Fan ’em up: BlizzCon 2018 tickets go on sale in May

This 12 months’s BlizzCon will run November 2-3, Blizzard have confirmed, and the primary spherical of tickets will go on sale on May ninth. BlizzCon is their annual fan conference in California, with panels, tournaments, and occasions for all their massive video games. It all the time brings some massive bulletins too, establishing the 12 months of Blizzard to return. For individuals who can’t get there, Blizzard will even promote ‘Virtual Tickets’ to entry livestreams of something in addition to the customary in-game goodies, and the primary presentation livestreams are usually to everybody without spending a dime.

BlizzCon tickets will value $199 plus charges and taxes, going on sale in two waves. The first batch will probably be obtainable at 7pm Pacific on Wednesday, May ninth (that’s 3am on the 10th for us right here within the UK), and the second at 10am Pacific on Sunday the 12th (6pm right here for us). BlizzCon tickets promote out quick and are in excessive demand, so count on to queue nearly and possibly miss out?

BlizzCon 2017 noticed Blizzard announce the following World of Warcraft enlargement, WoW’s still-hazy Classic servers, new characters for Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm, esports-funding cosmetic loot boxes for StarCraft II, a brand new Hearthstone enlargement… a lot of stuff for Blizzard video games, yeah?

Blizzard haven’t mentioned a lot about what will probably be at this 12 months’s occasion, however it’s going to embody tournaments for Overwatch, Hearthstone, WoW Arena, HotS, and SC2.