Blizzard has declared that there will be no Blizzcon this year, meaning that World of Warcraft fans have lost the one thing in real life they were planning to do this year. Haha, insulting nerd humor!
The convention will return in 2013.
A "jam-packed schedule" has been blamed for the lack of Blizzcon, with the studio working hard on Diablo III, Titan, a new WoW expansion and updates to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The Battle.net championship will be held in Asia toward the end of the year.
Pretty huge news! Were you looking forward to Blizzon this year, or are you totally cool with this?
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8:45 AM on 01.25.2012
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WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!
Blizzcon usually happens in August/September... does that mean they still wont have released Diablo 3 or Pandaria by next fall?
Thought D3 was slates for a Q1 release and that they were'nt going to do a "yearlong patch" like they did w/ Wrath of the Lich King...
But they must realise that end will come in the form of 10,000 banelings
Anime Expo... they cornered the market.
So........Titan? Nope.
"It's not like the people making the games are the same people putting the convention together, they hire professional event organizers to do that"
The people making the games are required to put together presentations on game systems, lore, the making of their games from a technical perspective, and so on. Preparing for all of those presentations (scripting them, getting someone to cut together a teaser video showing skill rune effects or whatever, etc.) takes a lot of time, and can't really be outsourced.
You prefer games getting rush and release as soon as possible ?
However, Blizzard's still doing the WoW Arena Tournaments and Starcraft II matches that are staples of every Blizzcon, so just having those alone isn't a total loss.