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Blizzard has announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention are now on sale. Tickets are priced at $100 a pop and can be purchased through the company's event website at www.blizzcon.com .

BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo game universes. The event will take place October 10th-11th at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, and will feature an array of activities, including developer panels, contests, tournaments, hands-on gameplay with upcoming Blizzard Entertainment games, and more.

For US-based players unable to attend BlizzCon in person, DIRECTV will offer an exclusive pay per view package of HD event coverage that will include a minimum of eight hours of content for each day of the show, with interviews, demos, and more.

The pay per view package, available for $39.95, will also provide a code for an exclusive World of Warcraft in-game polar bear mount otherwise only available in goody bags at the convention. DIRECTV will also offer this package free as a promotion for new DIRECTV customers who sign up for the service online via a link that will be posted at Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon website.

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