Blizzard Cancels BlizzCon 2021

In an announcement on Wednesday, Blizzard said that the event planned for this year has been canceled, citing "the ongoing complexities and uncertainties of the pandemic." Instead of BlizzCon 2021, Blizzard plans to hold a "global event" in early 2022 that will also include "smaller in-person gatherings." BlizzCon producer Saralyn Smith said in a statement on the event's official website: "The ongoing complexities and uncertainties of the pandemic affected our ability to move forward properly on many of these fronts, and ultimately we have passed the point where we could develop the kind of event we would want to create right now. But we do not want to wait too long before connecting with everyone again. In the meantime, early next year we are planning a global event that combines an online show like the recent BlizzConline with smaller in-person gatherings, and we will share more as our plans come together."