BlizzCon 2023 Recap

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BlizzCon 2023 Recap
BlizzCon is over and we learned about World of Warcraft: The Worldsoul Saga and the next 3 expansions: The War Within, Midnight, and The Last Titan. Classic is also coming out with a new way to play Hardcore, Season of Discovery, and Cataclysm Classic. Diablo IV announced a new expansion, Overwatch 2 has the Mauga Tank Hero coming, and Warcraft Rumble is live!

World of Warcraft


World of Warcraft - What's Next

• Worldsoul Saga Storyline - Plays out over the next 3 expansions:
  • The War Within - Delve into the Heart of Azeroth. Engage with the Earthen and Nerubians. 2024 release
  • Midnight - Return to Quel'thalas, Make a stand with the forces of the light to banish the shadow of the Void from Azeroth
  • The Last Titan - Witness the return of Titans to Azeroth at Ulduar in Northrend
• New Continent - Khaz Algar
• Azj-Kahet - Major city of the Nerubians
• 8 New Dungeons and 8 boss raid with launch
• Delves - Outdoor world experiences. Scales from 1-5 players, role agnostic.
• Warbands - Account-wide unlocks for almost everything.
• Transmog unlocked when farming regardless of whether or not you can use the item.
• Hero Talents - 10 talent mini tree, access 2 per spec out of 3 total.

World of Warcraft - Opening Ceremony

• WoW Classic Hardcore has a new way to play coming next year
• Season of Discovery - Level cap of 25, Discover abilities to change your class: Tanking Warlocks, Healing Mages, and more!
• Season of Discovery launches November 30, no PTR
• Cataclysm Classic

World of Warcraft Deep Dive Panel

• Alpha likely starting in Spring 2024
• Delve seasonal rewards include helm transmogs and a customizable flying vehicle mount.
• We will get "Warbound until equipped" items that you can give to your other characters
• Flight Paths shared across Warband
• Dragonflight is now the default leveling experience
• Earthen has no rep requirement
• More UI updates are coming

Dev Interviews

• Cross-realm guilds and cross-realm mythic are coming in the next expansion.
• Account wide reputations will only be for the new factions, TBD what will happen with the older factions.
• No Patch 10.3 is planned, but there is more story to tell after 10.2 and before the next expansion.
• There will be a new battleground based in the Ringing Deeps with more information coming on BlizzCon Day 2.

World of Warcraft: The Worldsoul Saga - Pre-purchase The War Within

• The War Within: Base Edition - $49.99 USD
  • Pre-purchase of World of Warcraft: The War Within
    
  • Access to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight*
    
  • Enhanced Level 70 character boost, allowing players to jump immediately into the upcoming content update for Dragonflight, Guardians of the Dream.
    
  • 500 Trader’s Tender
• The War Within: Heroic Edition - $69.99 USD
  • All Base Edition features
    
  • Algarian Stormrider mount and access to special dynamic-flying racecourses
    
  • Upgradable Stormrider’s Attire transmog set
    
  • An additional 250 Trader’s Tender, for a total of 750
• The War Within: Epic Edition - $89.99 USD
  • All Base and Heroic Edition features
    
  • Beta access to World of Warcraft: The War Within**
    
  • Early access, minimum of three days before the expansion’s launch
    
  • Squally the Storm Hatchling pet
    
  • Sandbox Storm Gryphon toy
    
  • An additional 250 Trader’s Tender, for a total of 1,000
    
  • 30-day subscription time

Diablo IV


Opening Ceremony

• Expansion Announcement - Vessel of Hatred
  • Coming Late 2024
  • Campaign focus on the fate of Mephisto
  • Region - Torajan Jungle
  • New Class - Unannounced but never before seen in Diablo
• Malignant Rings are coming next week.
• December 5 - Enchanting Preview window coming to the Occultist
• December 5 - Abbatoir of Zir - New activity for level 100 players
• December 12 - Midwinter Blight Holiday Event for three weeks
• Season 3
  • The Gauntlet Leader Board

Diablo IV Campfire Chat

• Vessel of Hatred Expansion is coming in late 2024
• New players can play the main campaign with a recap or dive right into the expansion.
• New Class will be unique to Diablo IV, never seen in the franchise.
• Abattoir of Zir Event - 100+ seasonal endgame event starting December 5. Runs until end of Season 2.
• Midwinter Blight Holiday event starts December 12 for 3 weeks.

Hearthstone


Hearthstone What's Next Panel

• Catch Up Packs look at the past 5 expansions to see how many cards of those you have in your collection, and give you cards based on the % missing.
• Everyone gets 2 free Catch Up packs, and there's more of them in the Blizzcon bundle AND the Showdown in the Badlands Pre-Orders.
• Cards with the Excavate keyword give you a Treasure when played. Each time you Excavate, you get a Treasure from the tier you’re on, and then you progress to the next tier
• Duos mode won't be released till somewhere 2024
• During a Duo both have your own board and Tavern Tier and gold, but share health pool AND armor
• You can pass cards to your Duo partner for a gold

Overwatch


Overwatch 2: Deep Dive and Opening Ceremony

• New Tank Hero - Mauga
  • Double Rail Guns
  • Unstoppable Charge
  • Reinforce teammates
  • Trap enemies with Cage Fight, giving infinite ammo inside the zone and hooking enemies inside
• New PvP Game Mode - Clash
  • Teams fight for 5 points back and forth
  • The first Clash map is a remake of Hanamura called Hanaoka
• Rework of competitive rewards
• Three more heroes coming in 2024
  • New Damage Hero - Venture
  • New Support Hero - Space Ranger (codename)

Overwatch 2 What's Next Panel

• The new Hanamura map is called Hanaoka, and it's a street next to the original.
• Clash game mode has five control points in a row on a mirrored map. The middle point is the first active one at the start of the match.
• Placements will return in Season 9, as well as rank resets. It's not a full MMR reset, but placements count for more.
• A new rank called Ultimate will be added above Grandmaster.
• A New Support hero codenamed "Space Ranger" is coming in Season 12. She is from the Mars Colony. Highly mobile and vertical gameplay
• New DPS Hero coming in Season 10 - Venture. They can drill under the ground, dash, and shoot a projectile that travels a set distance before exploding.

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