No BlizzCon again this year, but the event will return in 2026
After a rather rocky BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard announced early last year that they would skip hosting the annual event in 2024. Now, it seems, Blizzard will also be holding off on hosting BlizzCon in 2025 but will return in September 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMT3bgU-fs The once-annual event typically serves as a massive meetup for fans of Blizzard games (World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and at one time StarCraft) as well as a conference for game reveals and updates on titles in those universes. BlizzCon first started back in 2005, and after skipping 2006, continued annually all the way until COVID forced it to be canceled in 2020. In 2021 Blizzard hosted an online-only event called BlizzConline, but realistically it wasn't really BlizzCon at all, before skipping 2022 altogether, then returning in 2023. But in 2023, the event just seemed...different. In the past, BlizzCon seemed like a great value and fun event for fans of Blizzard to get together with like-minded fans and just have a good time. In 2019, the standard general admission was $229.99 and there was a special Portal Pass with additional perks for $550. However, in 2023, the general admission ticket was $299.99 and the Portal Pass was a whopping $800. Despite the increase in price, most Portal Pass holders said the pass didn't really include much additional value. In fact, the 2023 Portal Pass advertised having guaranteed Arena Access as well as special Portal Pass lines but they simply did not exist. It's like paying for a Lighting Pass at Disney but then having to stand in the same line as everyone else. Release timing-wise, it makes sense to skip 2025 for Blizzard. Outside of the World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion reveal expected later this year, there's not much new that we know about coming from Blizzard before 2026, including the second Diablo 4 expansion. According to Blizzard, the company is still evaluating a number of different options for attendees to customize their BlizzCon experience, and as such, there is no information in regards to the pricing of ticket costs at this time. For Blizzard fans, how much would you pay to attend BlizzCon in 2026? How about the Portal Pass or something similar? BlizzCon is set to return to Anaheim, California on September 12-September 13, 2026. The post No BlizzCon again this year, but the event will return in 2026 appeared first on Destructoid.
After a rather rocky BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard announced early last year that they would skip hosting the annual event in 2024. Now, it seems, Blizzard will also be holding off on hosting BlizzCon in 2025 but will return in September 2026.
The once-annual event typically serves as a massive meetup for fans of Blizzard games (World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and at one time StarCraft) as well as a conference for game reveals and updates on titles in those universes.
BlizzCon first started back in 2005, and after skipping 2006, continued annually all the way until COVID forced it to be canceled in 2020. In 2021 Blizzard hosted an online-only event called BlizzConline, but realistically it wasn't really BlizzCon at all, before skipping 2022 altogether, then returning in 2023.
But in 2023, the event just seemed...different. In the past, BlizzCon seemed like a great value and fun event for fans of Blizzard to get together with like-minded fans and just have a good time. In 2019, the standard general admission was $229.99 and there was a special Portal Pass with additional perks for $550.
However, in 2023, the general admission ticket was $299.99 and the Portal Pass was a whopping $800. Despite the increase in price, most Portal Pass holders said the pass didn't really include much additional value. In fact, the 2023 Portal Pass advertised having guaranteed Arena Access as well as special Portal Pass lines but they simply did not exist. It's like paying for a Lighting Pass at Disney but then having to stand in the same line as everyone else.
Release timing-wise, it makes sense to skip 2025 for Blizzard. Outside of the World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion reveal expected later this year, there's not much new that we know about coming from Blizzard before 2026, including the second Diablo 4 expansion.
According to Blizzard, the company is still evaluating a number of different options for attendees to customize their BlizzCon experience, and as such, there is no information in regards to the pricing of ticket costs at this time. For Blizzard fans, how much would you pay to attend BlizzCon in 2026? How about the Portal Pass or something similar?
BlizzCon is set to return to Anaheim, California on September 12-September 13, 2026.
The post No BlizzCon again this year, but the event will return in 2026 appeared first on Destructoid.
