BlizzCon 2010

BlizzCon 2010
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Announced	March 25
Dates	October 22 - 23
Attended	27,000+
Performer(s)	Tenacious D, Jay Mohr
Website	BlizzCon.com
Floor map
Chronology
← 2009	2011 →

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. The Virtual Ticket was introduced with this convention at $40 USD.

Summary

Diablo

Diablo III fifth and final class revealed: Demon hunter.

StarCraft

Brand-new mod, Blizzard DOTA revealed

Activities

BlizzCon 2010 Event Schedule

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

BlizzCon 2010 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
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