BlizzCon
What do you miss most from in-person BlizzCon events?
Last week the Hearthstone team had a cosplay contest that was a lot of fun with some worthy winners, but what I found interesting was how much it made people miss BlizzCon.
Blizzard is planning an in-person BlizzCon in 2023 according to interview with Blizzard President Mike Ybarra
After COVID-19 led to the cancellation of BlizzCon the last few years and BlizzConline '22 was cancelled in the wake of the DFEH lawsuit, there were some real concerns that an in-person BlizzCon would never happen again (a concern not alleviated by the Microsoft intent to purchase).
Be Prepared! This is what’s in Burning Crusade Classic’s five content phases — Phase 5 is now live!
Like WoW Classic, Burning Crusade Classic starts at a late patch (2.4.3) but game content will roll out over the course of five phases, as well as a prepatch interval I'm terming "phase zero." It mimics the original game release to an extent, but there will be some items whose availability will be unlocked as well over the course of the phases, which we've noted below.
BlizzConline 2022 is canceled as Blizzard “reimagines” BlizzCon
Blizzard had previously said there would be a second online-only version of BlizzCon in early 2022, but now it's putting a hold on the event.
Tazavesh, the patch 9.1 mega-dungeon, has an Infinite pirate dragon. But what is an Infinite pirate dragon?!
In Shadowlands patch 9.1 there are new zones, a new 10-boss raid to fight through, and a new mega-dungeon for players to delve through for juicy Broker-related loot.
BlizzCon 2021 is officially canceled, but there will be another version of BlizzConline in 2022
There was no BlizzCon in 2020 due to the pandemic, but BlizzConline earlier this year was a sort of replacement for it.
Blizzard Arcade Collection allows players to play classic Blizzard games and if you already had it, they just added more for free
One of the ways Blizzard is celebrating their 3oth Anniversary is the release of the Blizzard Arcade collection-- and they just added more games for free.
The Wandering Ancient mount starts to appear in World of Warcraft, releasing over the next few days
It's a giant walking tree whose leaves will change depending on the season — and it's also the newest World of Warcraft mount.
Diablo 2 Resurrected will completely remake the original cinematics, shot-for-shot
At the Diablo Q&A at BlizzConline, Diablo 2 Resurrected's Rob Gallerami made it clear that the original in-game cinematics from Diablo 2 will be completely redone, in a shot-for-shot remake to bring these cinematics up to the standards of modern Blizzard games.
Diablo 4 lets the haters hate in the Fields of Hatred, open-world PVP zones
We've been eagerly awaiting more information about PVP in Diablo 4 ever since it was announced at last year's BlizzCon.