Blizzard cancels another BlizzCon and is preparing to transform it -apkrig
The traditional meeting of players and developers from Blizzard, which has been held under the auspices of BlizzCon since 2005, will undergo a significant change. Representatives of the company announced this in a short statement on the official website, which also informs about the cancellation of this year. Just like last year, BlizzCon was moved from the usual November deadline to the following February, but while a purely online event took place this year, the next one – with the expected presence of a lower number of fans directly at the Anaheim fairgrounds – will not take place. This does not seem to be due to measures related to the coronavirus pandemic, as in this respect the rules in the United States are relatively mild and the clashes of people – as was the case last hundred hundreds of thousands of fans during the Austin Formula One Grand Prix – are basically nothing prevents.
Therefore, there is speculation that the cancellation of this year’s year and the interest in changing the appearance of BlizzCon is more due to a case associated with inappropriate behavior in the workplace and harassment of employees, mostly women. Naturally, however, Blizzard does not mention this in his statement, stating that the need to change the format stems purely from the fact that the event began 16 years ago and much has changed since then. “We would like to use our time [vzniklý zrušením letošního ročníku] to rethink what BlizzCon might look like in the future. The first BlizzCon took place 16 years ago, and so much has changed during that time – especially the many ways players and communities can meet and feel part of something bigger, ”say the Blizzard developers.
The basic form of the popular con is then imposed by basic criteria, which partly confirm the speculation outlined in the introduction, stemming from the fact that BlizzCon was supposed to be a place where inappropriate company employees behaved, even if they repeatedly objected to it and the court he has not yet fully decided on this matter. “Whatever the event looks like in the future, we also need to make sure it is as safe, friendly and accommodating as possible,” say the developers, who say they are committed to constantly communicating with fans, and BlizzCon plays a key role in that.
As for this year’s postponement – albeit postponed to February 2022 – Blizzard speaks in particular of the great effort from all employees that must be made each year to make BlizzCon the best it can be. At the moment, however, the company’s representatives feel that it is better to direct energy to support individual development teams within Blizzard and their own game development, which currently includes Diablo IV and Overwatch 2. However, at the end of the report, developers warn a stream of news and information about what is happening in society. “Even though we don’t run BlizzCon in February, we’ll still be releasing announcements and updates for our games. We have a lot of exciting news and games that we want to share with you, “the developers assure and link players to the relevant accounts on social networks or YouTube.
