Blizzard WWI tickets on sale Thursday

By Oli Welsh Published 17 March, 2008

55 quid, 70 euros to attend Paris event.

Blizzard has announced that tickets for its Worldwide Invititational event in Paris in late June will go on sale this Thursday, 20th March.

Tickets for the two-day event will be priced at GBP 55 / EUR 70. For that money you'll get a chance to play both StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King before release, take part in discussion panels with developers and executives, watch eSports tournaments, take part in costume and dance contests and more. You'll also get a goodie bag including a beta key for an upcoming game, and an exclusive WOW in-game pet.

The programme as it stands sounds exactly like last year's BlizzCon convention in Los Angeles. We were there and can report that it was a fantastic and really well-run event, with a huge and enthusiastic audience, a glitzy closing-night concert, some truly eye-popping costumes on show, and plenty to do. Oh, and we saw Macaulay Culkin in the press room.

The Paris Worldwide Invitational is the first such event Blizzard has held in Europe, and if it's up to the same standard, it should be well worth the asking price. It's also worth noting that Blizzard hasn't held a WWI or BlizzCon in the last few years without making a major new game announcement at the event.

The 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational takes place at the Porte de Versailles Exposition Centre in Paris on the 28th and 29th of June. Tickets are likely to sell out fast, so head over to the official WWI site on Thursday to snap yours up.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Tomnd #1 4 years ago

    You'd think with the amount of fucking money they earn through wow they would put this on for free as a thank you to fans.

  • espy #2 4 years ago

    I think the problem is less organising the whole thing for free than influencing who is going to show up there. I'd imagine they don't want unenthusiastic freeloaders that just come for the buffet and then bugger off. They want enthusiastic fans. People are bound to be more involved in an event they've payed 70€ for. Although there are probably other ways of ensuring this.

    Not that I'd understand why you'd want to go to such an event in the first place.
    Edited by 1 at 17/03/08 @ 17:12

  • Machetazo #3 4 years ago

    So, Blizzard didn't just (carried away by their bubble of WoW) forget the events of the last 90 or so years, after all! :)

  • Oli Verified Reviews Editor, Eurogamer.net #4 4 years ago

    Tomnd, they lose money on these events, actually. Quite a lot of money.

    espy, I know it looks unpromising on paper, but last year's BlizzCon was the best public games event I've been to by miles.

  • Dizzy #5 4 years ago

    70€ will probably get you some goodie bag and maybe some virtual swag (SC2 beta keys?)

  • Christafo #6 4 years ago

    there should really be an acronym regulation committee or something.

  • barchetta #7 4 years ago

    Funny, I got excited that Blizzard were doing a World War 1 game for a minute.....

  • Machetazo #8 4 years ago

    Yeah, I guess that puts paid to rumblings about Blizzard's edutaining "Craft of World Wars" series.
    Edited by 1 at 18/03/08 @ 01:44