Blizzcon 2019

So the first real day of the Blizzard Convention down in Anaheim, California happened today starting at 11AM PDT. J. Allen Brack took the stage to start the entire convention off with an apology over the Hearthstone incident that happened over a month ago and how they jumped too quick and responded too late and that's not the kind of company they want to be and it doesn't reflect their core values.

Diablo 4

By Three, They Come.
By Three, Thy Way Opens.
By The Blood Of The Willing..
We Call Thee Home.
Hail Daughter of Hatred.
Creator of Sancutary.
Hail.. Lilith.

• Officially announced and a trailer was dropped right out of the gate..
• Darkness.
• Art, story, horror elements, all going back to the franchise's darker roots. Blood, gore, ouccullt symbols. Victories are going to be a challenge, no guarantees.
• World.
• We've never seen the world of Sanctuary in a wide view. Every zone and every monstter is going to represent what Sanctuary actually is. Even the depths of Hell. Group play confirmed, from player trading to PvP zones.
• Legacy.
• Diablo 1's Sense of Dread. Diablo 2's Class Lineup. Diablo 3's Visceral Combat. All come together in Diablo 4 for a game that the dev team sees as the Diablo game fans have really been waiting for. PC, PS4, and Xbox One release.
• The first three confirmed classes are:
• The Barbarian.
• The Sorceress.
• The Druid.
• Mounted travel confirmed in the gameplay trailer that is very fluid into entering combat.
• They didn't want to announce Diablo 4 without a playable demo on the floor to really showcase the darker Sanctuary.
• I will be doing a post entirely around Diablo 4 after Blizzcon is over and we have all of the information we can from the official source.

Starcraft 2

• DeepMind AI available to play against those AI Agents at Blizzcon.
• Arcturus Mengsk coming later this month as the newest co-op commander.

Heroes of the Storm

• Deathwing officially unveiled.
• Most requested hero of all-time.
• Two forms with two different sets of abilitties.
• Blizzcon/Virtual Ticket holders get Deathwing for free.
• All Heroes avaialble for free until November 10th.

Warcraft 3: Reforged

• Beta recently started.
• All Blizzcon/Virtual Ticket holders get free Beta access.
• Release date announcement Soon.

World of Warcraft

• Classic: "You think that you want this, and I think that you do."
• Classic: Phase 2 opens its gates to World Bosses and the PvP Honor system on Novemvber 12th.
• Make-A-Wish Foundation and We.Org Charity Pet, Dotty the Baby Alpaca, hits the Blizzard Store in December.
• All proceeds from Dotty through the end of 2019 go towards those two charities.
• Anniversary event officially launches on November 5th in Retail WoW.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

• Trailer explains Bolvar's blue eyes.
• "There must always be a Lich King."
• "In the end, Death comes for us all."
• Pre-orders available now on tthe Blizzard Store for a 2020 release date.
• I will be doing an in-depth guide to this and not attempt to fit it all into just this one blog post.
• There is a lot to go over. From new zones, to new "factions", to new raids and dungeons, abilitiy unpruning, etc, etc.

Hearthstone

• Rise of Shadows - Introduction of the League of Evil.
• Saviors of Uldum - Introduction of the League of Explorers.
• The tale comes to its stunning conclusion in Dragonblight as the two Leagues meet each other for their final confrontation.
• Descent of Dragons brings the Year of the Dragon to a close.
• So many Dragons. More dragons than ever before.
• Galakrond, the Nightmare: The newest Hero card.
• Invoke is the newest key word and mechanic.
• Galakrond, the Apocalypse: The invoked version of this Hero.
• Galakrond, Azeroth's End: The final form of this Hero.
• Five free Legendary Heroes for those who associated with the League of Evil as soon as the expansion drops.
• Ysera, Unleashed for the League of Explorers.
• Every class will get their own Legendary Dragon.
• Pre-purchase begins today for Descent of Dragons.
• Hearthstone: Battlegrounds. 8 player auto-battle mode.
• Open Beta starts November 12th.
• Blizzcon/Virtual Ticket holders and pre-purchasers of Descent of Dragons get access come November 5th.

Overwatch 2

• Updated version of the game engine.
• Story Missions
• Hero Missions
• Highly replayable cooperative missions.
• Level up your favorite hero to play YOUR way/
• New PvP Mode: Push
• "I AM GOOD AT PUSHING THINGS."
• Sojorn, the first Canadian Hero, joins the lineup.
• Will launch with multiple new heroes.
• Toronto, the first Canadian map, and the first map for Push.
• As well as multiple other maps to join the map list.
• More story and cooperative PvE.
• Tons of PvE content.
• Complete story experience.
• What does a sequel mean to me as a player?
• Sequels make gamers nervous.
• All original Overwatch players, will get all the same maps and new maps that come to Overwatch 2.
• All original heroes and all the new heroes coming in Overwatch 2 are playable in the original Overwatch.
• All cosmetics from Overwatch will transfer over to Overwatch 2, all progress follows you, no one is getting left behind.
• If there's enough information shown off, I will do a full post dedicated to Overwatch 2.