Blizzard Is Skipping BlizzCon Again This Year

[Tsing]

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Blizzard didn’t have much of a choice but to cancel its annual gaming convention, BlizzCon, last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. While restrictions have slowly begun to lift in its home state of California, Blizzard revealed today that it has opted to skip BlizzCon for another year due to planning and logistical issues. Instead, Blizzard will be holding a global event during the early part of next year that combines an online show with smaller in-person gatherings.



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Building an in-person BlizzCon is an epic and complex affair that takes many months of preparation—not just for us, but also for the many...

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[Space_Ranger]

Not surprised at all. They've got NOTHING to show. Sad, sad state the company is in. They used to be a giant... Used to be... Now they're just a sorry empty shell of a company..

 

[Denpepe]

I would not go that far, the have 2 new diablo games in production, the diablo 2 remaster, overwatch 2, they also could announce the next WoW expansion some update to heartstone, they also got some unancounced stuff going on they could announce or tease depending on how far ahead it is.

Now not sure any of it interests you but that's another matter.

 

[Space_Ranger]

They can't even get out a .1 patch to their CURRENT EXPANSION... It's been 7 months since release of Shadowlands, and we're STILL going through PTR updates on the 9.1 content-patch. IF they get 9.1 out by the end of June it'll be a miracle..

Diablo 4, Diablo 2 Remastered and Diablo Immortal are not enough to go with for a convention... They've got nothing else up their sleeve..