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Blizzard used the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony to announce Diablo V for Spring 2029, an Amazon class pack for Diablo IV in 2027, an animated Diablo series with Netflix, and Diablo IV on Nintendo Switch 2.

• —Diablo V is set in a Sanctuary where Diablo has won and its heroes have been defeated. Blizzard is taking sign-ups for updates at Diablo5.Blizzard.com.
• —The Amazon hails from the island of Skovos and plays across four archetypes: Champion, Skirmisher, Ranger and Commander. She brings the javelin, a new weapon type for Diablo IV, alongside the bow.
• —The Switch 2 release is the Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection, bundling the base game with the Vessel of Hatred and Lord of Hatred expansions.
• —Switch 2 supports mouse and keyboard over USB. Joy-Con 2 mouse functionality is not supported.

Blizzard revealed Doctrine, a Support hero and ally of Doomfist, as Overwatch's Hero 54, along with a new Escort map and reworks for Sombra and Roadhog. Season 5 closes the Reign of Talon arc.

• —Season 5 launches October 6 and carries Doctrine's official roster debut. His limited-time Hero Trial ran through September 14.
• —Sombra moves from the Damage role into Support as part of her Season 5 rework, which lands alongside Roadhog's.
• —The Mythic Voucher is earned by playing one game after the Opening Ceremony and redeemed by October 5 for a complete Mythic bundle from Seasons 1-14. Aspects are not included.
• —Watchpoint: Grímsvötn is an Escort map set at an Icelandic volcano prison. Overwatch Spotlight returns in February 2027 with a roadmap for the year ahead.

Blizzard announced STARCRAFT, an original open-world shooter set in the Koprulu Sector, for Spring 2030. The opening ceremony recap gives it one short paragraph and no further detail.

• —The recap carries no StarCraft II news at all: no patch, no season, no ladder or balance note, and no word on the existing games.
• —Elsewhere in the same recap, Hearthstone's Reign of the Black Empire expansion arrives October 20 and Heroes of the Storm adds Xal'atath on September 28.

Blizzard's panel recap covers Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom, available now, and Patch 3.0, which adds a Definitive Edition graphics mode for all Warcraft III: Reforged players and a new Tavern hero.

• —The Forsaken Paladin is a new Tavern hero, available at no additional cost in multiplayer, with Classic, Reforged and Definitive Edition graphics.
• —Definitive Edition rebuilds more than 600 units and refreshes environments, lighting, effects and structures. Classic graphics stay selectable and cross-graphics play remains supported.
• —The campaign is the paid part. It sells on the Battle.net Shop, requires Warcraft III: Reforged, and unlocks a prologue and three campaign chapters.
• —It runs about 30 hours with nearly an hour of in-game cinematics: a four-mission prologue, then a soft-open single-player structure with an expanded inventory and talent system.

Blizzard announced World of Warcraft: Forever, a full new game set in a reimagined original Azeroth that sits alongside modern and Classic WoW. It launches November 4, and the beta began September 17.

• —Launch is November 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST, and access is included with a World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time.
• —Forever is set after the Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom campaign and before Molten Core. Players return to the original continents and adventure to level 60.
• —Beta access comes with the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection. The Skyborne Heroic Pack carries Early Name Reservation and the new Skyborne race.
• —On the modern game, Eclipse was revealed as Midnight's final major content update, set in the worldcore and leading into The Last Titan.