BlizzCon 2011 dates announced

By Robert Purchese Published 7 February, 2011

Wow.

Blizzard has announced dates for BlizzCon 2011.

The annual fan event will take place in Anaheim, California on Friday, 21st October to Saturday, 22nd October.

Ticket pricing and ticket availability haven't been announced. Tickets sold out in the blink of an eye last year, but Blizzard offered a paid-for internet TV service as consolation for its millions of fans worldwide.

On to the burning question: what will Blizzard announce this year?

In 2009 it was World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm and the Monk class for Diablo III.

In 2010 it was the Demon Hunter class and PVP arena battles for Diablo III.

In 2011 will it be a Diablo III release date? Will it be the next expansion pack for World of Warcraft? Could it be a glimpse at the next instalment in the StarCraft II trilogy? Might Blizzard give a tantalising first scrap of information about its new MMO codenamed Titan?

Not that attendees of BlizzCon care a great deal. An enviable goody bag, developer panels, tournaments, dress-up competitions and a chance to play Blizzard's unreleased goods make BlizzCon a carnival of community. Last year Jack Black's band Tenacious D closed the event, following Ozzy Osbourne a year earlier.

This must be where all Blizzard's money gets to.

Diablo III.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • Arrr9 #1 1 year ago

    Well, here's hoping for a release date for Diablo III..... and sometime in the next year or so please!

  • geeza2020 #2 1 year ago

    I'm guessing an announcement on another WoW expansion. Need to keep milking that shit.

    must have been negged by some WoW cunts.
    Edited by geeza2020 at 08/02/11 @ 09:36

  • Arrr9 #3 1 year ago

    Yeah I'm thinking the same thing, another expansion pack for WoW. Can't blame them as it makes them money, though after an announcement over three years ago for Diablo III, I'm champing at the bit for some clicky-killy-customisey good old Diablo.

  • FortysixterUK #4 1 year ago

    Well, blizzcon shot its bolt early last year, letting the cata intro movie out BEFORE the con started, then announcing...nothing much really....I'd have been gutted if i'd coughed up to go there.
    Only thing on their release radar is D3. I'll read about it here and save my cash i think

  • Spekingur #5 1 year ago

    WoW expansion packs come every two years. Pretty sure they announce something coming Holiday 2011, just before Christmas.

  • thebuzzard #6 1 year ago

    Early info on next WoW expansion, lots of Diablo 3 and SC2 part 2 stuff (due for relase end of this year) and nothing about Titan.

  • Minolrin #7 1 year ago

    Hoping for Titan MMO info, although i'm with Robert on this one, almost certainly they will go for Diablo 3 release and they probably don't want to make player shift their focus from Diablo.