D&D General Baldur’s Gate Announcement Announced

sstacks · Aug 4, 2020

An announcement for an announcement of an announcement. Things are proceeding acceptably.

darjr · Aug 4, 2020

There will be a panel and Christopher Perkins will be there.

Mistwell · Aug 4, 2020

sstacks said:
An announcement for an announcement of an announcement. Things are proceeding acceptably.

I hereby announce that sstacks has announced that Russ Morrissey announced that WOTC announced a forthcoming announcement regarding the Baldur’s Gate Announcement. Stay tuned to this message board for further announcements about these announcements.

ZeshinX · Aug 4, 2020

The marketing equivalent of a forum bump

Whizbang Dustyboots · Aug 4, 2020

Once upon a time, this would have been the kind of thing companies would have announced at Comic-Con or GenCon. The fact that they're skipping both of those -- which were only weeks before their announcement -- is pretty telling.

I think we're going to see major companies using conventions for news and announcements less and less, even if the pandemic ends tomorrow. Goodman Games, Renegade Games, DC Comics, Blizzard Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast and lots of companies I'm sure I'm forgetting are just going around the traditional structure and I don't think we will get them back.

(That said, I signed up for four GenCon Online games this past weekend and, other than the one that got cancelled due to technical reasons, had a blast.)

Jacqual · Aug 4, 2020

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Once upon a time, this would have been the kind of thing companies would have announced at Comic-Con or GenCon. The fact that they're skipping both of those -- which were only weeks before their announcement -- is pretty telling.

I think we're going to see major companies using conventions for news and announcements less and less, even if the pandemic ends tomorrow. Goodman Games, Renegade Games, DC Comics, Blizzard Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast and lots of companies I'm sure I'm forgetting are just going around the traditional structure and I don't think we will get them back.

(That said, I signed up for four GenCon Online games this past weekend and, other than the one that got cancelled due to technical reasons, had a blast.)

I'm wondering if we are gonna get an announcement that the decided to announce at Comic-Con as a better place for the announcement

The Glen · Aug 4, 2020

Next up, the announcement for the teaser of the announcement of the preview of the trailer announcing the sneak peak.

Parmandur · Aug 4, 2020

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Once upon a time, this would have been the kind of thing companies would have announced at Comic-Con or GenCon. The fact that they're skipping both of those -- which were only weeks before their announcement -- is pretty telling.

I think we're going to see major companies using conventions for news and announcements less and less, even if the pandemic ends tomorrow. Goodman Games, Renegade Games, DC Comics, Blizzard Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast and lots of companies I'm sure I'm forgetting are just going around the traditional structure and I don't think we will get them back.

(That said, I signed up for four GenCon Online games this past weekend and, other than the one that got cancelled due to technical reasons, had a blast.)

You are definitely right in general, but Dungeons & Dragons in particular hasn't used Conventions as an announcement platform in yeeeeeeears now, to be fair. They don't even go to GenCon in any capacity.

The convention based announcement scheme doesn't really make sense in the age of Twitch, YouTube and Twitter. That was based on magazines and word of mouth from the hardcore getting the message out, which is not the world we live in. This is an accelerant for an ongoing change, not a change of course for the industry.