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Yearly FanFest BlizzCon 2010 Stays in Anaheim, Bumped to October

Irvine’s Blizzard Entertainment Inc., the world’s top maker of online video games, said Thursday its yearly fanfest is set to stay in Anaheim.

BlizzCon, as the fan convention is known, is set to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23.

The announcement laid to rest months of rumors that the convention, which attracts nearly 30,000 people, would jump ship for a bigger venue—in Las Vegas.

“BlizzCon offers us a great opportunity to meet with our players and share our enthusiasm for gaming with one of the most passionate communities in the world,” Chief Executive and cofounder Mike Morhaime said in a statement. “We’re looking forward to providing another great show filled with entertainment, competition, and the latest information about Blizzard Entertainment games.”

Rumors about BlizzCon moving started in November, when word spread that this year’s event was set to move to the Las Vegas Convention Center and take place at the end of July.

News got around fast after a handful of blogs and video game news Web sites posted the story that BlizzCon 2010 would be in Sin City.

Some die-hard fans even went so far as to snatch up cheap flights and hotel rooms.

Blizzard, part of France’s Vivendi SA, sought to quickly dispel online reports and had been mum on its plans until now.

No details regarding ticket sales or prices have been disclosed yet.

The previous BlizzCon was held in Anaheim in August. Tickets to the event sold out in minutes and many thousands more fans watched online and via pay-per-view on television.

This year’s show will mark the fifth BlizzCon put on by the company there.

Blizzard puts on the event for its fans.

BlizzCon also acts like a corporate retreat for Blizzard’s development and creative teams, who get juiced up by the fans’ zeal.

Some 1,200 Blizzard workers from around the world come to Anaheim to work at the convention and interact with fans.

Last year’s event featured game tournaments, a costume contest and a closing concert by rocker Ozzy Osbourne.

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