Blizzard Worldwide Invitational

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Blizzard Worldwide Invitational
Blizzard Worldwide Invitational.jpg
Official logo
Status Defunct, merged with BlizzCon
Genre Video games
Venue COEX Convention Center
Porte de Versailles
Location(s) Seoul, South Korea
Paris, France
Inaugurated January 15-18, 2004
Most recent June 28/29, 2008
Organized by Blizzard Entertainment
Website
blizzard.com/wwi08

Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals (abbreviated as WWI) were public events organized by Blizzard Entertainment similar to BlizzCons, but which usually took place in other locations in the world other than the United States.

These events effectively stopped after 2008, with a possible 2009 event was reportedly combined with BlizzCon 2009 instead by David Luong.[1] Similar events did continue forward such as the World of Warcraft esports related events were called "Arena Invitationals" or "World of Warcraft Invitationals".

History

Name Dates Location Price Game announce Websites
WWI 2004 January 15-18, 2004 Seoul, South Korea, COEX Convention Center Free
WWI 2006 February 3-5, 2006[2] Seoul, South Korea, COEX Convention Center Invite-only[2] LiveArchive
WWI 2007 May 19-20, 2007[3] Seoul, South Korea, Olympic Gymnastics and Fencing Stadiums[3] Free[3] StarCraft II WWI 2007
WWI 2008 June 28-29, 2008[4] Paris, France, Porte de Versailles[4] 70 € Diablo III[4] WWI 2008

2004

The 2004 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational was hosted in Seoul, South Korea on 15-18 January 2004.

2006

The 2006 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational was hosted in Seoul, South Korea on 3-5 February 2006.

2007

The 2007 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational was announced on 7 March 2007,[5] and was hosted in Seoul, South Korea on 19-20 May 2007. Several tournaments were hosted for the games Warcraft III and StarCraft: Brood War. For Brood War, eight players were invited with four of them coming from the international scene and four from South Korea. The most important event during the Convention was the first StarCraft II Trailer and the announcement of Brood War's predecessor. Even with the information's being very scarce, the announce hit like a bomb and resulted in the tournament being widely unrecognized afterward. The Chinese Protoss Legend was originally invited to join the WWI but was eventually replaced by the Taiwanese Zerg SEn due to Visa problems. Even with all foreigners being dominating players during 2007, none could really make a stand against the Koreans, except for SEn, who won a single game against sAviOr.

2008

The 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational was announced on February 11, 2008,[6][7] and was hosted in Paris, France on June 28-29, 2008. Tickets for this event were sold out the day they were available. Over the course of the event, the two big announcements were Diablo III and three iterations of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void.

Some additional activities were available:

Videos

2008 Blizzard Diablo 3 Worldwide Invitational - Intro

References

 
  1. ^ Savanja 2009-04-28. No 2009 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational?. Ten Ton Hammer.
  2. ^ a b Battle.net Tournaments. Blizzard Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2006-03-30. Retrieved on 2017-12-22.
  3. ^ a b c WWI 2007. Blizzard Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-03-22. Retrieved on 2017-12-22.
  4. ^ a b c 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational. Blizzard Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved on 2017-12-22.
  5. ^ Blizzard Entertainment Announces 2007 Worldwide Invitational. Business Wire (2007-03-07). Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved on 2017-12-22.
  6. ^ 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational Announced. Blizzard Entertainment (2008-02-11). Archived from the original on 2008-02-11.
  7. ^ 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational Announced. Blizzard Entertainment (2008-02-11). Archived from the original on 2018-03-12.

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