{"id":104817,"date":"2019-04-30T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T16:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=104817"},"modified":"2019-04-30T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:37:20","slug":"blizzard-isnt-going-gamescom-europes-biggest-gaming-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2019\/04\/30\/blizzard-isnt-going-gamescom-europes-biggest-gaming-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard isn\u2019t going to Gamescom, Europe\u2019s biggest gaming convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five days after finally announcing <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2019\/04\/25\/blizzcon-2019-dates-accidentally-announced-overwatch-world-cup\/\">this year&#8217;s BlizzCon<\/a>, Blizzard announced they would not have a booth at gamescom 2019, despite historically using that platform to reveal relatively major developments.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief rundown, Blizzard has used gamescom as a platform to showcase nearly everything they do, from esports to systems and everything in between. Gamescom is where they first showcased many of their really great cinematics. They&#8217;ve released stand-alone videos like <em>Overwatch<\/em>&#8216;s tearjerking &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2017\/08\/23\/new-overwatch-animated-short-rise-shine\/\">Rise and Shine&#8221;<\/a> featuring Mei and the first of many <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2017\/08\/23\/hearthstone-home-new-animated-short-upcoming-series\/\"><em>Hearthstone is Home<\/em><\/a> shorts. They&#8217;ve also released trailers for upcoming content, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2017\/08\/23\/patch-7-3-shadows-argus-will-arrive-august-29\/\">Shadows of Argus cinematic<\/a> to showcase <em>World of Warcraft<\/em>&#8216;s patch 7.2.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard has frequently used gamescom to stage <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2017\/08\/24\/blizzard-esports-schedules-including-gamescom\/\">some big esports championships<\/a> across most of their franchises, and even make announcements about <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2017\/08\/22\/heroes-storm-changes-gamescom\/\">games systems changes<\/a>. And of course, who can forget <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2016\/10\/19\/sombra-arg-made-fools-us\/\">the Sombra ARG<\/a> which ended up being just a countdown to gamescom?<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard revealed <a href=\"http:\/\/eu.battle.net\/wow\/en\/blog\/19851623\/world-of-warcraft-legion-revealed-06-08-2015\">the <em>Legion<\/em> expansion<\/a> for <em>World of Warcraft<\/em> at gamescom, the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.com\/en-gb\/news\/15019543\/warlords-of-draenor-cinematic-and-launch-date-revealed-at-gamescom-on-august-14\">cinematic trailer and release date<\/a> for <em>Warlords of Draenor<\/em>, and the cinematic for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/and-pandarians-were-originally-a-legend-of-drunken-mas-454987899\">Mists of Pandaria<\/a><\/em> at gamescom. Even silly little fanservice events, like <a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/company\/events\/gamescom-2013-article.html?id=23\">the dance competition<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/en-us\/company\/events\/gamescom2012-gallery.html\">cosplay contests<\/a>, aren&#8217;t coming back this year.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first year since gamescom began in Cologne in 2009 that Blizzard won&#8217;t be attending.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-gb\/blizzard\/22937753\/blizzard-and-gamescom-2019\">The press release<\/a> cites Blizzard&#8217;s ongoing theme of late, that they&#8217;re trying to cut costs and focus on development.<\/p>\n<p>People already planning on attending gamescom will still have the opportunity to give Blizzard their hard-earned cash though &#8212; they&#8217;ll still have merch for sale in the official gamescom 2019 shop area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five days after finally announcing this year&#8217;s BlizzCon, Blizzard announced they would not have a booth at gamescom 2019, despite historically using that platform to reveal relatively major developments. In a brief rundown, Blizzard has used gamescom as a platform to showcase nearly everything they do, from esports to systems and everything in between. 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