Blizzard has announced there will be no BlizzCon in 2012 and will instead focus on development of their upcoming games.

The next show will take place in 2013.

The studio famous for StarCraft and World of Warcraft has several projects currently in development including Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and the WOW expansion Mists of Pandaria. A console version of Diablo may also be coming from the developer.

The studio’s other project being actively worked on is their “Next-Gen MMO” codenamed Titan of which details are scarce.

Blizzard announced a 2012 Battle.net World Championship event along with the BlizzCon news, which will serve as the venue for the Arena World Championship tournaments for StarCraft II and World of Warcraft.

Are you upset at the loss of the Blizzard-centric convention this year?