BlizzCon

BlizzCon is a computer game fair of the game manufacturer Blizzard Entertainment . The main topics are the company's productions.

General information

BlizzCon 2007 opens

BlizzCon has been held annually since 2005 (with the exception of 2006 and 2012) at the Anaheim Convention Center (California, USA). It is primarily used to present the company's new games and game content, and esports competitions are also held for the company's own games. In 2012, the fair was suspended on the official grounds that the company wanted to focus on the releases of its games Diablo 3 , StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria .

A similarly conceived event was the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational , which was held a total of four times between 2004 and 2008 and took place outside the United States.

BlizzCon trade shows

year	date	Number of visitors	Main announcement (s)	Playable games	Price of an entry ticket
2005	October 28th and 29th	8,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade	• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade • StarCraft: Ghost	125 US dollars
2007	3rd and 4th August	13,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King	• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	$ 100
2008	October 10th and 11th	15,000 (sold out)	• New class for Diablo 3 : The Wizard • Announcement that StarCraft II will be a trilogy	• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty • Diablo III	$ 100
2009	August 21 and 22	20,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm • New class for Diablo III : The Monk	• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty • Diablo III	$ 125
2010	October 22nd and 23rd	27,000 (sold out)	• New class for Diablo III : The Demon Hunter	• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty • Diablo III	$ 150
2011	October 21 and 22	26,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria • More information about StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria • StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm • Diablo III	$ 175
2013	November 8th and 9th	26,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor • Heroes of the Storm • More information about Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft	• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	$ 175
2014	November 7th and 8th	26,000 (sold out)	• Overwatch • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft expansion Goblins vs. Gnome • More information on Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void and Heroes of the Storm	• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls • Overwatch	$ 199
2015	November 6th and 7th	26,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Legion Cinematic Trailer • Warcraft: The Beginning Trailer • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Adventure The Explorer's League • New Heroes and Maps for Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch • More information on Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void	• World of Warcraft: Legion • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls • Overwatch	$ 199
2016	4th and 5th November	26,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Legion : Patch 7.1.5 and 7.2 • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft expansion The Streets of Gadgetzan • Overwatch : New heroine: Sombra, new animated short film: Infiltration, new maps, new game mode: Arcade • New heroes for Heroes of the Storm : Varian and Ragnaros • Diablo III : The Return of the Necromancer DLC , The Darkness in Tristram ( Diablo remastered)	• World of Warcraft: Legion • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void • Diablo • Diablo II • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls • Overwatch	$ 199
2017	November 3rd and 4th	26,000 (sold out)	• World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth • World of Warcraft: Classic • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft expansion Kobolds & Catacombs • Overwatch : New heroine: Moira, new animated short film: For fame and glory, new map: Blizzard World • New heroes for Heroes of the Storm : Alexstrasza and Hanzo, gameplay changes	• World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth • World of Warcraft: Legion • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls • Overwatch	$ 199
2018	November 2nd and 3rd	26,000 (sold out)	• Warcraft III: Reforged • Diablo Immortal • World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth : Patch 8.1.5 and 8.2 • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft expansion Rastakhan's Rambazamba • Overwatch : New heroine: Ashe, new animated short film: Old acquaintances • New heroine for Heroes of the Storm : Orphea	• Warcraft III: Reforged • Diablo Immortal • World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void • Overwatch	$ 199
2019	November 1st and 2nd	26,000 (sold out)	• Diablo IV • Overwatch 2 • World of Warcraft: Shadowlands • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft expansion, Legacy of the Dragons	• Diablo IV • Overwatch 2 • World of Warcraft: Shadowlands • Warcraft III: Reforged • Diablo Immortal • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft • Heroes of the Storm • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void	$ 229

Esports at BlizzCon

E-sports tournaments in StarCraft , Warcraft and World of Warcraft have been held regularly at BlizzCon since 2005 . Later, Hearthstone , Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch added. Regular qualification rounds are held for these tournaments and are broadcast on Twitch .

Hearthstone

Singles / 4-man national teams

	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3
Innkeeper's Invitational 2013	$ 0	Artosis	Kripparrian	Trump / Reckful
Hearthstone World Championship 2014	$ 250,000	Firebat	Tiddler Celestial	Crane / D-Two
Hearthstone World Championship 2015	$ 250,000	Ostkaka	Hotform	Kno / Thijs
Hearthstone World Championship 2016	$ 1,000,000	Pavel	DrHippi	Jasonzhou / che0nsu
Hearthstone Global Games 2018	$ 409,600	People's Republic of China	Brazil	New Zealand / Norway

