BlizzCon 2026: Every announcement from Blizzard’s opening ceremony
From Diablo V, to StarCraft, and beyond
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BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony: Everything Announced
BlizzCon 2026 is upon is, and IGN is reporting live on all the announcements direct from the opening ceremony. Expect big news on everything from World of Warcraft to Diablo, amid strong rumors of a StarCraft announcement.
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BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony Live Blog: The Future of Warcraft and Diablo Set to Be Revealed Amid StarCraft Rumors
BlizzCon 2026 is upon is, and IGN is reporting live on all the announcements direct from the opening ceremony. Expect big news on everything from World of Warcraft to Diablo, amid strong rumors of a StarCraft announcement.
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
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| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.61 | +0.215 50% | 2 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: Video Games Chronicle and Ign. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.85 | +0.212 49% | Video Games Chronicle is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.00 | +0.000 0% | The sources carry no usable publish times, so the rate could not be measured from them directly. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.03 | +0.006 1% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
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What happened
UPDATE 13TH SEPTEMBER: Below you'll find a blow-by-blow account of everything announced during yesterday's BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony. It was a big show, revealing a new StarCraft shooter for 2030, the surprise reveal of Diablo 5 for 2029, and World of Warcraft Forever - a remastered and expanded version of year-one World of Warcraft that will evolve in a different way and will lock players at level 60 forever. Blizzard also announced a brand new 30-hour story campaign for Warcraft 3, that's available today, a new class for Diablo 4 and character for Overwatch, and much more.
How this story arrived
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- 01 Ign first seen BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony Live Blog: The Future of Warcraft and Diablo Set to Be Reveal
- 02 Videogameschronicle +6.5h BlizzCon 2026: Every announcement from Blizzard’s opening ceremony
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