BlizzCon 2023: Everything Announced and Revealed [IGN]

BlizzCon 2023 has officially kicked off and its opening ceremony is currently underway. This first presentation is promised to be filled with the “biggest reveals, Diablo announcements, and panel discussions from Warcraft and Overwatch.”

This article will gather all the biggest announcements, reveals, trailers, and more from BlizzCon 2023, and we will continue to update it throughout the show!

Diablo 4’s First Expansion Will Be Called Vessel of Hatred

Diablo 4’s first expansion will be called Vessel of Hatred, and it will include a brand-new, never-before-seen class. We didn’t learn too much, but it was confirmed it will take place in Diablo 2 region Nahantu and will concern the fate of Mephisto and his plans for Sanctuary.

Overwatch 2’s Next Hero Is Mauga, the Game’s First Samoan Hero

After an early leak, Blizzard officially revealed Mauga, the game’s first Samoan hero who also happens to be a heavy assault character. He wields a number of heavy artillery weapons like the incendiary chaingun and the volatile chaingun. If that wasn’t great enough, he has nicknamed them Gunny and Cha Cha, respectively.

His charge move is called Overrun, and it’s basically an unstoppable skill that see him rushing and charging through the battlefield, destroying everything in his path.

Hearthstone’s Next Major Expansion Is Showdown in the Badlands

Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands is the card game’s next expansion, and it takes place in Azeroth’s wild west. This new expansion was a western spin, and it will also serve as an origin story for Hearthstone’s Reno Jackson and Elise Starseeker. These two must work together to save the Badlands from a nefarious mining operation.

Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands will be released on November 14, 2023, and it will feature the game’s neutral hero card.

Diablo Tabletop RPG Announced

Blizzard Entertainment, Glass Cannon Unplugged, and Genuine Entertainment have announced a tabletop role-playing game adaptation of Diablo. The core book will launch in Fall 2024 and the Diablo TTRPG will launch via a pre-order campaign on Kickstarter.

Diablo 4 is the main inspiration for the TTRPG, and it “will further explore the overworld and underworld o Sanctuary, embarking on adventures above and below with fan-favourite mechanics torn straight from the screen.”

Phil Spencer Makes Surprise Appearance at BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony

Xbox boss Phil Spencer made his first appearance at BlizzCon, which itself is the first BlizzCon since Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

“Throughout Blizzard’s history, they’ve pioneered and refined so much across the gaming industry and many of you today have been a part of that journey,” Spencer said on stage. “Think of Diablo – it propelled the action RPG genre forward. StarCraft spawned the foundation for what esports would eventually become, and StarCraft 2 was a major catalyst for the evolution of games as live entertainment.

“World of Warcraft changed not only how people developed and supported games, but, really, it introduced a much wider audience to the concept of online communities,” he went on. “And Overwatch not only reimagined gameplay but also the representation possible in class-based shooters.”

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