BlizzCon 2018 day one recap

Didn’t get to watch BlizzCon live? Finding yourself overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information pouring out of the convention? Have no fear, we’re here with a recap of all of the convention’s major events today. Below, you’ll find links to all of today’s biggest stories — but keep an eye on the site in the coming days, too. There’s more on the horizon.

While these live blogs aren’t technically live anymore, they’re still available to read. If you weren’t able to catch the panels as they happened, or you don’t have access to the virtual ticket, you can check our live blog archives for a play-by-play of the convention’s major panels. By clicking the play button in the upper right hand corner of the live blog box, it’ll play everything back from the beginning — as if you’ve traveled through time!

Live blogs

• Opening Ceremony
• Diablo: What’s Next
• Overwatch: What’s Next
• Hearthstone: What’s Next
• World of Warcraft: What’s Next
• Heroes of the Storm: What’s Next
• Inside Warcraft 3: Reforged
• Community Night

While some games had more news than others during BlizzCon 2018’s opening day, there was a little something for everyone — and you can catch up on all of it below.

World of Warcraft News

• WoW Classic to be released Summer 2019
• Battle for Azeroth: Lost Honor cinematic has Anduin and Saurfang face off
• Whomper, the adorable baby yeti, is WoW’s next charity pet
• Zandalari Troll and Kul Tiran Human Allied Races will be available after Battle for Dazar’alor
• Patch 8.1: Tides of Vengeance releases December 11
• Flying comes to Battle for Azeroth in Patch 8.2
• Something big is coming to the Darkmoon Faire
• Terror of Darkshore cinematic showcases the Night Elves’ vengeance
• Worgen and goblin model updates announced for patch 8.2.5
• Patch 8.2 takes players to Mechagon, a mecha gnome dystopia with a megadungeon
• Patch 8.2 brings us to underwater Nazjatar to battle Azshara
• Ion Hazzikostas on the Battle for Dazar’alor and more coming WoW content

Warcraft 3: Reforged News

• Warcraft 3: Reforged coming in 2019

Overwatch News

• New Overwatch short “Reunion” features McCree and new hero Ashe
• Here’s how Overwatch’s newest hero Ashe works

Diablo News

• Diablo: Immortal is coming to your phone, lets you slay demons anywhere
• A group interview answered a lot of my questions about Diablo Immortal — and drastically improved my excitement for it
• Hands on: Diablo Immortal is diabolically fun and faithful to Diablo

Heroes of the Storm News

• Orphea, Heir of the Raven Court is Heroes of the Storm’s first original character

Hearthstone News

• Everything we know about Rastakhan’s Rumble, the next Hearthstone Expansion

Just want to look at pretty pictures? Don’t worry. We got you.

Image galleries

• Opening Ceremony
• Diablo: What’s Next
• Overwatch: What’s Next
• Hearthstone: What’s Next
• World of Warcraft: What’s Next
• Cosplay Exhibition
• Inside Warcraft 3: Reforged
• Heroes of the Storm: What’s Next
• Heroes of the Storm‘s high school alternate universe
• Ashe and her Omnic buddy B.O.B. are our new favorite Overwatch heroes
• Everything we’ve seen from Diablo Immortal so far
• Overwatch LEGO
• Relive your favorite RTS memories with this gallery of Warcraft 3 Reforged
• Community Night

Enjoy, and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow! We’ll be covering BlizzCon day 2 all day long — and if you can’t be here to watch it happen live, we’ll have another recap ready and waiting once it’s all over.