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

LucifroN

NamePedro Moreno Durán RaceOrc CountrySpain
Second Place, 2008 BlizzCon Global Final; Winner, 2009 European Warcraft Regional Final

Grubby

NameManuel Schenkhuizen RaceOrc CountryThe Netherlands
Winner, WCG 2008; Second Place, 2009 European Warcraft Regional Final

Nicker

NameNikita Pomadov RaceNight Elf CountryRussia
Third Place, 2009 European Warcraft Regional Final

Lyn

NameJune Park RaceOrc CountrySouth Korea
Winner, 2008 BlizzCon Global Final; 2009 Korean Warcraft Regional Final

Shy

NameChulwoo Park RaceNight Elf CountrySouth Korea
Winner, Leadtek Warcraft III; KODE5 Korea, WGT 2007 Tournament

PhoeNix_Soccer

NameDeokman Yoon RaceNight Elf CountrySouth Korea
Winner, 2007-08 AWL Season1; 2008 AMD Challenge Black

Long Walk

NamePhil Crawford RaceNight Elf CountryUnited States
Winner, 2009 North American Warcraft Regional Final

Sonkie

NameNikolaus Cassidy RaceHuman CountryUnited States
Winner, 2008 North American Warcraft 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.