BlizzCon tickets to go on sale May 16

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that tickets for its fourth BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale May 16.

Live coverage of the event will also be available as a DIRECTV Pay Per View event and, for the first time, as an Internet stream. The event will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on August 21 and 22.

“BlizzCon always offers us a great chance to meet players and celebrate our shared passion for gaming,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We look forward to delivering another entertaining and memorable experience to all attendees and to those joining us from home.”

Tickets to the convention will be priced at $125 USD each and will be available for purchase from the official BlizzCon website beginning May 16. A second block of tickets will go on sale May 30.

Due to its popularity last year, the DIRECTV BlizzCon Pay Per View event will return in 2009, available to existing DIRECTV customers for $39.95 USD. The event will deliver a minimum of eight hours of live HD coverage from the show floor on each day of the convention, including exclusive interviews, demos, and more.

Additionally, gamers around the world who are unable to attend BlizzCon will for the first time be able to purchase the Pay Per View event as an Internet stream, also priced at $39.95 USD. DIRECTV customers who order the televised event will receive this Internet stream at no extra charge. Anyone who orders the event will also receive this year’s BlizzCon-exclusive World of Warcraft in-game item – to be revealed at a later date.

Further details about the show will be announced on Blizzard.com at a later date.