No new games got announced.
Only one expansion is announced and it is for Hearthstone.
2 new characters for HotS
1 new characters for Diablo
1 new characters for Overwatch
1 story mission for SC2 ... and 1 more playable character.
oh and another new patch for WoW
welp, probably the worst Blizzcon for me.
// Mod Edit:
There was a lot of arguing about what was and wasn't shown at Blizzcon, so I've done a round-up and added it to the OP to help facilitate the debate:
New Games:
- No new games were announced.
Hearthstone:
- Hearthstone's newest expansion, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, was announced. It has 132 new cards, several new mechanics, and a new play board. It releases in December.
Overwatch:
- Sombra (a new hero) and her cosmetic Skins and will release in November. This coincided with a two new animated shorts.
- A new map called Oasis (Control mode) was announced, and will release in January.
- A new selection of modes known as Arcade have been announced for the game. This includes:
-- A new map dedicated to arcade modes called Eco Point: Antarctica. It's smaller to fit the smaller player count.
-- A 1v1 dueling mode that's a best of 9. You get a random hero (that's the same as your opponent's) at the start of each round.
-- A 3v3 elimination mode where if you die, you die, unless you have a Mercy to res you.
-- A new Brawl playlist that features the most popular previous Brawls.
-- A 6v6 no limits mode that works like Quick Play used to.
-- You can get three loot boxes each week (one every three wins), and a loot box for playing the new content once.
-- This releases in November.
- There is also a new cross-over event with Heroes of the Storm where you earn a new Genji costume, spray, and avatar.
- Overwatch is getting a new eSports league.
Heroes of the Storm:
- Two new heroes were announced:
-- Varian Wrynn (Who is the first multiclassing hero in the game).
-- Ragnaros (Who has a unique fort takeover mechanic).
-- Zul'jin was also heavily teased as the next hero afterwards, though not formally unveiled.
-- The first two hereos are releasing in November and Early December respectively.
- A completely redone version of Haunted Mines was revealed, and is returning as the game's twelfth map, coming in November.
- They showed off one of the new weekly brawls that they feel illustrates how different they can be from the core game.
- They're redoing how account and hero leveling works so that it's both much faster, and gives you way more rewards.
- Hero League is becoming a solo queue, while Team League now accepts parties of 2, 3, and 5.
- They announced they intend to make PvE content similar to Junkenstein's Revenge for Overwatch, but that they don't have a timeline for release.
- They're redoing the stats page to show vastly more stats about how you are performing relative to both yourself and other players.
- Hero swaps in drafting are being added to the game.
- Clans are being added to the game, and have their own ranks, advancement systems, and tournaments.
- The way ranks work is being rebalanced for better competitive matchmaking.
- Blizzard voice chat is being integrated into the game.
- They unveiled a redesign of Kharazim (the Diablo 3 Monk) and teased several others.
- The party finder is being overhauled so that you now queue up and are matched into a party with people based on role and skill level, so that it's easier to find a consistent party to play with if you're normally a solo queuer, but don't want to be.
- Map rotations are being added to the game so that only 6-7 maps will be available at a time, but this will be rotated three times a season, so that you get to see individual maps more frequently.
- They're holding a huge new promotion event starting November 15th, where if you play 30 games with a friend, you get five free heroes and new Genji cosmetics in Overwatch.
StarCraft 2:
- The final three mission set of Nova's campaign is being released in November along with a supporting comic.
- A new co-op commander, Alexi Stukov, is being added to the game.
- Two new co-op missions are being added to the game:
-- The first is Miner Evacuation about escorting civilians.
-- The other is a reinvention of Left 2 Die to fit with the co-op commander system.
- War Chests are being added for StarCraft e-Sports seasons and essentially work like Dota 2 compendiums. You get a bunch of rewards up front and unlock new ones as you do things.
- There is a large collection of new Weekly Mutators coming to co-op mode.
- There are also seasonal events coming to co-op mode.
- Finally, co-op is getting a new leaderboard system.
- A variety of new Arcade features were teased but not announced.
- A new custom tournament mode is coming.
- StarCraft 2 will be getting a Watch tab similar to Dota 2 where you can watch games live.
- They unveiled balance changes for around 15 multiplayer units. These consisted of:
-- Some units are getting complete unit redesigns like the Cyclone.
-- Other units are getting new abilities.
-- A lot are simpler balance changes like damage number and range changes.
Diablo 3:
- The Necromancer class is being added to the game in the second half of 2017 as paid DLC.
- A new 16 level rift that recreates Diablo 1's general progression structure and level design is being added to the game:
-- It uses Diablo 3 art assets with a pixelation filter, along with music and UI changes to look more like Diablo 1.
-- The four primary bosses of Diablo 1 are being added (these actually use new art assets and are newly designed fights in general).
-- It has a eight way movement gate and by beating it, you are rewarded a new gem and helmet transmog that is meant to evoke the wanderer who turned into Diablo in Diablo 2.
-- This goes on the PTR in November, and live in January.
- Two new zones are also being added as explorable Adventure Mode areas. We don't know much about them.
- The game is also getting a new crafting inventory to hold all your crafting materials.
- There will be a new equipment and build manager to help you switch between builds and equipment sets much more easily.
- Season are being added to Diablo 3 on consoles.
- There is also a new feature called Challenge Rifts being unveiled today (as in, after the time this post went up). It's a new type of rift that excludes your Paragon levels, item stats, augments, and other bonuses so people can compare on a more even level.
World of Warcraft:
- I'm just going to copy MMO Champion on this one.
- That said, they essentially unveiled patches 7.1.5 and 7.2 with a teaser for the patches aftewards. Both patches are gigantic.
OP Edit : Thank you Mod.
