BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony: Starcraft Returns, Diablo V Announced, Warcraft news and more
Blizzard Entertainment announced several major updates at BlizzCon 2026, including a new open-world StarCraft shooter and Diablo V. The company also detailed upcoming content for Diablo IV and the tenth anniversary of Overwatch.
Why it matters
These announcements signal significant shifts in long-standing gaming franchises, impacting the strategy and product roadmap for a major global gaming publisher.
I’ve been at Blizzard a long time, and I’ve got a bunch of BlizzCons under my belt. Do you know how hard all these announcements were to hold in as we prepared for BlizzCon 2026? I can’t even believe this is real, man, like…okay, sorry, I’m locked in. Whether you’re watching it all unfold live or just catching up later, here is everything from the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony and where to go next for each one.
StarCraft Is Back, and It Is Not What You Expect
From the farthest reaches of the stars, a new mission calls. StarCraft returns in 2030 as an original open-world shooter.
There is really only one thing to say to that, and we said it from the stage and the halls in Anaheim, California: it’s about damn time.
Also covering this story
2 other newsrooms covered this event. We read each version separately.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in