We're excited to unveil the tournaments at this year's BlizzCon, which will take place August 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The global finals for the 2009 Warcraft III and World of Warcraft Arena Tournaments will be held there, with the qualifying players and teams from the North American, European, Korean, and Taiwanese regional finals vying for the top prize of $25,000 per player. Don't miss the thrilling player-vs.-player action taking place in the world of Azeroth.

Additionally, we'll invite the top StarCraft players in the world to participate in the fourth BlizzCon StarCraft Invitational. Come see battle-tested veterans compete against promising challengers in these exciting eSports. We hope you'll follow our tournament coverage of the events as these elite players showcase their talent and skill.

DIRECTV Pay Per View

Over 16 hours of live HD coverage of the event, plus exclusive interviews and commentary.

Internet Stream

Also available as a Pay Per View Internet stream

Grunty the Murloc Marine

Everyone who attends BlizzCon 2009 or purchases the BlizzCon Pay Per View event will be joined by a new World of Warcraft in-game companion, Grunty the murloc marine. This tiny terror is fully armored and comes equipped with a gauss rifle, which he’ll occasionally fire into the air to make sure no invisible spacecraft are swooping in to attack.