BlizzCon (or Blizzard Convention) is a celebration of the Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them. This two-day event will contain Q&A panels featuring the developers of World of Warcraft and Starcraft: Ghost, social events for fans and developers to meet one another, and hands-on gameplay featuring your favorite Blizzard games.
BlizzCon 2007
Blizzcon 2007 is now taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim California, August 3rd and 4th 2007.
Highlights for this year's BlizzCon will include:
Discussion panels with 
[Blizzard] game developers;
Competitive and casual tournaments, including a World of Warcraft TCG tournament;
Costume, machinima, and character sound-alike contests with great prizes;
Live orchestral performances of music from Blizzard games;
And many more exciting activities to be announced soon at www.blizzcon.com!
Check out this press release and the BlizzCon FAQ now to learn more about the when, where, and what of BlizzCon 2007!
BlizzCon 2007 tickets are now sold out. Players can purchase up to five tickets per billing address at $100 per ticket. For ticket sales, restrictions, and rules of purchase, please visit the ticket sales page. And, for more information on BlizzCon in general, please check out the official BlizzCon 2007 site and the event FAQ. Blizzard looks forward to seeing you in August!
Goodies
One of the goodies for Blizzcon attendess.
All BlizzCon attendees will receive their share of free Blizzard swag[1]. As at the first BlizzCon, they'll also be providing a beta key for an upcoming Blizzard game (StarCraft 2 or maybe a second World of Warcraft Expansion). If you're not enticed yet, you should definitely check out the in-game murloc suit, an item that can be redeemed and given to your favorite World of Warcraft character. Love or hate the murlocs, you won't want to miss this opportunity to blend in with them!
On the 23rd of July 2007 Upperdeck Entertainment announced that each BlizzCon goodie bag will recieve a special murloc ally card, Mrglrglmrglmrrrlggg.[2]
Sources
- ^ BlizzCon 2007 goodies page: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon07/goodies.shtml
- ^ UDE announcement: http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=2750