BlizzCon 09 tickets on sale May 16, event streamed online for first time

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 5th 2009 at 7:45PM }

Blizzard announced to its children today that they may pay for their return to the warm bosom of BlizzCon on May 16. The cost for the "Tickets of Comradery" will set back the faitful's coin purses by $125 -- that's a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Blizzard apparently has a new system in place to prevent last year's ticket fiasco. Come May 16, attendee hopefuls go to the ticketing website and sit their actual butts in a virtual queue -- this will not guarantee a ticket, just that you'll be in a line for a golden ticket.

For those who can't get to the Anaheim Convention Center on August 21 and 22, there's always the option of the pay-per-view package from DirecTV for $40. There will also be a live stream of the event online, also available for $40, for non-DirecTV customers. So, Blizzard horde, hopefully this year's ticketing process won't be visited by the "Failoc."

[Via WoW Insider]

Tags: activision-blizzard, blizzard, blizzcon, blizzcon-2009, diablo-3, starcraft-2, world-of-warcraft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Saint @ May 5th 2009 9:02PM

I'm a WoW player, and a Forsaken at that, but I've gotta ask:

What the hell is with the Forsaken's weird-ass face gear?

Linkario @ May 5th 2009 9:08PM

One ball gag away from The Gimp.

sk8monroe81 (PSN--XBL) @ May 5th 2009 9:31PM

what a joke..
blizz con should be free IMO.
its bad enough WoW players have to pay $ 15 per month to play the game ( $ 180 yearly )
+ all the revenues blizzard gains from advertisers and booth rentals and etc...
have fun.
but i guess if you only play WoW you have saved hundreds of dollars on not buying other games, so it all balances out.