Blizzard has officially cancelled its BlizzCon live event for the second year running, citing the “ongoing complexities and uncertainties of the pandemic”.
Last year’s real-world BlizzCon was cancelled due to coronavirus-related “health and safety considerations”, and its long-awaited digital-only replacement – formally titled BlizzConline – eventually took place in February this year. Since then, it’s been unclear if Blizzard was still planning to press ahead with a proper large-scale physical gathering in 2021, perhaps around the early November weekend usually reserved for its BlizzCon shows.
In a new post on the BlizzCon website, however, show executive producer Saralyn Smith has now confirmed the 2021 event will not be going ahead.