The game occasion cancellations are pushing even deeper into the 12 months now, as Blizzard have introduced BlizzCon 2020 is a no-go. The occasion often takes proper at the start of November, however as a consequence of ongoing considerations in regards to the Covid-19 pandemic they’ve made the choice to cancel it.
“We’ve 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,” they said. “Ultimately, after considering our options, we’ve come to the very difficult decision to not have BlizzCon this year.”
Blizzard don’t plan on skipping BlizzCon 2020 altogether, although. Like many different occasions which have seen cancellations, they need to take it on-line. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like the web celebrations will happen this 12 months:
“We’d want to do this as soon as we could,” they wrote. “But given that this is new-ish territory and the different factors involved, it will most likely be sometime early next year.”
They’re additionally alternate options for the esports occasions which might be often held on the present – just like the Overwatch World Cup and Heartstone Grandmasters occasion – so we are able to in all probability anticipate updates on these within the coming months.
At this 12 months’s BlizzCon we have been possible set to search out out extra about Diablo IV, Overwatch 2 and World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands, all of which had large bulletins on the 2019 occasion.
The cancellation doesn’t come as an enormous shock although, as final month Blizzard made a post discussing their considerations about holding BlizzCon 2020 within the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. I’m glad they settled on the choice to cancel it fairly shortly, stopping any occasions that hundreds of individuals collect at simply looks like the very best concept at this level. Plus it saves followers, journos and occasion workers alike from having to cancel plans final minute in the event that they have been to depart it too late.
So then, BlizzCon has joined the ranks of the numerous cancelled gaming occasions – together with the Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom, and our very own EGX Rezzed. It appears most cancelled occasions are planning some on-line shenanigans although, similar to EGX’s Rezzed Digital, which RPS did lots of lovely streams for.
