BlizzCon 2010 | |||
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Announced | March 25 | ||
Dates | October 22 - 23 | ||
Attended | 27,000+[1] | ||
Performer(s) | Tenacious D, Jay Mohr[1] | ||
Website | BlizzCon.com | ||
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BlizzCon 2010 was announced on March 25, 2010 and took place at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 22-23, 2010. There were more than 27,000 people who attended.
Summary[]
- Diablo III fifth and final class revealed: Demon hunter.
- Brand-new mod, Blizzard DOTA revealed
Activities[]
- Discussion panels with Blizzard Entertainment developers
- Hands-on play time with upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games
- Live Raid: Defense of Orgrimmar
- Community contests with great prizes
- The standard Movies, Song, Art, Costumes, and Dance Contests Rules and Applications.
- Live community chats
Tickets[]
- $150.00 USD per ticket (up from BlizzCon 2009, +$25.00 USD)
- $39.95 USD per virtual ticket
- DIRECTV customers could order a Pay-per-view stream for the same price starting October 4, 2010. There was also a promotion that if you signed up for DIRECTV service between July 26 - September 24, 2010, then you would get the Pay-per-view for free.
- Went on sale on July 26, 2010
- Sold in two batches:
- Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 7:00pm Pacific Time (California) (Sold out in ~30 minutes)
- Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at 10:00am Pacific Time (California) (Sold out in ~30 minutes)
- Clarification was given to the purchase window, with Mike Morhaime giving the statistic of a thirty (30) second window in which a person had to have pressed the "Purchase" button to acquire tickets.
Swag/Goodie Bag[]
- BlizzCon badge that grants access to BlizzCon
- Deathy, the malformed Murloc that looks a bit like Deathwing
- StarCraft II Grunty portrait icon
- Dethling maquette figure from Sideshow Collectibles
- BlizzCon themed Authenticator
- Many other contests and pamphlets for vendors
- SteelSeries (Key for chest)
- Brady Games (Quest bookmark)
- Jinx
- Cryptozoic ($5 USD Class Decks)
Coverage[]
- DirectTV is covering BlizzCon via a Pay-Per-View event, and offers a streaming internet video of the same feed.
- Price was $39.95 USD
- Includes both Deathy and the StarCraft II Grunty portrait and unit emblems
- MMO-Champion
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- WoW Insider
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Videos[]
Movie Contest[]
- BlizzCon 2010 Movie Contest, 1st Place
- I Am Forsaken by Gary Lobine - 2nd Place
- The Rocket of Love - Grand Prize Winner
Gallery[]
References[]
External links[]
Blizzard Entertainment BlizzCon 2010 past event
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