Blizzard Entertainment announced this morning that tickets for their third BlizzCon event will go on sale August 11. For fans who can’t make the trip to the show, the event will be covered live exclusively on DirecTV Pay-Per-View, with Blizzard promising a minimum of eight hours of live coverage which will also be available in HD.
“Meeting and interacting with our players at BlizzCon is always a great experience for us,” stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re also pleased to be working with DIRECTV this year to bring the show, for the first time, to those players who are unable to attend.”
“BlizzCon is one of the most highly anticipated gaming conventions of the year, and we are excited to partner with Blizzard Entertainment to deliver coverage of the show to gamers nationwide,” said Steven Roberts, senior vice president, new media and business development, DIRECTV. “With our BlizzCon pay per view package, members of Blizzard’s gaming communities who are not attending the event can now experience it in crystal-clear HD.”
BlizzCon 2008 takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California on October 10-11.
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