Blizzard Entertainment(R) Presents BlizzCon(TM); Blizzard Gaming Convention Will Celebrate the Warcraft(R), Diablo(R) and StarCraft(R) Franchises with Players from around the World.IRVINE, Calif. -- Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. History Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse (R) Inc. today unveiled the BlizzCon(TM) Web site (www.blizzcon.com), presenting many new details about its upcoming gaming convention A gaming convention is typically a two- or three-day convention at which people play role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, or other types of games. Some have rooms of networked computers to play video games. . Set to take place on Oct. 28 and 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. in Anaheim, Calif., BlizzCon will celebrate Blizzard's games and the players who have made them so popular around the world. BlizzCon will be open to gamers of all ages and will provide a wide variety of activities for attendees to enjoy. "Blizzard has grown enormously in the past 14 years, but none of that growth would have been possible without our players," said Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. "BlizzCon is the perfect opportunity for us to meet some of those players face to face and to celebrate the Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft universes together with them." At BlizzCon, gamers will be able to attend numerous events, play Blizzard games live with other members of the gaming community A gaming community is usually a group of like minded individuals working towards a goal (such as promoting fair play and team work) or supporting each other within games (usually online video games such as MMORPG's or FPS's) RTS(real time strategy) games are developing larger , and try out StarCraft: Ghost(TM), Blizzard's highly anticipated tactical-action console title. Other BlizzCon activities will include: --Q&A panels with the World of Warcraft “WoW” redirects here. For other uses, see Wow.  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. (R) and StarCraft: Ghost developers --BlizzCon Invitational Tournament featuring top Warcraft III and StarCraft professional gamers from around the world --A separate LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. area stocked with Adj. 1. stocked with - furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store" stocked furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; PCs loaded with Blizzard games --Contests in which die-hard gamers can compete for great prizes --Custom BlizzCon merchandise in the BlizzCon store --A special closing-night concert featuring a to-be-announced band Tickets for BlizzCon will go on sale July 21, 2005, at 8 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT . The price for admission is $120 per person and payable by all major credit cards. Tickets will be limited to 4,400 attendees, with a four (4) ticket limit per person, per credit card. For full details on how to purchase tickets, and additional information about BlizzCon, please visit the new BlizzCon Web site (www.blizzcon.com). About Blizzard Entertainment Best known for blockbuster hits including the Warcraft(R) series, StarCraft(R), and the Diablo(R) series, Blizzard Entertainment(R) Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Vivendi Universal Games, is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating many of the industry's most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard's track record includes nine No. 1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company's free Internet gaming service, Battle.net(R), reigns as the largest in the world, with millions of active users. |
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