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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land BlizzCon sold out in record time, with additional tickets sold via a lottery that occurred while I was in Germany for the Games Convention, so while there might not be a BlizzCon for me, there can still be a special edition BlizzCon murloc-riding polar bear mount! DIRECTV has announced that everyone who tunes in to the BlizzCon pay per view coverage from BlizzCon on October 9th and 10th will be receiving the limited-edition mount, which is one of the main reasons so many people wanted to go in the first place. New customers who sign up for DIRECTV between now and September 30th will get both the PPV event and mount for free, while existing subscribers will have to shell out $US 39.95 for the privilege.
But what if you don’t have DIRECTV and have no desire to change? Odds are you have a friend or relative who does. Give them $US 40. Get your polar bear mount on. Oh, and before we start complaining because we didn’t think of it first, the odds are the mount will be delivered via redeemable code in game, so even if you don’t care, eBay always cares.
Blizzard just kicked out a press release announcing that tickets for October’s BlizzCon 2008 will be going on sale on Monday, August 11th. Tickets will run you $US 100 a pop, which gets you access to all the panels, concerts, freebies, and girls of various shapes and sizes in blue and purple body paint. If you can’t make it, however, don’t fret. Blizzard has you covered.
“Meeting and interacting with our players at BlizzCon is always a great experience for us,” stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re also pleased to be working with DIRECTV this year to bring the show, for the first time, to those players who are unable to attend.”
Yes, Blizzard and DirecTV are joining forces to broadcast highlights of the show via pay per view. Don’t have DirecTV? New subscribers in August will get the BlizzCon pay per view for free with their order. I cannot think of a more ridiculous reason to change your cable television provider.
