After a few years of canceled or online-only events, Blizzard’s annual convention is returning to an in-person format. BlizzCon 2023 will once again take place at the Anaheim Convention Center and will span November 3rd and 4th. In terms of announcements, most of the news will likely come out of the opening ceremony, which will be live on November 3rd at 2PM ET. You can expect the usual updates for Blizzard’s big, ongoing games — think Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft — but there’s also a chance we’ll hear about something brand new, like the studio’s mysterious survival game. Also, there will be a K-pop concert featuring Le Sserafim.
Nov 6, 2023
Blizzard’s president on the studio’s ‘new era’ under Xbox
Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer at BlizzCon 2023. Photo by Robert Paul for Blizzard EntertainmentThe dust is finally starting to settle from Microsoft’s huge acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but even Blizzard president Mike Ybarra still isn’t exactly sure how things will change for the company. “I literally haven’t sat down with [Microsoft Gaming CEO] Phil [Spencer] and said, ‘So what does all this mean?’” Ybarra tells The Verge in an interview.
Read Article >Ybarra doesn’t seem worried, though. As part of his opening remarks at Friday’s BlizzCon 2023 keynote, Ybarra said that the show was the start of a “new era” for the company.
Nov 5, 2023
Overwatch meets K-pop.The game’s first musical collaboration, which includes some new skins and a music video, culminated with a Le Sserafim performance closing out this year’s BlizzCon. If you missed it live, the band is posting clips on TikTok.
Nov 5, 2023
A huge upset.The return of the Overwatch World Cup — which has been on hiatus since 2019 — ended with the kind of upset few would have predicted, as Saudia Arabia topped China to win the two-day tournament at BlizzCon 2023. If you missed it, you can check out the full highlights right here.
Nov 3, 2023
A better look at The War Within.Blizzard released a new trailer at BlizzCon showing some of what you can expect from World of Warcraft: The War Within, the game’s next expansion. It’s set to launch in 2024.
Nov 3, 2023
Your first look at the next phase of WoW.Blizzard announced three expansions for World of Warcraft as part of its epic-sounding Worldsoul Saga story arc. And you can get a glimpse at the first, dubbed “The War Within,” with this cinematic trailer. The expansion will be launching in 2024.
Nov 3, 2023
Blizzard announces the next three WoW expansions.In a presentation that felt something like Marvel announcing its next phase of movies and TV shows, Warcraft executive creative director Chris Metzen announced World of Warcraft’s next three expansions at BlizzCon. They’re part of what he called the “Worldsoul Saga”: The War Within, Midnight, and The Last Titan. The saga kicks off in 2024.
Nov 3, 2023
Even if you don’t play WoW, this is one heck of a trailer.Blizzard still knows how to make a good cinematic. Here’s some more evidence: this trailer for Cataclysm Classic, which launches in 2024.
Nov 3, 2023
The new Warcraft mobile game is available to download now.Warcraft Rumble looks a lot like, well, a mobile game, but it seems to be fairly robust, with PvE and PvP modes. Blizzard announced at BlizzCon that the game is officially live, and you can get it on the App Store and on Google Play.
Nov 3, 2023
Diablo IV’s first expansion is titled Vessel of Hatred.It adds two new regions to the game and a new class. The expansion is set to arrive in late 2024, but Blizzard plans to share more details this summer. You can get a brief but vague glimpse in Blizzard’s teaser trailer it revealed at BlizzCon.
Nov 3, 2023
Wanna feel old?Well guess what, Hearthstone is almost 10. The game will celebrate the milestone next March, and in the meantime, a Wild West-themed expansion called “Shadow in the Badlands” is launching on November 14th.
Nov 3, 2023
And that’s not all.Blizzard announced the next hero coming to Overwatch 2, but also teased some additional stuff that’s on the way. That includes a new damage hero, a new support hero, a new map, and a new game mode. It’s all due in 2024.
Nov 3, 2023
Don’t forget about the Overwatch World Cup.Competitive Overwatch is in a weird place right now, with an unclear future for OWL. But there’s still something to look forward to, with the Overwatch World Cup kicking off right after the BlizzCon opening ceremony wraps up this afternoon. Here are all the details if you want to tune in.
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Nov 3, 2023
Mauga is officially Overwatch’s next hero.Mauga is a new tank joining with Overwatch 2’s 8th season. Blizzard revealed his debut trailer at BlizzCon.
Nov 3, 2023
Phil Spencer is here!The Xbox (and now-fully-acquired Activision Blizzard) boss is onstage as part of the opening ceremony for BlizzCon. He name-dropped StarCraft!
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The VergeNov 3, 2023
Get ready for a ... blizzard of news.Or at least some game announcements. BlizzCon is back in-person, and the opening ceremony kicks off at 2PM ET today. You can watch in the embed below.
May 17, 2023
BlizzCon 2023 takes place in person in November
Image: BlizzardWe already knew that BlizzCon would return as an in-person event in 2023, and on Wednesday, Blizzard announced that the show would take place on November 3rd and 4th at the Anaheim Convention Center. Blizzard is promising details “next month” about things like ticketing information and competition details, but you can book accommodations now through Blizzard’s hotel blocks if you want.
Read Article >There’s a lot going on with Blizzard right now, so it should be a big show. We’re just weeks away from the release of Diablo IV. The studio might try and make some big Overwatch 2 announcements to ease the pain of scrapping the hero mode. And I have to imagine there will be some major updates for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone, too.
Jul 6, 2022
Blizzard will bring back BlizzCon in 2023
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIt’s been a few years since Blizzard has hosted an in-person version of BlizzCon, its fan convention, but it sounds like that’s going to change in 2023. The company, known for huge franchises like World of Warcraft and Diablo, is “committed to bringing back BlizzCon in 2023,” Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra told the Los Angeles Times.
Read Article >“We previously announced we’re taking a pause on BlizzCon while we reimagine it for the future but do want to return to a live event that enables us to celebrate the community,” Ybarra said. “We recently hired a new leader of BlizzCon, April McKee, who is hard at work on that plan. ... We are committed to bringing back BlizzCon in 2023.”
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