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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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Blizzard Hashtag Twitter Campaign

April 12, 2011 at 8:00 PM

We love communicating with Blizzard gamers through as many mediums as possible, so it's 'bout time we kicked our Twitter pages... into overdrive. We're starting a new campaign with unique Twitter hashtags to cover a variety of topics on our Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo Twitter pages. Follow us and be on the lookout each week for random questions or interactive tweets from your favored game universe, or universes. (Universi?) Check our tweets with the #WoWTag, #SC2Tag, or #D3Tag hashtags and tweet your best response. Your replies can range from ridiculous, to awesome, to ridiculawesome, but don't forget to include the hashtag. We'll be sharing some of our favorite responses on Twitter, in our official community sites, and around the watercooler.

This campaign is already in progress, so buff up your Twitter account now and join the battle of wits, words, and whimsy!

BlizzCon 2011 Tickets On Sale May 21 and 25

April 12, 2011 at 3:55 PM

Mark your calendars! Tickets for BlizzCon 2011 will go on sale at on Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m. PDT and on Wednesday, May 25 at 7 p.m. PDT through the official BlizzCon website (www.blizzcon.com). In addition, a limited number of tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon Benefit Dinner will go on sale Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m. PDT. BlizzCon tickets will be available at $175 USD each, while tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner (which include admission to the show) will be priced at $500 each, with proceeds going to benefit Children's Hospital of Orange County. Tickets to previous BlizzCon shows have sold out within minutes, so be sure to synchronize your hourglasses.

If you can't make it to the show in person, the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket will once again allow you to watch the event live from the comfort of your own home. The Virtual Ticket will be available as multi-channel Internet stream around the world and also via DIRECTV in the United States.

See the full press release or visit the official BlizzCon website for more information, and we'll see you at BlizzCon!

Grandmaster League Now Available

April 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM

StarCraft II's highly-anticipated Grandmaster League is now available! To see the top 200 players in your region for the current season, head on over to the Leagues & Ladders page in the game client and then click on "Grandmaster."

More information and answers to the most frequently asked questions about this prestigious new league can be found here. If you missed the 1.3.0 patch notes, be sure to check them out here.

Memories of Blizzard Video Contest Submission Deadline Coming Soon

April 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM

As part of Blizzard Entertainment's 20th anniversary celebration, we announced the Memories of Blizzard video contest, in which we invited you to share your Blizzard memories with us by sending in your creative videos.

We just wanted to remind you that the April 19 deadline for contest submissions is coming up, so if you haven't already submitted an entry, there's no time like the present.

Check out the official rules page for details and eligibility.