It's been for years BlizzCon, also due to the global Covid pandemic, was canceled or was only held as a live stream. The big return to a physical event with spectators on site followed in 2023. But there will be no sequel this year.
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Blizzard has made BlizzCon 2024 official cancelled. The in-house exhibition, which mostly took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, is canceled this year. Unlike E3, it shouldn't be an end forever, and the team already has plans for other events.
BlizzCon 2024: Why was the trade fair canceled?
Normally pre-sales for BlizzCon would be taking place slowly these days, but this will be canceled in 2024. “After much consideration,” it says in one blog entryfrom Blizzard, they have decided to cancel the event for this year. This decision was “not easy” for the US company, but they wanted a few try other ways.
After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. We're excited to bring BlizzCon back in future years, and we still have some exciting plans for events in 2024!
— Blizzard Entertainment (@Blizzard_Ent) April 25, 2024
However, the cancellation does not mean that the concept of BlizzCon is generally being thrown out the window. Instead, they would like to have “BlizzCon take place again in coming years”. In a statement to the English-speaking colleagues of PC gamers a spokesman also assures that this no decision from the new owner Microsoft. “Even though we have a lot to announce in 2024, the timing for a single event at the end of the year is simply not right.”
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New information and Release dates for the planned publications of World of Warcraft: The War Within and Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred you want to announce it in a different way. In addition, there will be trade fairs like the one taking place in August gamescom be represented.
One reason for this year's failure could also be that Blizzard has potentially already used up its big powder. On the BlizzCon 2023 they announced three new expansions for World of Warcraft and that Addon for Diablo 4 at. Meanwhile, at the beginning of 2024 it became public that the secret Survival game from Blizzard has now been canceled.