Blizzard Watch

Instead of a new Diablo 4 expansion, Blizzard announced Diablo 5 during BlizzCon 2026. (I thought Mitch included it on our Opening Ceremony bingo card as a joke, but apparently not.) We don’t have all of the details on Diablo 5 yet, but we know enough to paint a picture of the next game, which will...

After the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, I charged over to the World of Warcraft: Forever demo stations. With rumors of Classic+ swirling for what felt like eons, it was a strange feeling to actually be standing in front of a whole bank of computers with the next Azerothian adventure loaded and ready to play. Before...

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. Like WoW Classic, players will automatically have access to WoW: Forever as part of their current...

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. And surprise — it’s already live! The Forsaken Kingdom expansion lets players experience the fall of Lordaeron and the creation of the Undercity, bridging the story between Warcraft 3...

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 … float?) behind Xal’atath as she pursues some nebulous, nerfarious goal. Well, she appears to have reached her goal, and it’s our Worldsoul. But Xal’atath isn’t after the Worldsoul for the...