Blizzard Entertainment’s parent company Vivendi Universal, who also recently acquired Activision, appear to have made a sweeping change in dropping the once popular E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) from their calenders permanently. Both Blizzard and Activision have stated that they plan not to attend the event this year, which must come as quite a blow to the ESA, the organisation that is behind E3. In recent years E3 has been trying to remodel themselves due to huge costs and swarming numbers of gamers previously swooping in on the glamour and glitz of a legendary highlight of the industry, and have moved to a more isolated invitational gathering of reporters, reviewers, and game studios.
It looks like in the future that Blizzard themselves are going to be holding the majority of their own functions and public events, so expect the BlizzCon tradition to continue for quite some years to come.
Original article: TomsGuide.com
[QUOTE=WatcherZero;4123635]Take a look at the ESA member list Kalos, Activision and Vivendi have been removed and Blizzard is not listed as neither are any subsidaries of either studio as they were done through parent company, so no, blizzard is no longer a member.
I hope this members list isn’t the one from Wikipedia, as that was already incorrect in multiple ways, could you illuminate this source? I have doubts that such a happening would be overlooked by most of the news quater, but if it is a good source then changes may need to be made.