Blizzard begins its ramp up towards another WoW Arena Tournament for 2008. Currently the prize money is being quoted at $120,000 with $75k being given to the Grand Finals winner. In a change from last year Blizzard will be going with a 3v3 format. This should solidify the three one three format as the premier play style for competitive WoW after WSVG and Dreamhack/ESL both picked this format over the past year.

“Within a structured format comprising two six-week-long qualifying rounds, players will battle on special tournament realms purely dedicated to the competitive format of 3v3 Arena matches,” said Blizzard on its official WoW website, “The characters used on these realms are new level 70s that you create, decked to the brim with PvP armor and weapons.”

The registration for the event hasn’t been opened yet but each account participating will be required to pay $20 to entry the online event culminating in a LAN final which is expected to be at Blizzcon yet again.

Check out Blizzard’s full release of information on their site here and the location of registration sign ups when they open.