BlizzCon 2019
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BlizzCon 2019 was Blizzard Entertainment’s annual fan convention where it unveiled major updates and new titles across its game franchises, including the next World of Warcraft expansion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BlizzCon 2019 canonical | 2 |
| BlizzCon 2019 Virtual Ticket | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2496440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: BlizzCon 2019 Context triple: [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, announcedAt, BlizzCon 2019]
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A.
TwitchCon convention
TwitchCon convention is an annual fan and creator event celebrating the Twitch streaming community with live shows, gaming, meet-and-greets, and industry panels.
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B.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a major expansion to the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft that takes players into the realms of the afterlife with new zones, covenants, and endgame systems.
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C.
Blizzard Austin
Blizzard Austin is a regional development and support studio of Blizzard Entertainment, contributing to the creation and operation of the company’s video game titles.
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D.
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm is a team-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that brings together characters from Blizzard Entertainment’s various franchises into fast-paced, objective-focused matches.
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E.
Blizzard Seoul
Blizzard Seoul is the South Korean branch of Blizzard Entertainment, overseeing the company’s operations, localization, and esports initiatives in the Korean market.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BlizzCon 2019 Target entity description: BlizzCon 2019 was Blizzard Entertainment’s annual fan convention where it unveiled major updates and new titles across its game franchises, including the next World of Warcraft expansion.
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A.
TwitchCon convention
TwitchCon convention is an annual fan and creator event celebrating the Twitch streaming community with live shows, gaming, meet-and-greets, and industry panels.
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B.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a major expansion to the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft that takes players into the realms of the afterlife with new zones, covenants, and endgame systems.
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C.
Blizzard Austin
Blizzard Austin is a regional development and support studio of Blizzard Entertainment, contributing to the creation and operation of the company’s video game titles.
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D.
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm is a team-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that brings together characters from Blizzard Entertainment’s various franchises into fast-paced, objective-focused matches.
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E.
Blizzard Seoul
Blizzard Seoul is the South Korean branch of Blizzard Entertainment, overseeing the company’s operations, localization, and esports initiatives in the Korean market.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fan convention
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gaming convention ⓘ |
| announced |
Diablo IV
ⓘ
Hearthstone ⓘ
surface form:
Hearthstone Battlegrounds
Hearthstone ⓘ
surface form:
Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons
Overwatch 2 ⓘ World of Warcraft: Shadowlands ⓘ World of Warcraft: Shadowlands ⓘ
surface form:
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands cinematic trailer
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion features ⓘ |
| announcedPlatform | PC gaming ⓘ |
| city | Anaheim ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| editionNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2019-11-02 ⓘ |
| focusesOnFranchise |
Diablo
ⓘ
Hearthstone ⓘ Heroes of the Storm ⓘ Overwatch ⓘ StarCraft ⓘ World of Warcraft ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
Q&A sessions
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art and lore panels ⓘ merchandise sales ⓘ playable game demos ⓘ |
| hasAudienceType |
Blizzard community members
ⓘ
esports spectators ⓘ video game fans ⓘ |
| hasEsportEvent |
Hearthstone Championship Tour
ⓘ
surface form:
Hearthstone Global Finals 2019
Overwatch World Cup 2019 ⓘ StarCraft II World Championship Series ⓘ
surface form:
StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2019
World of Warcraft Arena World Championship 2019 ⓘ World of Warcraft Mythic Dungeon International 2019 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
community events
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cosplay contest ⓘ developer panels ⓘ esports tournaments ⓘ opening ceremony ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLivestream |
BlizzCon 2019
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BlizzCon 2019 Virtual Ticket
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| hasTheme | celebration of Blizzard game communities ⓘ |
| introducedCharacter | Sojourn (Overwatch 2) ⓘ |
| introducedSystem |
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
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surface form:
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Covenants
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands ⓘ
surface form:
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Torghast, Tower of the Damned
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands level squish ⓘ |
| organizer | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | BlizzCon ⓘ |
| startDate | 2019-11-01 ⓘ |
| venue | Anaheim Convention Center ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: BlizzCon 2019 Description of subject: BlizzCon 2019 was Blizzard Entertainment’s annual fan convention where it unveiled major updates and new titles across its game franchises, including the next World of Warcraft expansion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BlizzCon 2019 Virtual Ticket