The Blizzcon Opening Ceremony just concluded! Here’s what Blizzard revealed (All cinematics are at the bottom of this post):
- Destiny 2 will be free for all battle.net players, this offer is available to be claimed until November 18th
- Starcraft 2 gets a new Co-op commander: Zeratul.
- Heroes of the Storm gets its first new original hero character, originating from HotS itself: Orphea, daughter of the Raven Lord
- Orphia is free for all blizzcon attendees and virtual ticket holders.
- Heroes of the Storm will finally see the Janitor Leoric skin making its appearance!
- The current World of Warcraft segment was a repeat of the patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance announcement. What lays beyond patch 8.1 will be discussed in the What’s Next panel for WoW.
- In addition to that WoW Classic will fully release in the summer of 2019.
- Anyone with a WoW subscription will have access to WoW Classic!
- This year’s WoW charity pet will be Whomper, a little yeti and the money goes to the organisation code.org.
- A new cinematic for BfA “Lost Honor” was shown.
- A new Overwatch animated short was shown: Reunion
- The 29th Overwatch hero to join the roster will be Ashe, the leader of the Deadlock gang
- Warcraft 3 is being remastered! It will be released in 2019.
- You can order a spoils of war edition of warcraft 3, pre-ordering it will unlock bonuses for the other Blizzard games. This includes a meatwagon mount in WoW with a functioning catapult!
- You can find more information here for warcraft 3 reforged: https://playwarcraft3.com/en-us/
- The next Hearthstone expansion is the troll themed Rastakhan’s Rumble, with a snazzy new cinematic trailer!
- Hearthstone will get a new keyword “Overkill”, this will activate if you deal more damage than the target has in health.
- (Hearthstone) Each class gets a troll champion, a loa (troll god) and a spirit.
- Rastakhan’s Rumble releases December 4th.
- The next Diablo game will be a mobile action RPG called “Diablo Immortal”.
- Diablo Immortal will take place in between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3.