Blizzard has announced that there will be no 2024 BlizzCon event, its semi-regular convention where it makes its biggest announcements. The event has been held since 2005 and typically sees Blizzard reveal what’s next for its biggest franchises, like Diablo, Warcraft, and Overwatch. While BlizzCon 2024 isn’t happening, Blizzard has pledged to return to the event in the future.
“After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024,” Blizzard said in a press statement. “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.”
Blizzard added that it’ll be sharing more details on upcoming game launches later this year, with new looks at World of Warcraft: The War Within and Diablo IV’s first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, planned. Some of these reveals are being planned for other industry trade shows and conventions like Gamescom, and Blizzard is also working on celebrating the 30th anniversary of Warcraft with multiple in-person events across the globe.
Now that’s it under the ownership of Microsoft, Blizzard could also pop up at the Xbox Showcase in June 2024 or a Developer Direct livestream. Summer Game Fest is also scheduled for June 2024, so while Blizzard won’t be doing an annual blowout of information on upcoming games this year, it has multiple platforms available to provide updates on specific games while it continues to work on its other projects.
In related news, Blizzard announced a new promotion to celebrate Earth Day this week, pledging millions of maggots to charity–specifically, the British rescue and rehabilitation hospital Tiggywinkles, so that the birds under the care of this organization can enjoy a tasty meal. Duriel, Diablo’s King of Maggots, will not be pleased to hear that his minions are becoming lunch.
