BlizzCon 2010 Announced for October

by Alice O'Connor, Mar 25, 2010 8:33am PDT

Related Topics – Blizzard, PC, BlizzCon 2010

StarCraft, Diablo and World of Warcraft developer Blizzard's annual gaming festival BlizzCon will once again return to the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, October 22 and October 23, promising more Blizzard fun and hot goss on its latest games.

"BlizzCon offers us a great opportunity to meet with our players and share our enthusiasm for gaming with one of the most passionate communities in the world," said Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime in a press statement. "We're looking forward to providing another great show filled with entertainment, competition, and the latest information about Blizzard Entertainment games."

Your annual opportunity to play Diablo 3.

BlizzCon 2009 saw the announcement of the World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm, the unveiling of Diablo III's Monk class and playable editions of StarCraft II and DIII, not to mention many fascinating and insightful panels covering all things Blizzard.

Blizzard promises details on ticket availability and pricing "as the event draws closer."

We'll no doubt be there to bring you all the news, though with Nick gone we'll have to find someone new to lounge around playing Diablo III all day.

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By: Wilhuf x Show Full Post

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Just release D3 already.

Mar 30, 2010 3:10pm PDT

Just release D3 already. : Wilhuf

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moar D3 plz k thx. hopefully at least a release date maybe? ** crosses fingers **

Mar 25, 2010 2:36pm PDT

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moar D3 plz k thx. hopefully at least a release date maybe? ** crosses fingers ** : PewptyPants
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  My most optimistic estimate is a D3 beta key at Blizzcon followed by beta next year and release in Q3 or ... : schhaiunn
  - urgh. im so conflicted with Blizzard. they make such great games but goddammit it pisses me off that they... : PewptyPants

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I would have gone to this again in Vegas, but not in that Convention Center again. It's too fucking small for all the people that are trying to cram into that place.

Mar 25, 2010 4:01pm PDT

I would have gone to this again in Vegas, but not in that Convention Center again. It's too fucking small... : ghost in my shell

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If it comes with a d3 beta key, i'm going

Mar 25, 2010 10:45am PDT

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If it comes with a d3 beta key, i'm going : chrisschutz
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- God that's sad, I think I would too. : CapnBiggles
- I'd almost put money on this happening : Serpico74
- It's sad that I'd be willing to pay $150 plus expenses to get a mere chance at a D3 beta key, but I'm in ... : schhaiunn

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Will all the new starcraft 2 games be stand alones or will the zerg and protoss be expansions and require the first one to play?

Mar 25, 2010 8:50am PDT

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Will all the new starcraft 2 games be stand alones or will the zerg and protoss be expansions and require... : ajvitaly
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  Stand-alones that add stuff to the other games IIRC, it's why they can charge you $50+/game. : one random winner
  - Sigh. They've repeatedly said the expansions will be released for expansion prices. I'll take Blizzard... : nightshade8468
  - Relic releases expansions as Stand-Alones and they sell them at expansion price. Blizzard will do the sam... : razlebol
- From what we have been told so far, they will be similar to the Dawn of War Dark Crusade expansion, "stan... : SeraphielX

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I went to BlizzCon 2009 and I'll never go back. They sold way way too many tickets. It was almost impossible to get seats at a lot of the discussions, there were huge waits to play any of the demos and vendor contests and at some of the vendor booths (e.g. Jinx). Even getting a program was hell.

Nothing wrong with holding a convention to sell your own koolaid to people if they'll buy it, but stop trying to be TOO greedy and turn a phat profit off it to the point where you wreck the experience of people ponying up the big bucks to go.

Mar 25, 2010 11:48am PDT

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I went to BlizzCon 2009 and I'll never go back. They sold way way too many tickets. It was almost impossi... : lordbane28
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Starcraft 2 was playable at blizzcon 08 as well

Mar 25, 2010 9:03am PDT

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Starcraft 2 was playable at blizzcon 08 as well : chrisschutz
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  It was! You are great and I am not. : Alice O'Connor
  - it's ok, we'll let this one slide. : chrisschutz

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Hopefully a first glimpse at that mysterious free2play + microtransactions MMO they're working on! Exciting that they're finally working on a new franchise.

Mar 25, 2010 10:35am PDT

Hopefully a first glimpse at that mysterious free2play + microtransactions MMO they're working on! Excit... : herradura99

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"Your annual opportunity to play Diablo 3"

Had to chuckle a bit...

Mar 25, 2010 10:16am PDT

"Your annual opportunity to play Diablo 3" Had to chuckle a bit... : psmash

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Hrm, I'm going to be in Disneyland that same weekend. I wonder how far away it is...

Mar 25, 2010 9:24am PDT

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Hrm, I'm going to be in Disneyland that same weekend. I wonder how far away it is... : radioactivez0r
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- 5 mins. The convention center is across the street from d-land. : ant321
- You can walk to it ;) : Brian Leahy

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So I guess this means no SC2 until that event is over? or...
SC2 comes out 2 months prior, then all who attend BC'10 can all discuss how great it is!
Eitherway, I don't give a flying zerg, just get us D3 on to our HDD's already!

Mar 25, 2010 8:41am PDT

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So I guess this means no SC2 until that event is over? or... SC2 comes out 2 months prior, then all who ... : NobleAtreides
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- Everything I'm hearing is that SC2 is on track for mid-year release. I hope BlizzCon 2010 will be the ... : Brian Leahy
- They should release it on the same day, and have copies for everyone in attendance. : sreyes22

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