Blizzcon 2020 Canceled - Online Event Early Next Year
After a short period of uncertainty, news has now been confirmed by Blizzard that Blizzcon is canceled this year. Read their statement on why and what will replace it and how things will move forward below:
Quote from BlizzardHello Blizzard community,
Several weeks ago, I shared an update about our uncertainty around holding BlizzCon this year. Since then, a lot has changed . . . and a lot also hasn’t changed. During this time, we’ve had many discussions about what holding a convention could look like in light of all the health and safety considerations we’d want to make. We’ve also talked about different paths we could take, and how each one could be complicated by fluctuations in national and local health guidelines in the months ahead. Ultimately, after considering our options, we’ve come to the very difficult decision to not have BlizzCon this year.
We’re feeling deeply disappointed about this decision, and imagine many of you will feel the same. I truly love BlizzCon, and I know that’s a sentiment shared by everyone at Blizzard. We will sorely miss connecting with so many of you at the convention and “recharging our geek batteries” this fall.
But we will meet again!
We’re talking about how we might be able to channel the BlizzCon spirit and connect with you in some way online, far less impacted by the state of health and safety protocols for mass in-person gatherings. We’d want to do this as soon as we could, but given that this is new-ish territory and the different factors involved, it will most likely be sometime early next year. BlizzCon is also a stage for big esports events in Blizzard games each year, so we’re also looking into alternatives for supporting some of the high-level competition that would normally take place at the show.
We’ll tell you more about our plans as they develop—but in the meantime, we hope to see you exploring the Shadowlands, hanging out in the Tavern, pushing the payload (do it!), and wherever else in the Blizzard universes you may roam.
Stay safe and stay well,
Saralyn Smith
Whirlwind Barbarian, Executive Producer of BlizzCon
#MurlockLivesMatter
Oh it will. Time is money, friend.
they will literally reveal all the new stuff like 2-3 months later than usual, it wont hurt them
BLIZZCON 2020 coming out ... soon.
Thing is, other diablo clones get 5 starts "great game" in playstore, even though they are not, they are terrible. Had they announced Immortal as a side event, no one would have cared.
Good you guys have phones LUL
Eh, I didn't plan to travel to Coronifornia this year anyways. I'll go again next year. Hopefully it will be even better than the last.
Activision "Blizzard" : Okay team, what do we have for Blizzcon 2020?
"Team" : We need more time to work on Overwatch mobile, World of Warcraft Vanilla Vanilla and new paid expansions for Hearthstone which we are going to introduce as Paystone.
"World event" : Everything is canceled!
Activision "Blizzard" : HELL YEAH ... We mean, what a bad luck, we are really sorry.
That was completely expected.
Still, not having a plattform to announce your new projects this year will hurt Blizzard as a company a lot. I wonder, with the Coronavirus around for months now, shouldn't they be able to hold their "online event" much sooner? Why does it take them a whole year to switch their organization?
Maybe they realized that without the show of an added live event, their announcements this year were just not good enough to compete on the currently highly competed video game market? I mean everyone is craving for Diablo 4, but otherwise it has gotten pretty calm around Blizzard...
i was really looking forward to get disappointed by blizzard during the show and now they cancel it...im disappointed. Well played blizz!
Awww, I was looking forward to having representatives ask me if I have a mobile phone!
Still hurts haha
What is happening in US is kind of interesting. Some people say the lockdown was overblown, some people are still cancelling events.
people can be dumb during a time like this.
Rofl, nice one
"Blizzcon is also a sporting event"
No it isn't.
Actual quote - seems correct.
too bad, wanted to look at the the pre-alpha version of diablol 4 that comes out like 2030
bummer, dude
this comment was sponsored by 100% irony, or is it?
You all have phones, don't you!!
The prophecy has been fulfilled!!
I am disappointed that there will be no memes at this Blizzcon