No BlizzCon in 2012, Battle.net championship to be held in Asia
by Mathew McCurley 
Jan 25th 2012 at 8:12AM
No BlizzCon in 2012.Hit the jump for the full announcement. We have not had any other official word from Blizzard, but we will let you know as soon as we do.
No BlizzCon in 2012.
Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year's StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans from around the world will be invited to attend and witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet battle it out for cash and glory.
We're excited to be showcasing Blizzard eSports on a truly global stage this year. We're also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players' hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we've decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.
More details about the 2012 Battle.net World Championship and BlizzCon 2013, including specific dates and locations, will be coming in the months ahead.
We're excited to be showcasing Blizzard eSports on a truly global stage this year. We're also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players' hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we've decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.
More details about the 2012 Battle.net World Championship and BlizzCon 2013, including specific dates and locations, will be coming in the months ahead.
The news is out -- we'll be playing Mists of Pandaria! Find out what's in store with an all-new talent system, peek over our shoulder at our Pandaren hands-on, and get ready to battle your companion pets against others. It's all here right at WoW Insider!Filed under: Blizzard, News items, BlizzCon, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Lumi Jan 25th 2012 8:18AM
Oh... Noooooo!
niko Jan 25th 2012 8:57AM
Here, I fixed the link you intended to put in there:
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
;)
Thundrcrackr Jan 25th 2012 9:18AM
I assume this means no Titan announcement this year. =(
quelaenvyn Jan 25th 2012 11:39AM
No Titan is mostly like the release to drop Blizcon this year there nothing new to announce this year with all 3 of the big game have a release this year. Which mean there nothing to Hype either so save money and made start work on the new models,
Ragthorne Jan 25th 2012 8:21AM
Say Whaaaaaaaaat????
Chris Jan 25th 2012 8:21AM
Say it isn't so...and I had finally decided to go this year.
ben bizzarro Jan 25th 2012 8:22AM
This better be some kind of cruel joke?
ElrithCC Jan 25th 2012 8:22AM
That sucks. I love Blizzcon for their huge announcements.
omedon666 Jan 25th 2012 8:27AM
Exactly. And there clearly won't be one, so the convention loses much of its appeal.
I, personally, would prefer silence over "Geek is".
Aranyszin Jan 25th 2012 10:39AM
I think they realized that if they held Blizzcon this year, they would have to field questions like "How come 6 million people dumped WoW in the last year?" (yes, I predict they will lose 4 million more subscribers if they continue on their current course of dumbing the game down with greater impugnity than George Lucas did to the Star Wars franchise of movies).
(cutaia) Jan 25th 2012 10:55AM
"I think they realized that if they held Blizzcon this year, they would have to field questions like "How come 6 million people dumped WoW in the last year?" (yes, I predict they will lose 4 million more subscribers if they continue on their current course of dumbing the game down with greater impugnity than George Lucas did to the Star Wars franchise of movies)."
That's a super intelligent, and not at all ridiculous theory.
josh Jan 25th 2012 2:08PM
they never lost 6 million people. they cut 1m accounts that were fake/bots/gold sellers.
Aranyszin Jan 25th 2012 2:11PM
@ josh
Please read my whole message. I realize they have not lost 6 million subscribers. To date, they are down just under 2 million from the peak. As I said, I speculated that they would lose another 4 million by the time Blizzcon would have actually occurred. Which is a little bit of an exaggeration for effect, but meant to convey that they are bleeding subscribers, and that I think they will continue to do so.
jfofla Jan 25th 2012 2:19PM
Dear Aranyszin,
I realize you must be shocked at the horrific disaster The TORtanic has become. I know you desperately wanted Bioboobs to crush Blizzard, but it won't happen.
You see my dear hater, there is no WOW Killer, in fact, to your horror, Pandas will take WOW to a new high in Subs.
Blizzard is now the one and only MMO company, and you will just have to twist in agony as you realize that.
PJ Jan 25th 2012 8:22AM
Interesting.
I wonder if there is a deeper and more secret reason for this.
fudge Jan 25th 2012 8:30AM
Speculation:
By fall 2012, both Diablo 3 and Mists of Pandaria would've been released, leaving Blizzard with only another Starcraft expansion to showcase as Titan is obviously still far in the future.
Jason Jan 25th 2012 8:32AM
Sure, three big dirty secret is that they'll be between WoW expansions, Diablo and HotSwarm will have been released, and they still won't have anything to say about Titan. No content no BlizzCon 2012... but I guarantee in 2 years they'll make it TitanCon 2013 for a 2014 launch window.
Orrine Jan 25th 2012 8:54AM
Of course there's a 'deeper' reason. While it seems that Blizzard operates as usual, Old God, who slumbered under the headquarters, awakened. So now while little part of the team continues to develop games, the rest digs out their dark master and makes bloody sacrifices.
Additionaly, this is the reason why games are delayed last months.
McGintoy Jan 25th 2012 2:58PM
@Orrine
Oh man, not *another* "former good guy gets corrupted by an Old God" story...
Well, I'll still look forward to the Chris Metzen raid boss, who, ironically, is NOT voiced by Chris Metzen.
McGintoy Jan 25th 2012 3:02PM
@Orrine
Oh man, not *another* "former good guy gets corrupted by an Old God" story...
Well, I'll still look forward to the Chris Metzen raid boss, who, ironically, is NOT voiced by Chris Metzen.