Only one expansion is announced and it is for Hearthstone.
2 new characters for HotS
1 new characters for Diablo
1 new characters for Overwatch
1 story mission for SC2 ... and 1 more playable character.
oh and another new patch for WoW
welp, probably the worst Blizzcon for me.
// Mod Edit:
There was a lot of arguing about what was and wasn't shown at Blizzcon, so I've done a round-up and added it to the OP to help facilitate the debate:
New Games:
- No new games were announced.
Hearthstone:
- Hearthstone's newest expansion, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, was announced. It has 132 new cards, several new mechanics, and a new play board. It releases in December.
Overwatch:
- Sombra (a new hero) and her cosmetic Skins and will release in November. This coincided with a two new animated shorts.
- A new map called Oasis (Control mode) was announced, and will release in January.
- A new selection of modes known as Arcade have been announced for the game. This includes:
-- A new map dedicated to arcade modes called Eco Point: Antarctica. It's smaller to fit the smaller player count.
-- A 1v1 dueling mode that's a best of 9. You get a random hero (that's the same as your opponent's) at the start of each round.
-- A 3v3 elimination mode where if you die, you die, unless you have a Mercy to res you.
-- A new Brawl playlist that features the most popular previous Brawls.
-- A 6v6 no limits mode that works like Quick Play used to.
-- You can get three loot boxes each week (one every three wins), and a loot box for playing the new content once.
-- This releases in November.
- There is also a new cross-over event with Heroes of the Storm where you earn a new Genji costume, spray, and avatar.
- Overwatch is getting a new eSports league.
Heroes of the Storm:
- Two new heroes were announced:
-- Varian Wrynn (Who is the first multiclassing hero in the game).
-- Ragnaros (Who has a unique fort takeover mechanic).
-- Zul'jin was also heavily teased as the next hero afterwards, though not formally unveiled.
-- The first two hereos are releasing in November and Early December respectively.
- A completely redone version of Haunted Mines was revealed, and is returning as the game's twelfth map, coming in November.
- They showed off one of the new weekly brawls that they feel illustrates how different they can be from the core game.
- They're redoing how account and hero leveling works so that it's both much faster, and gives you way more rewards.
- Hero League is becoming a solo queue, while Team League now accepts parties of 2, 3, and 5.
- They announced they intend to make PvE content similar to Junkenstein's Revenge for Overwatch, but that they don't have a timeline for release.
- They're redoing the stats page to show vastly more stats about how you are performing relative to both yourself and other players.
- Hero swaps in drafting are being added to the game.
- Clans are being added to the game, and have their own ranks, advancement systems, and tournaments.
- The way ranks work is being rebalanced for better competitive matchmaking.
- Blizzard voice chat is being integrated into the game.
- They unveiled a redesign of Kharazim (the Diablo 3 Monk) and teased several others.
- The party finder is being overhauled so that you now queue up and are matched into a party with people based on role and skill level, so that it's easier to find a consistent party to play with if you're normally a solo queuer, but don't want to be.
- Map rotations are being added to the game so that only 6-7 maps will be available at a time, but this will be rotated three times a season, so that you get to see individual maps more frequently.
- They're holding a huge new promotion event starting November 15th, where if you play 30 games with a friend, you get five free heroes and new Genji cosmetics in Overwatch.
StarCraft 2:
- The final three mission set of Nova's campaign is being released in November along with a supporting comic.
- A new co-op commander, Alexi Stukov, is being added to the game.
- Two new co-op missions are being added to the game:
-- The first is Miner Evacuation about escorting civilians.
-- The other is a reinvention of Left 2 Die to fit with the co-op commander system.
- War Chests are being added for StarCraft e-Sports seasons and essentially work like Dota 2 compendiums. You get a bunch of rewards up front and unlock new ones as you do things.
- There is a large collection of new Weekly Mutators coming to co-op mode.
- There are also seasonal events coming to co-op mode.
- Finally, co-op is getting a new leaderboard system.
- A variety of new Arcade features were teased but not announced.
- A new custom tournament mode is coming.
- StarCraft 2 will be getting a Watch tab similar to Dota 2 where you can watch games live.
- They unveiled balance changes for around 15 multiplayer units. These consisted of:
-- Some units are getting complete unit redesigns like the Cyclone.
-- Other units are getting new abilities.
-- A lot are simpler balance changes like damage number and range changes.
Diablo 3:
- The Necromancer class is being added to the game in the second half of 2017 as paid DLC.
- A new 16 level rift that recreates Diablo 1's general progression structure and level design is being added to the game:
-- It uses Diablo 3 art assets with a pixelation filter, along with music and UI changes to look more like Diablo 1.
-- The four primary bosses of Diablo 1 are being added (these actually use new art assets and are newly designed fights in general).
-- It has a eight way movement gate and by beating it, you are rewarded a new gem and helmet transmog that is meant to evoke the wanderer who turned into Diablo in Diablo 2.
-- This goes on the PTR in November, and live in January.
- Two new zones are also being added as explorable Adventure Mode areas. We don't know much about them.
- The game is also getting a new crafting inventory to hold all your crafting materials.
- There will be a new equipment and build manager to help you switch between builds and equipment sets much more easily.
- Season are being added to Diablo 3 on consoles.
- There is also a new feature called Challenge Rifts being unveiled today (as in, after the time this post went up). It's a new type of rift that excludes your Paragon levels, item stats, augments, and other bonuses so people can compare on a more even level.
World of Warcraft:
- I'm just going to copy MMO Champion on this one.
- That said, they essentially unveiled patches 7.1.5 and 7.2 with a teaser for the patches aftewards. Both patches are gigantic.
MMO Champion said:
OP Edit : Thank you Mod.
