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[BennyBlanco]

 

[Robochobo]

 

[SJRB]

Pathetic.

 

[MLSabre]

 

[Pop]

So they have nothing meaningful to show

 

[Dirk Benedict]

They need a year to get it together, I guess. They probably have next to nothing to show.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Lulu wouldn’t be there to post thirst traps anyway so i really dont care. Blizzard is washed up.

 

[Ribi]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Hudo]

They could have a side stage at Quakecon, I guess. lmao.

 

[ManaByte]

So it’s the 20th anniversary of WoW.

 

[Dr. Claus]

The only thing of moderate fun they have was Diablo 2 remastered and maybe War Within.

Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and Diablo 4 all are objectively terrible.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

what changed?

 

[MDSLKTR]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[TheChadOfGaming]

They dont have any thing to show off

 

[BoxFresh123]

Prophet

 

[Dr. Claus]

So it’s the 20th anniversary of WoW.

What do they have to show for it?

SoD is good, but not much to showcase unless they plan on continuing SoD into expansions.

Dragonflight has been a joke in terms of content with many having issues with how content light 10.2 was and how boring and bland Amirdrassil was. Now we have a new season of nothing new and just more of the same? This is supposed to tide players over until September?

Plunderstorm is awful.

Mists Timerunning looks mediocre.

War Within looks promising, but that won’t be until September at the earliest for a full proper release. So what would they showcase at Blizzcon? The first major patch?

There is nothing to show for this year.

 

[Varteras]

Heroes of the Storm and Starcraft are dead. Overwatch is dying. Diablo is struggling. Odyssey was canceled. This is on top of Warzone Mobile debuting with 67% lower earnings than Call of Duty Mobile. Microsoft executives are probably not keen on the idea of spending a bunch of money on a convention to maybe show a D4 expansion, a new Hearthstone card pack, and celebrate a 20 year old game. Not after they spent $70 billion for this. The WoW team will have to come up with a different idea to celebrate the occasion.

 

[Gudji]

There will be no blizzcon in 2025 either. You heard it here first.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Why does it feel like all these giant ass legacy gaming studios have all become bloated and incapable of creating anything great anymore?

 

[Spukc]

no jizzcon

 

[Kacho]

Oh no!

Wait until people find out that the talent that made Blizzard great is long gone.

 

[Hudo]

They dont have any thing to show off

This is the main reason. They cancelled that stupid survival game (thank god). War Within will likely be out just before Blizzcon would've taken place, their RTS division is dead and no one gives a shit about that Diablo 4 DLC.

 

[diffusionx]

Phil "the Hatchet" Spencer strikes again

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Kinda expected that to be honest.

 

[SlimySnake]

lol MS is a frugal company. They are not going to host an expensive live event that probably cost tens of millions. The suits need that money for their sugar babies.

 

[nani17]

Thanks Phil

 

[Mr Hyde]

Blizzard hasn't done anything good since The Lost Vikings 2.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

lol MS is a frugal company. They are not going to host an expensive live event that probably cost tens of millions. The suits need that money for their sugar babies.

You are correct, the last few E3s MS attended cost them around 30 million per so that all starts adding up.

 

[Kacho]

and no one gives a shit about that Diablo 4 DLC.

Asmongold has been coping hard about that lately. He went from smugly hand-waving criticism over the MTX "iTs JuSt ThE wAy It Is", to being all butt hurt over people not giving that shitty game another chance. You love to see it.

 

[Wastelander92]

The Xbox showcase needs to have something I guess.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Probably too many people watched it on their phones.

 

[bender]

Phil tightening the belt.

 

[Paltheos]

The silence as to why they're not holding the event in their four paragraph press release speaks volumes.

As it has felt for many years, I imagine, for a hardcore Blizzard fan, it's gotta suck being a fan. The company's just not the same.

 

[AJUMP23]

Nothing to talk about.

 

[Yoda]

I think they've cancelled before?

According to this article that is the case: https://gamerant.com/blizzard-blizzcon-2024-canceled-why/

They don't have much to show and nearly all the senior talent is gone. While I wouldn't call it dead yet, I wouldn't be surprised if they move the marketing to other avenues.

 

[Spyxos]

 

[Hudo]

Asmongold has been coping hard about that lately. He went from smugly hand-waving criticism over the MTX "iTs JuSt ThE wAy It Is", to being all butt hurt over people not giving that shitty game another chance. You love to see it.

Huh. I thought he was over Diablo 4 as well. I remember watching him essentially saying that the game can't be saved with the stuff that Blizzard are planning to do to it since really saving it would mean to torpedo their live-service model. Or something like that.

But makes sense, he somehow regularly ends up playing what he hates on, lmao.

 

[SirKicksalot]

All those positive Diablo 4 posts in the first month, lmao.

 

[Kataploom]

"Hello guys, I just wanted to announce that there will be no announcements, thanks"

 

[amigastar]

Asmongold has been coping hard about that lately. He went from smugly hand-waving criticism over the MTX "iTs JuSt ThE wAy It Is", to being all butt hurt over people not giving that shitty game another chance. You love to see it.

Asmongold is so overrated with his 2.51 million subs. I don't get it.

 

[Arsic]

That doesn’t bode well for the D4 expansion due this year. Likely 2025 product now.

 

[xrnzaaas]

So they have nothing meaningful to show

That's been happening for quite a few years now.

 

[Tomi]

That's it
Blizzard is dead

 

[darth.shrimp]

 

[German Hops]

I'm saddened, but you know.

No E3 and now no Blizzcon. It's a new day, I guess.

 

[Hudo]

Don't worry guys, Quakecon will save the day.

 

[Loomy]

what changed?

It'll probably be lumped in with whatever Microsoft does for the entire xbox studios business.

 

[cormack12]

There's a blizz con with each new diablo 4 season pass