Heroes of the Storm

Teams of 5

	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3
BlizzCon Exhibition Tournament 2014	$ 0	Cloud 9	Evil Geniuses	Fnatic / Team Liquid
HotS Global Championship 2015	$ 500,000	Cloud 9	Dignitas	Natus Vincere / Team DK
HotS Global Championship 2016	$ 1,000,000	Ballistix	Fnatic	MVP Black / Dignitas
HotS Global Championship 2017	$ 1,000,000	MVP Black	Fnatic	Ballistix / Team expert
HotS Global Championship 2018	$ 1,000,000	Gen.G	Dignitas	Team Liquid / Miracle

Overwatch

Teams of 6

	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3
Overwatch World Cup 2016	$ 288,000	South Korea	Russia	Sweden
Overwatch World Cup 2017	$ 72,000	South Korea	Canada	Sweden
Overwatch World Cup 2018	$ 128,000	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Canada
Overwatch World Cup 2019	$ 90,000	United States	People's Republic of China	South Korea

StarCraft

singles

	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3
StarCraft: Brood War
BlizzCon Invitational 2005	0$ 13,000	YellOw	Reach	NaDa
BlizzCon Invitational 2007	0$ 17,500	sAviOr ( revoked )	Nal_rA	iris
BlizzCon Invitational 2008	0$ 40,000	sAviOr ( revoked )	NaDa	JangBi
BlizzCon Invitational 2009	0$ 40,000	EffOrt	Zero	sAviOr
StarCraft 2
BlizzCon Invitational 2010	0$ 43,000	genius	Loner	White-Ra
BlizzCon Invitational 2011	0$ 85,000	Mvp	NesTea	Sen
WCS Global Finals 2013	$ 250,000	SOS	Jaedong	Bomber / Maru
WCS Global Finals 2014	$ 250,000	Life ( withdrawn )	MMA	Classic / Taeja
WCS Global Finals 2015	$ 250,000	SOS	Life	Classic / Rogue
WCS Global Finals 2016	$ 500,000	ByuN	Dark	Stats / Elazer
WCS Global Finals 2017	$ 700,000	Rogue	soO	TY / Special
WCS Global Finals 2018	$ 700,000	Serral	Stats	sOs / Rogue
WCS Global Finals 2019	$ 700,000	Dark	Reynor	Serral / Classic
StarCraft: Remastered
Ultimate Title Fight 2017	$ 25,000	Bisu	Jaedong
Blizzcon Invitational ASL vs. KSL 2018	?	Rain	load

(The titles of sAviOr and Life were subsequently withdrawn after it became known that they were involved in betting manipulation in other tournaments.)

WarCraft III

singles

	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3
BlizzCon Invitational 2005	0$ 13,000	Grubby	Zacard	Death
BlizzCon Invitational 2007	0$ 17,500	Creolophus	ReMinD	Grubby
BlizzCon Invitational 2008	0$ 40,000	Lyn	Lucifron	Happy
BlizzCon Invitational 2009	0$ 40,000	Lyn	Grubby	SocceR
BlizzCon Invitational 2010	0$ 40,000	ReMinD	Infi	Moon

World of WarCraft

Teams of 3

	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3
BlizzCon Invitational 2007	0$ 40,000	MoB Turtlebeach	Nashwan	Evil Geniuses
BlizzCon Invitational 2008	$ 120,000	Nihilum plasma	Selective Queuers	Fnatic
BlizzCon Invitational 2009	$ 120,000	TSG	Shipit	x6tence
Arena Tournament 2010	$ 120,000	against All Authority	compLexity	LightZ CaMerA ActioN
Arena Global Invitational 2011	$ 120,000	OMG	Skill-capped	DNAW Trio
Arena World Championships 2012	$ 189,000	Bring it	Yaspresents	IN THE
Arena World Championships 2013	$ 189,000	Skill-capped	Me	IM / PvP Live
Arena World Championships 2014	$ 250,000	Bleached bones	Skill-capped EU	Push Push / 3 Amigos
Arena World Championships 2015	$ 250,000	SK Gaming	Skill-capped EU	Cloud 9 / Tempo Storm
Arena World Championships 2016	$ 250,000	Splyce	Method NA	Tempo Storm / NG Blue
Arena World Championships 2017	$ 280,000	ABC	Panda Global	Method Triforce / Method Synergy
Arena World Championships 2018	$ 280,000	Method Orange	The Gosu Crew	Method Black / Pen and Paper
Arena World Championships 2019	$ 330,000	Method Black	Wildcard gaming	Cloud 9 / The Gosu Crew

Web links

Commons : BlizzCon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official BlizzCon website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2012 Battle.net World Championship Event
2. ↑ "The 2018 BlizzCon book incorrectly references winners of StarCraft tournaments in 2007, 2008, and 2014. In fact, these titles are vacant, as the players were discovered to have participated in match-fixing." StarCraft Esports (Verified account) - twitter.com