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wtf!Blizzard has decided to cancel its yearly convention in order to focus on its upcoming projects.
It's the end of days! Well, not entirely, but fans of Starcraft and World of Warcraft are going to have to go a whole extra year without BlizzCon, as Blizzard announced its cancelling this year's convention.
"In light of our jam-packed schedule," Blizzard stated, "We've decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013."
In its place, Blizzard will be hosting the 2012 Battle.net World Championship in Asia towards the end of the year. Gamers worldwide can attend the eSports event, which will feature "some of the most skilled pro players on the planet [battling] it out for cash and glory."
it's not entirely a surprise that Blizzard might be looking to refocus its efforts, especially with Diablo 3, Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm and the next WoW expansion Mists of Panderia all coming up over the next year or so, on top of any secret projects it may have under wraps.
BlizzCon itself has been a yearly event since 2005, with the one exception of 2006 in which Blizzard decided to hold off on hosting the event. Blizzard has used its convention in the past to announce details about its upcoming projects.
The Escapist : News : Blizzard Cancels Blizzcon 2012
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Interesting, maybe now they'll go and finish diablo! damnit!
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Surely the developers themselves aren't the guys organising BlizzCon. all they need to do is take a weekend to allow the WoW nuts grill them with questions. I think its more likely that they have nothing new they are willing to show people.
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Well what they really are saying is, by the end of this year they won't exactly have much to tell us. I mean last year they could pull a few Diablo 3 things out and a WoW expansion, but surely you can't host an event all by yourself and talk about the exact same stuff every year. Blizzard only have 3 games, and it's the same 3 games every year....once D3 hits the shelves and SC2:expansion , what exactly is left? This is exactly why no other dev house is doing this and much rather talk about their big franchises at the bigger general conventions....
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But it'll probably be years before it hits the spotlight.
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Well yes, hence they're left with 3 games , of which there isn't much to say (other than that they are fun to play, what's next..) by the end of the year most likely.
This costs big bucks as well. Better for them to save the cash for development and just rock up at the other cons to hype their products just like every other dev house.
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