Instead of a new Diablo 4 expansion, Blizzard announced Diablo 5 during BlizzCon 2026.

After the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, I charged over to the World of Warcraft: Forever demo stations.

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.

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.

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 ...

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!

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.

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.

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.

At BlizzCon 2026, The Diablo team announced that Diablo 4 will be coming to Switch 2 on September 15.