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BlizzCon 2024 has been cancelled

26 points by samspenc 2y ago

worthless-trash 2y ago
Quietly disappearing into the night
- shrimp_emoji 2y ago
  Hell, it's about time.
r0ckarong 2y ago
Do you not have games?
bearjaws 2y ago
Doesn't immediately improve earnings by 20%, doesn't have GenAI. No buzzwords = no BlizzCon.
SkyMarshal 2y ago
> 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. Odd not to have Blizzcon on WoW's 30th anniversary year. Seems serious.
- CyberDildonics 2y ago
  Warcraft, not world of warcraft. Warcraft release date: November 15, 1994 Although world of warcraft's release date was November 23, 2004 so the 20th anniversary is at the same time.
  - SkyMarshal 2y ago
    Oops, yeah, thx. Either way it's a big anniversary year for their core IP. Really odd not to have a big celebration. Even if they have no major new announcements, just make it a big retro-themed nostalgic event or something.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
  I think you mean 20th anniversary year? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft It is 30th anniversary year for Warcraft as a whole though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft
- postepowanieadm 2y ago
  You almost gave me a heart attack.
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blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I wonder if this is partly because there has been a significant backlash from gamers against various big studios for everything from terms of service dark patterns to digital games being shut down or deleted to controversies around woke editing of games by groups like Sweet Baby. With Blizzard I know many people angered by forced terms of service.
saddd 2y ago
I regret not being able to go to any of the Fountain Valley Fry's midnight releases that were hosted by the Blizzard dev teams. I wasn't even in high school yet when those were still being held. In hindsight, I think my mom would have been willing to take me to one if I had asked. It was a ten minute drive from home. I was really sad when that Fry's closed down. Nearly all of my PC gaming purchases came from there and the ACP Swapmeet up until 2006 or so, when I switched to Steam, so it felt like losing a part of my childhood. I haven't visited the location in a while, but I'm assuming it is still empty and fenced off.
kelsolaar 2y ago
Historical overview of the rise and downfall: https://youtu.be/67BFdPVKYjk?si=hVJjzAZAk56N6u0B https://youtu.be/67BFdPVKYjk?si=hVJjzAZAk56N6u0B
pointlessone 2y ago
They probably don’t have anything to show. They’re just after acquisition and likely right in the middle of reorg. Kotick left a few months ago, management purges are probably in full swing.

26 points by samspenc 2y ago

worthless-trash 2y ago

Quietly disappearing into the night

shrimp_emoji 2y ago
Hell, it's about time.

r0ckarong 2y ago

Do you not have games?

bearjaws 2y ago

Doesn't immediately improve earnings by 20%, doesn't have GenAI. No buzzwords = no BlizzCon.

SkyMarshal 2y ago

> 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. Odd not to have Blizzcon on WoW's 30th anniversary year. Seems serious.

CyberDildonics 2y ago
Warcraft, not world of warcraft. Warcraft release date: November 15, 1994 Although world of warcraft's release date was November 23, 2004 so the 20th anniversary is at the same time.
- SkyMarshal 2y ago
  Oops, yeah, thx. Either way it's a big anniversary year for their core IP. Really odd not to have a big celebration. Even if they have no major new announcements, just make it a big retro-themed nostalgic event or something.
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I think you mean 20th anniversary year? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft It is 30th anniversary year for Warcraft as a whole though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft
postepowanieadm 2y ago
You almost gave me a heart attack.

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blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

I wonder if this is partly because there has been a significant backlash from gamers against various big studios for everything from terms of service dark patterns to digital games being shut down or deleted to controversies around woke editing of games by groups like Sweet Baby. With Blizzard I know many people angered by forced terms of service.

saddd 2y ago

I regret not being able to go to any of the Fountain Valley Fry's midnight releases that were hosted by the Blizzard dev teams. I wasn't even in high school yet when those were still being held. In hindsight, I think my mom would have been willing to take me to one if I had asked. It was a ten minute drive from home. I was really sad when that Fry's closed down. Nearly all of my PC gaming purchases came from there and the ACP Swapmeet up until 2006 or so, when I switched to Steam, so it felt like losing a part of my childhood. I haven't visited the location in a while, but I'm assuming it is still empty and fenced off.

kelsolaar 2y ago

Historical overview of the rise and downfall: https://youtu.be/67BFdPVKYjk?si=hVJjzAZAk56N6u0B https://youtu.be/67BFdPVKYjk?si=hVJjzAZAk56N6u0B

pointlessone 2y ago

They probably don’t have anything to show. They’re just after acquisition and likely right in the middle of reorg. Kotick left a few months ago, management purges are probably in full swing.