Sad news for you Blizzard fanfolk this morning. There will be no BlizzCon in 2012. The developer revealed as much in an early morning news update that cites a "jam-packed schedule" as the reason for the off year. BlizzCon will return in 2013, presumably with some big announcements to share since Diablo 3, WoW expansion Mists of Pandaria and StarCraft 2 expansion Heart of the Swarm are all expected (maybe "hoped" is more accurate) to arrive in 2012.
This is the second time Blizzard has opted to go dark for a year since the fan gathering launched in 2005, following an off year in 2006. The developer stated at the time that BlizzCon "isn't intended as an annual event," but it's definitely been following a one-per-year schedule since 2007. I'm guessing that most of you would probably rather be playing Diablo 3 and the rest of Blizzard's upcoming slate anyway, so take heart: a year away from BlizzCon guarantees that you'll get to play the new stuff that much sooner!
UPDATE: We reached out to Blizzard to see if they had anything else to add about this announcement but they affirmed that they didn't have any future details to share. A spokesperson for the company said, " We feel that 2012 is going to be an exciting year for Blizzard and our players, and the best way to serve our community is to focus our efforts on our upcoming releases. That said, we’re looking forward to talking more about the Battle.net World Championship in the months ahead."
Source: Blizzard
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zombieking36
I cannot think of anything they would even show this year. Unless the Starcraft 2 xpac is delayed, they would have nothing to show except Project Titan, but I'm guessing that will be for 2013.
zergling1
I figure Blizzard can't afford to throw TWO parties in 2012. The tournament in Asia should be INSANE!
jjfan1
its been said for years and WoW is still around. Sorry but WoW isn't going any where so accept it. no big deal. and no I am no WoW fan boy. haven't played the game in years. I was a part of SWTOR closed beta and it is fun....not fun enough for me to buy it...yet :)
tcs0
Who can blame them. They have so much epic titles on the way.
Mystyr_E
I see it as Diablo 3 prior to E3, Mists of Pandaria in the summer/fall, and Heart of the Swarm just barely making it in 2012 (December)
crocodilius
well, at least no one had to get their hopes up
about hearing of TITAN for the third year!
jungan
Speaking of SWTOR. I finally got my Jedi to 50. He's rad.
I'm glad there is no Blizzcon, Blizzard needs to focus and release Diablo three before the apocalypse.
permanent_nirvana
They better give us Diablo 3 to make up for it.
teac77
They're busy with a WoW expansion, Diablo, and Starcraft 2 (part 2). And they're making oodles of money. It makes sense.
Kehydius777
Negatory.
1. Star wars is doing OK sub wise it has well passed a million but we will still need to see the overall direction of the game and the ability of the devs. But it has not taken a (Ton) as you put it from wow.
2. Mists of pandara is deep in wow lore and makes alot of sense as a next move to explore. The only people complaining about "Kung fu pandas" are the basic video game doomsayers that just jump to conclusions. Its prolly gonna be one of the best x-pacs yet with alot of new core features and has ALOT of people pumped.
3. O.O They are far from tired. Those tickets sell out in under 5 min.. lol. Talking, Tornys, goodies, guildies hanging out. Yeah...
4. It prolly is but i cant forsee sooner then 4th quarter. Mists looks to be 3rd quarter to second quarter. Heart Honestly i dont see coming till 2013 based on information flow.
No im not a bliz fan boy. Im a video game fan boy. I play starwars and wow (the story lines in Starwars are amazing!) Just simple fact O.O wow or bliz wont die till they wanna die.
macross2012
Well lets see why?
1. Star Wars MMO killed off a ton of subs from WOW.
2. No one cares about the WOW next Xpac "Attack of the Pandas"
3. People are tired of spending $150.00 to listen to Dev's talk (espcially about pandas)
4. Fact that Diablo 3 is NOT coming out this year gives them NOTHING to talk about.
So there you have it. Explains a lot
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