Tickets for Blizzcon 2010 sold out almost immediately after they went online. The choice few (thousand) that managed to snag some tickets and make it out to Anaheim, Calif. for the convention have worn everything from clothes sporting Blizzard’s signature Murloc to some pretty impressive costumes.
Here are a few pictures from the convention in southern California — just to give you a taste, if you couldn’t make it, of what’s happening over in Anaheim.
Above: The initial crowd, a full hour before the doors for the convention center opened.
Above: One of many convention attendees poses for a crowd of photographers just outside the convention center in Anaheim.
Above: A Blizzcon 2010 attendee poses as a mage with her "troll rogue" friend that she turned into a sheep.
Above: A Blizzcon 2010 attendee poses as a "quest giver" just outside the Anaheim convention center.
Above: A Blizzcon 2010 attendee poses as a very professional Lord of Terror outside the Anaheim convention center before the doors opened.
Above: Another Blizzcon attendee posed as a Warlock, a master of dark magic, just outside the Anaheim convention center before doors opened.
Above: A statue of Kerrigan, one of the lead enemies in Blizzard's Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, greets attendees when they enter the convention center.
Above: Blizzcon 2010 attendees come over to watch two of the top player-versus-player arena teams face off.
Above: A Blizzcon attendee poses as a tree-form druid that specializes in healing next to a Frozen Throne replica.
Above: A Blizzcon attendee takes a break from the rest of the convention to play some classic Blizzard games like Diablo.
Above: One of several arenas that Blizzard set up for competitions between the top World of Warcraft and Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty players at Blizzcon 2010.
Above: Members of a large guild in World of Warcraft meet for the first time in real life at Blizzcon 2010.
Above: Blizzcon 2010 attendees get a chance to play Blizzard's newest unreleased game, Diablo III.
Above: Blizzcon attendees leave their mark on a 20-foot-long whiteboard wall just inside the convention center.
Above: Cosplaying Blizzcon 2010 attendees pose in front of a replica of the Frozen Throne.
Above: A live music group plays a number of songs from Blizzard's various soundtracks for Blizzcon 2010 attendees just before the costume contest.
Above: Finalists for Blizzard's costume contest pose on stage in front of a crowd of about 20,000 Blizzcon attendees.
Above: The second-place winner of Blizzard's costume contest at Blizzcon 2010 poses as Illidan Stormrage from World of Warcraft.
