Everything announced in the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony
UPDATE 13TH SEPTEMBER: Below you'll find a blow-by-blow account of everything announced during yesterday's BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony.
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Everything announced in the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony
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.
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BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony live report - all the news and announcements as Blizzard's convention returns
Blizzard's BlizzCon convention returns this weekend after two years' absence, and I'll be covering the news and announcements from today's opening ceremony live, here in this article. The show begins 6.30pm BST (UK time).
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
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| Corroboration | 0.35 | 0.39 | +0.135 40% | 1 independent org on the story. Tier-3 aggregators never corroborate — they can show something is circulating, never that it is true. |
| Source trustleads | 0.25 | 0.80 | +0.200 60% | Eurogamer 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% | One counted organisation, so there is no spread to measure — nothing has picked this up to set a rate. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.00 | +0.000 0% | 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.
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