Blizzard has revealed it won’t be hosting its annual BlizzCon fan convention in 2024, but says the long-running event – first seen in 2005 – may return “in future years”.
BlizzCon has, of course, had a bit of a bumpy ride in recent times, taking an extended hiatus as Blizzard navigated health and safety considerations stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and reckoned with disturbing allegations in a State of California lawsuit accusing it of being a “breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women”. Blizzard skipped BlizzCon entirely in 2020, switched to a digital-only format in 2021, then scrapped a planned digital event in 2022, making last year’s BlizzCon the first in-person event since 2019. As such, it’s perhaps surprising to see the publisher step away from the event again so soon.
Blizzard announced the cancellation of this year’s BlizzCon in a statement shared on its website, writing, “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.”
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