BlizzCon 2016

BlizzCon
The official BlizzCon logo
Status	Active
Genre	Video games
Venue	Anaheim Convention Center
Location(s)	Anaheim, California
Country	United States
Inaugurated	2005
Attendance	~25000 in 2015
Organized by	Blizzard Entertainment
Filing status	Corporate
Website
blizzcon.com/en-us/

BlizzCon is a video game convention held by Blizzard Entertainment to promote its major franchises Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch. They are held since October 2005 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The convention features game-related announcements, previews of upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games and content, Q&A sessions and panels, costume contests and playable versions of various Blizzard games. The closing night has featured concerts by The Offspring, Tenacious D, Foo Fighters, Ozzy Osbourne, Blink-182, Metallica, and Linkin Park.

A similar event was the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, held outside the US until 2008.

Tickets for the first BlizzCon were $50 for admission to both days of activities. For the 2007 and 2008 events, prices were $100. For 2009 the price was raised to $125. For 2010, the price was raised to $150. For 2011, the price was raised to $175 and for 2013 the price remained at $175. For 2014, the price was raised to $199 and the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner went from $500 to $750, which includes admission. For 2015 and 2016, the prices remained at $199 for admission and $750 for the benefit dinner.

BlizzCon was not held in 2012.

Attendees were able to try one of the two new playable races, the Blood Elves, for upcoming expansion based in Outland which was released as World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade in 2007. Playable demos of the single and multiplayer modes of the currently halted Starcraft: Ghost were available. A songwriting competition was judged by Jonathan Davis of Korn.