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Free Warcraft goodies for guilds from Anaheim company

August 20th, 2009, 11:04 am by

SwagDogHow to get attention? Give away free stuff.

That’s what SwagDog is doing at this year’s BlizzCon, which begins Friday. The Anaheim company, a division of Thunder Creek LLC, is offering guilds that visit its booth a chance to win its BlizzCon gift bag. There are 25 gift bags to give away and each includes:

  • Two months of WoW game time
  • Limited edition Murky FigurePrints pet sculpture
  • An Ogre Piñata loot card and Death Knight Starter Deck from Upper Deck
  • Hardcover edition of the collected World of Warcraft Graphic Novel from DC Comics and Wildstorm

To qualify, each guild member must register at the SwagDog booth before 5 pm. on Saturday The winning guild will be announced Saturday at 6 pm.

SwagDog has been in business for 15 years, though it’s only been affiliated with Blizzard for one year, said Mike Horn, SwagDog’s chief executive officer.

The company specializes in custom t-shirts for Warcraft guilds or players — all with Blizzard’s blessing.

“We thought Blizzard Entertainment was a perfect brand for our custom apparel. The nature of the game is customizing a character, and with that we provide custom apparel for a full custom experience,” Horn said.

Swag is a big part of any fan convention. Blizzard knows this and so does SwagDog.

“And who doesn’t like dogs?” Horn added.

~ By Sandra Lee

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Ozzy to end BlizzCon 2009

August 11th, 2009, 11:33 am by

The Blizzard Blog has a summer intern! Welcome Sandra Lee, a junior at Sonora High School in La Habra. This is her first post. ~ The Eds.

Ozzy Osbourne to rock BlizzCon 2009.Ozzy Osbourne, possibly better known today as the blathering dad in MTV’s “The Osbournes” then as lead singer of  ’70s metal band Black Sabbath, will be the closing concert for the sold out BlizzCon 2009, the  gaming festival for fans of Irvine’s Blizzard Entertainment games.

But Blizzard and Ozzy fans who are unable to attend can watch the concert online or on DirecTV  for $39.95. DirecTV, as it did last year, will offer BlizzCon as a pay-per-view show.

Blizzard is all too familiar with the Prince of Darkness. Ozzy, who has sold over 50 million CDs worldwide, starred in a World of Warcraft commercial last year.

With Ozzy Osbourne’s reputation for sold-out concerts added to BlizzCon being one of the biggest gaming events of the year, it is no wonder tickets sold out in 4.1 seconds flat.

“…We can’t think of a better way to close out this year’s show than having Ozzy rock the house,” said Mike Morhaime, Blizzard’s CEO and cofounder said in a statement. “Many of us at Blizzard are lifelong fans of Ozzy’s music, and we’re thrilled that he’ll be performing for all of our BlizzCon attendees as well as those joining us via DIRECTV and the live Internet stream.”

BlizzCon starts August 21 at the Anaheim Convention Center. ~ By Sandra Lee, Blizzard Blog writer

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