Today Blizzard made several announcements regarding their upcoming arena 3v3 arena tournament. Here's what we know so far.

Start Date: April ?, 2008
Entry fee: $20.00 USD / per player
Round One: 6 week qualifying period
Bracket: 3v3
Prizes: $75,000 grand prize, $30,000 second place, $15,000 third place. (In addition there are cash prizes at the regional level).

As far as characters and equipment go, once you have payed the $20 entry fee you'll be able to create up to 3 characters which you'll be able to choose gear for. For the full list of items, pets, and reagents you'll be able to use check here, though generally speaking any merciless gladiator's armor is up for grabs, veteran honor pieces, as well as an assortment of similar level PvE items. In addition to getting all the gear immediately you can also pickup your enchants and anything else at no cost, hell just talk to an NPC for an easy 5000g.

On top of all that, today the tournament server PTR went live today. So you can immediately create characters and start getting a feel for all the happenings of the server and what we can expect when the real thing begins sometime in April.

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