We learned about a new WoW expansion, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and a Hearthstone expansion today, and there are even more panels tomorrow! Check out a recap of what we learned today below and be sure to click through for the full details on each item.
World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion announced!
- Cinematic Trailer
- Features Trailer
- Press Kit Screenshots
- Highlights
- 2020 Release Date
- 5 New Zones
- Level Squish to 50, Level to 60 in Shadowlands
- Revamped Leveling Experience - Level 1-10 in a new zone, 10-50 in any expansion, 50-60 in Shadowlands.
- Choose a Covenant - Gain two abilities, one class specific. Changes your gameplay.
- Torghast, Tower of the Damned - Endless ever-changing dungeon that can be played solo or with up to 4 players
- Improved Character Customization for existing races - Hide bones on Undead, Wildhammer Dwarf Tattoos, and more
- Prepurchase Today
- Shadowlands Preview: Bastion and the Kyrian Covenant
- Official Blizzard's What’s Next Panel Recap
- Make a Wish Foundation and We.org Charity Pet - Dotty the Baby Alpaca
- WoW 15th Anniversary Event Live Tuesday, November 5th, 2019.
- WoW Classic - World Bosses and PvP Honor System Live in a Week
- See the full MMO-Champion World of Warcraft - What's Next Panel recap by clicking here.
- Pre-patch - Scourge are marauding across Azeroth. Scourge invasion 2.0.
- 8 dungeons in addition to Torghast - 4 level up and 4 max-level.
- Castle Nathria - 10 boss raid in Revendreth
- Less RNG - Professions tweaked, weekly loot chest gone (choose from options), legendary items are crafted.
- Class abilities are coming back, the unpruning!
Diablo
- Diablo IV announced!
- We got a Diablo Immortal gameplay trailer.
- Cinematic Trailer
- Features Trailer
- Diablo IV - Classes, World, Story, and more!
- Highlights
- No release date
- Dark non-linear campaign
- Shared open-world with 5 distinct regions
- 5 powerful classes, the 3 announced are Sorceress, Barbarian and Druid.
- Being developed for PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.
- See the full MMO-Champion Diablo IV Unvieled Panel recap by clicking here.
- Diablo Group Q&A
- Treasure goblins will return
- Base game supported by expansions as the business model for Diablo IV.
- Diablo IV is using a brand new custom built engine that uses physical based rendering
- Skills will be bound to classes, you may have an item or two that procs another class’ skill, but still no plans for another enigma.
- There will be a Hardcode mode
Overwatch
- Overwatch 2 announced!
- Cinematic Trailer
- Features Trailer
- Highlights
- New Game Mode - Push
- New Hero- Sojourn (More unannounced heroes to come)
- Story and Hero Missions
- New Maps - Toronto, Gothenburg, Monte Carlo, Rio De Janeiro
- Character Talents and Progression System
- PvP Crossplay with Overwatch 1
- All Earned cosmetics carry over between games.
- See the full MMO-Champion Overwatch 2: What's Next Panel recap by clicking here.
Hearthstone
- Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons expansion announced!
- New Game Mode - Battlegrounds announced!
- Reveal Trailer
- Battlegrounds Trailer
- Release Date - December 10th, 2019
- Prepurchase Today
- Check out Hearthpwn's Expansion Announcement Details
- See the full Hearthpwn's Hearthstone: What's Next Panel recap by clicking here.
- Hearthstone: Telling a Year Long Narrative Panel
Heroes of the Storm
- Deathwing is free to anyone with a Virtual/BlizzCon 2019 ticket purchase.
- See the full MMO-Champion Heroes of the Storm - What's Next Panel recap by clicking here.
Warcraft 3: Reforged
- Warcraft III: Reforged beta is available to anyone with a Virtual/BlizzCon 2019 ticket purchase.
Starcraft II
- Arcturus is the next Co-Op Commander.
- Gameplay vs Deepmind AI Coming
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