MineCon 2015 heads to London this summer

[haldarulon]

Guys could never understand the Minecraft appeal (Lego on a computer)

 

Mojang has announced the return of its Minecraft fan convention MineCon for 2015, and London will play host.

 

The recently acquired Microsoft studio reveals the event will take place July 4th and 5th at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre, with 10,000 tickets going on sale later this month in two batches of 5,000 on the same day.

 

Those who purchase tickets will be granted access to a discounted hotel booking system as well.

 

Exhibitors are encouraged to contact Mojang with requests for booth space, and panelist hopefuls will be able to submit their ideas next month.

 

The first official MineCon in 2011 took place in Las Vegas, followed by MineCon 2012 in Paris and the most recent MineCon in Orlando two years ago.

[Dkeen94]

I am definately going to this! Bring it on!

[bald_pig]

I'm up for this!

[MrFrostmaul]

Should be a good one in London

[haldarulon]

After a year hiatus MineCon – the world's only official Minecraft convention – is returning this summer, on the weekend of 4-5 July, and it's coming to London's ExCeL Centre.

 

Tickets will go on sale later this month on a date to be announced by developers Mojang "in the next two weeks" – but some details have been announced ahead of time so the game's enormous, worldwide fanbase can prepare.

 

 

Tickets will be sold through Mojang's Minecon site. How much tickets will cost was also revealed, with the British Sterling and Euro prices based on conversion rates as of late November 2014.

 

$150.00 – $160.00 (US)

£95.80 - £102.19

€121.06 - €129.13

Tickets will be sold through Eventbrite, meaning that an additional $9.24 charge will be added to the main ticket cost.

 

There will be two batches of 5,000 tickets sold on the same day as to "accommodate for people's schedules" and naturally they're expected to sell out fast, which brings us on to some tips and tricks for beating what is sure to be an almighty rush.