Dec 23, 2024 | Updated: 11:35 AM EDT
Mar 15, 2017 11:21 AM EDT
Although BlizzCon 2017 is still in November, tickets to the event already go on sale beginning on April 5. The first batch would become available at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET. Three days after, on April 8, the second batch of tickets, priced at $200, would become available at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET.
Benefit Dinner
As part of BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard would hold a BlizzCon Benefit Dinner on Nov. 2. The $750 tickets for the dinner go on sale on April 12 at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET. Proceeds of the dinner would be to support the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, GameSpot reports.
BlizzCon 2017 would be held at the Anaheim Convention Center on Nov. 3-4, IGN reports. Mike Morhaime, co-founder, and CEO of Blizzard says the game's developer is looking forward to catching up with the gaming community, participating in awesome eSports action and updating gamers on the games that Blizzard is working on. The event includes forward panels and would sell souvenirs for Blizzard games such as “World of Warcraft,” “Heroes of the Storm,” “Overwatch” and “Hearthstone.”
“Overwatch” Characters May Show Up
The developers’ panel at BlizzCon 2017 is a venue to get updates on games, what games to expect in the future and possibly unveil new titles, according to Fansided. Professional teams from different regions compete in tournaments in games such as “Overwatch.” There are speculations that Doomfist from “Overwatch” could pop up at the event as well as Sombra whom Blizzard has been teasing gamers for months.
Blizzard also brings back for BlizzCon 2017 the Blizzard Virtual Ticket. But the developer has yet to provide details of its price or availability. GameSpot hints that the event would have also a concert similar to BlizzCon 2016 top billed by Weird Al Yankovic.
