Looks like fans of Blizzard Entertainment, the game developer behind World of Warcraft, StarCraft II and the forthcoming Diablo III, will have to find some other way to celebrate their love for Blizzard games this year, because there won’t be a BlizzCon, according to a new official blog post.

Blizzard is such a juggernaut in the game world that it’s created its own mini-conference called BlizzCon. For several years the annual event has gathered fans from around the world in Southern California, where they meet with Blizzard developers, play game tournaments, listen to live music and some even cosplay as their favorite Blizzard characters.

Blizzard’s decided it’s too much of a distraction this year, what with other events planned. Blizzard is coordinating the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, which will gather the best pro gamers in the world in Asia near the end of the year; it’s also working on Diablo III and two new expansions for World of Warcraft and StarCraft II, respectively: Mists of Pandaria and Heart of the Swarm. The downside: No BlizzCon until 2013.