GAMING NEWS: BlizzCon 2005 details

The official Blizzard Convention website has launched with more details on the upcoming event sponsored by Blizzard:

BlizzCon 2005 will spotlight World of Warcraft, but will also feature hands-on gameplay of StarCraft: Ghost and other Blizzard games. Some of the activities at BlizzCon will include:

- QA panels with the World of Warcraft and StarCraft: Ghost developers
- Playing World of Warcraft Battlegrounds live with friends
- 1st public hands-on gameplay of StarCraft: Ghost
- BlizzCon Invitational Tournament, featuring top Warcraft III and StarCraft professional gamers from around the world
- A separate LAN area stocked with PCs for your gaming pleasure
- Contests for die-hard gamers to compete in for great loot
- Custom BlizzCon merchandise and other Blizzard merchandise in the BlizzCon store
- A blowout closing night concert featuring a to-be-announced band - more details to come!

Tickets will go on sale at 8:00AM PDT on July 21, 2005, and will be available for purchase from anywhere in the world via this website link. Only a limited number of tickets are available, and there will be no walk-up ticket sales, so plan ahead and don't miss out.