Blizzard Entertainment gaat dit jaar geen BlizzCon houden. Dat heeft de gigant bekendgemaakt met de onderstaande statement.
Blizzard zegt dit jaar anders uit te plannen. Dit jaar staat er geen BlizzCon in de planning, maar in de komende jaren kan het evenement terugkeren. Dat er geen BlizzCon is dit jaar, hoeft niet te betekenen dat we de BlizzCon-aankondigingen niet krijgen. Gedurende 2024 gaat Blizzard heel wat onthullen waaronder de eerste uitbreiding voor Diablo IV genaamd Vessel of Hatred en de volgende uitbreiding voor World of Warcraft met de titel The War Within. Binnenkort gaat Blizzard plannen delen over 2024. Blizzard is in ieder geval wel aanwezig op de aankomende Gamescom in de maand augustus in Keulen, Duitsland.
De Blizzcon is een tweedaagse beurs waar de community samenkomt en waar Blizzard nieuwe onthullingen doet over de geliefde IP’s zoals World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Overwatch en StarCraft. Afgelopen jaar werd de show afgesloten met een concert van K-pop-groep Le Sserafim.
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Statement Blizzard over het niet houden van een Blizzcon
“After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years.
Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing more details about our launches coming later this year, including World of Warcraft: The War Within and Diablo IV‘s first expansion, “Vessel of Hatred.” To celebrate these upcoming releases and to bring our communities together in new and special ways, we will soon share some exciting plans for other industry trade shows and conventions like Gamescom. We can’t wait to tell you more about those plans soon. We’re also looking forward to the Overwatch Champions Series’ stops at both Dreamhack Dallas and Dreamhack Stockholm. And we’re thrilled to be planning multiple, global, in-person events to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Warcraft, which will be held in addition to the in-game celebrations across our Warcraft games throughout 2024. While these events are distinct from BlizzCon, we’re harnessing all of our creativity and imagination to ensure that they carry the same spirit of celebration and togetherness.
Our hope is that these experiences—alongside several live-streamed industry events where we’ll keep you up to date with what’s happening in our game universes—will capture the essence of what makes the Blizzard community so special.
No matter how you choose to connect with us at these events this year—whether it be in person or virtually—we can’t wait to see you there!”
