A Fond Farewell to BlizzCon 2016
Now that BlizzCon 2016 is a memory fading gently into the past, we want to thank everyone, from attendees to all the folks who joined us via live stream, for helping us have another incredible BlizzCon!
We revealed a lot this year, including:
- Hearthstone’s newest expansion, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
- World of Warcraft’s upcoming Patch 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras, and the super adorable Mischief kitten, benefiting Make-A-Wish
- The StarCraft II War Chest, a new Co-op Commander, and an AI collaboration with DeepMind
- Our two new Heroes of the Storm heroes, Varian and Ragnaros, and the Nexus Challenge
- The Diablo III Necromancer class, along with our dungeon and bosses to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Diablo
- We also announced the Overwatch League, plus a new Overwatch hero you may have heard of named Sombra
We want to wish a hearty GG and /grats to all our esports champs, including the winners of the StarCraft II World Champion Series, ByuN, Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship, Ballistix Gaming, World of Warcraft Arena Championship, Splyce, Hearthstone World Championship, Pavel, and the first Overwatch World Cup, South Korea. All of the competitors here and at Opening Week gave us a thrilling, fun-filled couple of weeks, and we want to thank every single one of you.
We’re always excited to see all the unique talents and cosplay our community comes up with—and that’s especially true at BlizzCon. From your gorgeous interpretations of our characters to the smallest, most intricate details, your creations are incredible. We’re perpetually in awe of your skills and talents. Seriously.
As always, our excellent hosts and casters guided all of us through two days of Blizzard-y goodness with dexterity and skill, and Weird Al tied up the entire event in hilarious style, as only he can.
And thanks as well to our generous sponsors—Intel, T-Mobile, NVIDIA, ASUS, Corsair, DIRECTV, Newegg, Razer, Rosewill, and Cisco—who help support and power the event.
We have one last group to thank: every single one of you. Without our community, we wouldn’t have BlizzCon. Thank you for playing the games we feel so lucky to make. You make it all possible!
Thanks again!
Your friends at Blizzard Entertainment