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BlizzCon 2020 Is Cancelled, To Be Moved Online In Early 2021
By Alleef Ashaari|May 27, 2020|0 Comment
Yet another video game event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and this time it’s BlizzCon 2020. The highly-anticipated annual event would usually run in November.
It’s worth pointing out that this is the first major gaming event as late as November 2020 to be officially cancelled. In an official statement, BlizzCon Executive Producer Saralyn Smith said:
“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!”
In what might sound hopeful for Blizzard Entertainment fans, she also said that the company might be looking to replace BlizzCon 2020 with a virtual event. Unfortunately, she clarified that the earliest that this could potentially even happen would be sometime in early 2021.
“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.”
Last year’s BlizzCon 2019 was notable for having officially announced Overwatch 2Â and Diablo 4, so it was likely that this year’s iteration of the event would have revealed even more about the sequel to 2016’s Overwatch and the latest instalment of the Diablo franchise.
Other game events that have also been cancelled, postponed, or turned into digital events due to COVID-19 include Paris Games Week 2020, E3 2020, Gamescom 2020, EVO 2020, QuakeCon 2020, and Taipei Game Show 2020.
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