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From melting marines to crucified angels to a Titan kaiju laser-beaming Wyrmrest Temple and more —…

While the panels at BlizzCon provide deeper looks at the various announcements, they’re almost always kicked off in the form of a flashy reveal trailer or cinematic. If you’d prefer to watch them in their natural environments, the entire ~1.5 hour BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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How much does World of Warcraft: Forever cost?

How do you put a price on forever? Well, in the case of World of Warcraft: Forever, we’ve been given a few tiers of entry depending on just how much you want to get out of your eternal adventure. Starting with the easiest option: World of Warcraft: Forever is included with your…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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General News

Stay a while and listen to Deckard Cain in Season 15’s Season of Hell’s Legacy

Diablo 4 Season 15 is the Season of Hell’s Legacy with another old familiar face likely acting as our guide through the seasonal storyline — Deckard Cain. Yes, our storied Horadrim is here to have us stay awhile and listen to his tales of horrific nightmares returning in the nex…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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World of Warcraft: Forever’s roadmap gives us an idea of what to expect for the rest of 2026 and th…

World of Warcraft: Forever is the newest WoW Classic variant, and it’s launching on November 4, 2026. Forever is described as a permanent home alongside the other iterations of WoW Classic, giving us an alternate universe version of the original World of Warcraft. As part of its…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Sombra is a Support now, apparently?

During the BlizzCon opening ceremony, the Overwatch developers alluded to upcoming revamps to Heroes, including Sombra, who will be a Support now, apparently? Usually, you expect a rework to be like, this alt fire has a 5 second cooldown instead of a 7 second cooldown. Sometimes…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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A first look at World of Warcraft: Forever’s Legacy system from BlizzCon

Legacy is a new system introduced in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Forever title which is kind of a mash up of Achievements, a skill tree, and a seasonal journey. I was able to get some hands on with the WoW: Forever demo at the con and got to see the barebones structure of Le…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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We’ll finally be able to transmog across armor classes in Midnight patch 12.2.5

All ye transmoggers, rejoice, for your fashion wardrobe will soon™ have fewer restrictions! In Midnight patch 12.2.5, we finally get to transmog our gear across all armor types “without restriction.” Paul Kubit announced this great detail at the end of the BlizzCon 2026 World of…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Hearthstone Battlegrounds get Aberrations, with discard effects and Old God summoning, but Naga are…

BlizzCon 2026 has a ton of Hearthstone news, and Battlegrounds was not left behind: a new minion type, Aberrations, will be introduced to the game with Patch 36.6.1, releasing on September 22. This new minion type is built around discard synergies and a new Deity mechanic, where…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Talebound turns Azeroth into a roguelite adventure

Following in the footsteps of Plunderstorm, World of Warcraft is introducing an entirely new way to play with Talebound, an action-RPG roguelike game mode coming to the PTR sometime in October. Go it alone or bring a friend as you journey to the strange little town of Quillgrave…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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The Monk class is finally being added to Hearthstone in March 2027

We’re finally getting the Monk class in Hearthstone, in March 2027. The Titans and the August Celestials and the Loa have all answered my prayers! Well, not just mine — Monks in Hearthstone were a highly demanded feature by a large part of the community. People were already assu…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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BlizzCon Fashion: Rating the Opening Ceremony Outfits

Welcome back to the fashion contest Blizzard employees didn’t realize they were competing in! Well, except for Holly; she definitely knew. Hey, visuals matter, and we’re here to give it an arbitrary ranking based on vibes, color, and sparkle. Ok, there is some actual fashion cri…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Expansion

Diablo 5 is coming in 2029, set in a future where our heroes have fallen and Diablo rules Sanctuary

Instead of a new Diablo 4 expansion, Blizzard announced Diablo 5 during BlizzCon 2026. (I thought Mitch included it on our Opening Ceremony bingo card as a joke, but apparently not.) We don’t have all of the details on Diablo 5 yet, but we know enough to paint a picture of the n…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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First impressions of the World of Warcraft: Forever demo from the BlizzCon floor

After the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, I charged over to the World of Warcraft: Forever demo stations. With rumors of Classic+ swirling for what felt like eons, it was a strange feeling to actually be standing in front of a whole bank of computers with the next Azerothian adv…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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World of Warcraft: Forever, the long speculated Classic Plus, has been unveiled and will launch wor…

At BlizzCon‘s main stage, Blizzard unveiled and announced World of Warcraft: Forever, the newest evolution of World of Warcraft Classic. WoW: Forever, referred to memetically for the longest time as Classic Plus, will launch worldwide on November 4, 2026 at 3 pm pacific time. Li…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Expansion

Return to the fall of Lordaeron with new Warcraft 3 Reforged expansion Forsaken Kingdom, announced…

During the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, we were treated to an unexpected announcement for Warcraft 3: Reforged, which returns with a brand-new expansion, Forsaken Kingdom. And surprise — it’s already live! The Forsaken Kingdom expansion lets players experience the fall of…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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WoW Midnight patch 12.2: Eclipse brings Xal’atath to the brink of her goal — our Worldsoul — and mu…

As the events of Midnight patch 12.1 unfold, it’s become clear that at every point we’ve been one we’ve been one step (or one … float?) behind Xal’atath as she pursues some nebulous, nerfarious goal. Well, she appears to have reached her goal, and it’s our Worldsoul. But Xal’ata…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Xal’atath is coming to Heroes of the Storm, the first new content since 2022

For the first time in six years, Heroes of the Storm is getting a brand new character: Xal’atath, the Harbinger of the Void, will be joining the roster! This was the very first announcement during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremonies, highlighting the prominence of this franchis…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Expansion

The next Hearthstone expansion is Reign of the Black Empire, releasing October 20

As expected from their recent teasers on social media, the new Hearthstone expansion will take us back to cosmos-spanning adventures: Reign of the Black Empire will bring the Old Gods back to Hearthstone — again — but this time, things seem more serious. We’re going back in time…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Diablo animated series in development with Netflix, with hints for other franchises

Johanna Faries made the day (if not the Blizzard Watch Bingo Card) by announcing that we’re finally getting a Diablo animated series in partnership with Netflix. And all I can say is finally, because we started speculating on a Diablo animated series since 2018 when when rumors…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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New open-world StarCraft shooter announced (but doesn’t arrive until 2030)

BlizzCon is in full swing, and — as many might have at least partially predicted — Blizzard has brought back several franchises that have been a bit less active of late for this year’s celebrations. Coming to a genre that the StarCraft franchise hasn’t yet explored, a new upcomi…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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