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.

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Finals
WINNER

Savior

NameMa Jae Yoon RaceZerg CountrySouth Korea
Winner, 2007 and 2008 BlizzCon Invitational

Nada

NameLee Yun Yeol RaceTerran CountrySouth Korea
Second place, 2008 BlizzCon Invitational

Effort

NameJung Woo Kim RaceZerg CountrySouth Korea
3rd place, 2009 GomTV Classic Season 3

Skyhigh

NameByung Se Cho RaceTerran CountrySouth Korea
Semifinalist, 2009 GomTV Classic Season 3

Mensol

NameMyung Woon Kim RaceZerg CountrySouth Korea
Quarterfinalist, 2009 GomTV Classic Season 3

IdrA

NameGreg Fields RaceTerran CountryUnited States
Winner, GOM Valor Tournament

Ret

NameJoseph de Kroon RaceTerran CountryThe Netherlands
Winner, DreamHack Summer 2009

Beckham

NameJi Wen Jun RaceZerg CountryChina
Winner, 2008 WCG China Shenyang Regional Final

Raynor n00b

The StarCraft II "Raynor" figure found exclusively in this year's goody bag represents the first in an elite line of n00bz, a new series of customizable and collectible Blizzard Entertainment-inspired designer vinyl toys. The “Raynor” figure is not for sale and is found only in this year’s goody bag!

Failoc-Alypse

This mini-game was originally developed to give BlizzCon '09 ticket buyers something to do while waiting in the queue to purchase tickets. Now you have the power in the palm of your hand!

Diablo III – Art

From designing characters to creating concept art to placing the building blocks that form the world: Our artists take players on a behind-the-scenes tour of Sanctuary.