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Blizzard unveiled the first three playable classes for Diablo V at the Forging the Next Era panel: the returning Demon Hunter and Monk, plus a brand-new Plague Knight, described as 'the embodiment of walking death.' Game Director Joe Shely said the sequel will launch with more classes than any previous Diablo game.
Blizzard shadow-dropped Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom at BlizzCon 2026, marking the first new campaign for the franchise since 2003's The Frozen Throne. The two-part story bridges the fall of Lordaeron and the founding of the Undercity, ships with the free 3.0 update, and is live on Battle.net now.
Blizzard used the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony on September 12 to lock Hearthstone's next expansion, Reign of the Black Empire, for October 20, 2026, reveal an Assemble keyword and Aberrations for Battlegrounds on September 22, and confirm the Monk will arrive as a new playable class in March 2027.
Blizzard used the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony on September 12 to reveal Overwatch's Doctrine, a vampire-inspired Support hero tied to Doomfist, confirm a Season 5 launch on October 6 with a Watchpoint: Grímsvötn map, and lock in long-awaited reworks for Sombra and Roadhog.
Blizzard Entertainment has formally announced a new mainline StarCraft game at BlizzCon 2026, revealing the franchise is returning in 2030 as an open-world, story-driven sci-fi shooter led by Dan Hay, the former Far Cry executive producer who joined Blizzard from Ubisoft.
World of Warcraft: Forever is real, Blizzard confirmed at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, with a November 4, 2026 launch and a public beta starting September 17. Forever is a permanent third WoW experience set in the first year of vanilla Azeroth, with new zones, dungeons, raids and the Skyborne elves as a playable race, sitting alongside Modern and Classic.
Blizzard confirmed Diablo V at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony with a Spring 2029 release window, framing the sequel as the franchise's first game set in a world where Diablo has won and Sanctuary's heroes are gone. The 30-year-old franchise also picked up a Netflix animated series, an Amazon class pack for Diablo IV, and a Switch 2 port.
Blizzard Entertainment has officially announced a Diablo Immortal crossover with Todd McFarlane's Spawn, bringing the Hellspawn antihero to Sanctuary on September 29, 2026, with McFarlane himself headlining the dedicated Diablo Immortal panel at BlizzCon 2026 on September 12-13.
CD PROJEKT RED confirms The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered will release on September 29, 2026 as a free upgrade for existing owners across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and a newly added Battle.net release. A brand-new story expansion, Songs of the Past, is locked for 2027.
