reading that incorrectly or do they have 2 Blizzcons a year now? Or is that old news? : te[R]ror

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$100 for a ticket is still really weird to me. Is this because they don't have sponsors or something?

Jul 29, 2008 2:27pm PDT

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$100 for a ticket is still really weird to me. Is this because they don't have sponsors or something? : tomservo
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  It's because people are willing to pay $100. Blizzard likes your money as much as any publisher/developer... : Melchiz
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    I think it's mainly to pay for the event and help discourage everyone and their mom from showing up. ... : ghost in my shell
    - Yeah that is pretty logical as well. : Melchiz
- I'd definitely pay $100 USD for a BlizzCon ticket. But a flight to LA from where I live would cost me nea... : code-e255

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Non-porker females:

Have your pepper spray ready for the nerd herd!

On a more serious note, what exclusive item/key will they give away this year? Anyone have a pool going on how much the BlizzCon bonus will sell for on Ebay?

Jul 29, 2008 2:25pm PDT

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Non-porker females: Have your pepper spray ready for the nerd herd! On a more serious note, what ex... : Melchiz
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- A shit load of money. :P : IndigoAK
- Your generalizations are amusing, have you been to BlizzCon? : ahk-med

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Bah, I wish this was in the summer :(

Jul 29, 2008 2:46pm PDT

Bah, I wish this was in the summer :( : hohoh0

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at least Blizzcon won't be conflicting with Quakecon this time around

Jul 29, 2008 1:42pm PDT

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at least Blizzcon won't be conflicting with Quakecon this time around : RikiTiki2
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  You going to both? : jeffcox111
  - Last year BlizzCon and QuakeCon happened on the same week IIRC. : Sailor of Fortune

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To go or not to go, that is the question.

Jul 29, 2008 1:43pm PDT

To go or not to go, that is the question. : Sailor of Fortune

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looking forward to going to this, this year, as I missed last years due to insane speeds of ticket sell-out.

Jul 29, 2008 1:33pm PDT

looking forward to going to this, this year, as I missed last years due to insane speeds of ticket sell-o... : jackomack

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If it's only two days why doesn't it take place on Saturday and Sunday? I didn't want to take off an extra day off :[

Jul 29, 2008 1:27pm PDT

If it's only two days why doesn't it take place on Saturday and Sunday? I didn't want to take off an extr... : ghost in my shell

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I'm going through the original Starcraft now, and I can't wait to see these units in all of their glory in Starcraft II.

Jul 29, 2008 1:27pm PDT

I'm going through the original Starcraft now, and I can't wait to see these units in all of their glory i... : Pneum0

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