BlizzCon 2021 Officially Cancelled - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 June 2021 / 1,887 Views
Blizzard announced it has cancelled BlizzCon 2021, which is usually held in person at the Anaheim Convention Center in California in November.
"I hope you’re all staying safe and well," said BlizzCon Executive Producer Saralyn Smith. "As guidelines in California around in-person gatherings continue to evolve and the status of the pandemic fluctuates around the globe, the teams across Blizzard have been discussing what this means for one of the events we miss the most: BlizzCon.
"We know some of you might be wondering about your own plans to potentially cross the country—not to mention oceans—and meet your friends, family, and fellow community members in California, so today, we wanted to give you a heads-up that we’ve decided we will not be holding BlizzCon this year.
"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 talented production partners, esports pros, hosts, entertainers, artists, and other collaborators we team up with locally and globally to put all of the pieces together.
"The ongoing complexities and uncertainties of the pandemic have impacted our ability to properly move forward on many of these fronts, and ultimately we’re now past the point where we’d be able to develop the kind of event we’d want to create for you in November."
Blizzard does plan on holding a global event in early 2022 that will combine the online show similar to the recent BlizzConline with smaller in-person gatherings.
"But we don’t want to let too long go by before we connect with everyone again," added Smith. "So in the meantime, we’re planning a global event for the early part of next year, combining an online show along the lines of our recent BlizzConline with smaller in-person gatherings, and we’ll share more as our plans come together.
"We very much look forward to celebrating with you all again. Until then, we’ll see you in Azeroth, Outland, Sanctuary, and all the other worlds we call home."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Strange, especially considering how the vaccine is out there for pretty much anyone who wants one.
I don't buy the whole pandemic excuse, especially with what's been going on internally at Blizzard, and how the last two Blizzcons went (the one before last was utterly bad and the recent one was incredibly mediocre) . Blizzard is a dead company at this point, so them completely cancelling Blizzcon and not holding a digital event just confirms to me that the company is just acting as a shell company.
Also trying to hold another event early next year, again?. Hardly anyone is gonna be hyped for what we already know.
of course its the "pandemics" fault haha but its clearly becoz of their controversial shows before!
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