The news comes from a post by BlizzCon Executive Producer Saralyn Smith, which PCGamer first spotted earlier today.
Smith said:
News of BlizzCon’s cancellation is just one part of what’s basically been the year of cancellations and delays, from E3 2020 and GDC 2020 being canceled to Minecraft Festival 2020’s delay.
We’ve also talked about different paths we could take, and how each one could be complicated by fluctuations in national and local health guidelines in the months ahead. Ultimately, after considering our options, we’ve come to the very difficult decision to not have BlizzCon this year.
But just like Summer Game Fest was born from E3’s cancellation, Blizzard is looking into alternative ways to host a convention. Smith mentioned:
It might not be a proper replacement for this year’s convention, but at least it’s something. You can check out the original story on PC Gamer and Smith’s full post on Blizzard’s website. Stay tuned to GameSkinny for more video game event news as it develops.
We’d want to do this as soon as we could, but given that this is new-ish territory and the different factors involved, it will most likely be sometime early next year.
