BlizzCon 2026

BlizzCon 2026 coverage from OutputLag: every announcement from the Opening Ceremony and the main stage panels at the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12 and 13, 2026, covering World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, StarCraft, and Hearthstone. Each post goes up as soon as the reveal airs and is expanded with details and screenshots afterwards. · How our Wire works

Saturday, September 12

  1. Diablo V’s caravan includes a treasure goblin companion with his own story

    BlizzCon 2026
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V replaces towns with a caravan of survivors that travels with you and grows
    2. Sep 12 Diablo V’s art direction follows three visual stories: the past, the present and hell’s future
    3. Sep 12 Diablo V brings back a procedural overworld and dungeons that change on every visit
  2. Diablo V replaces towns with a caravan of survivors that travels with you and grows

    BlizzCon 2026
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V’s art direction follows three visual stories: the past, the present and hell’s future
    2. Sep 12 Diablo V brings back a procedural overworld and dungeons that change on every visit
    3. Sep 12 Diablo V casts you as the heir to Westmarch in a continent overrun by hell
  3. Diablo V’s art direction follows three visual stories: the past, the present and hell’s future

    BlizzCon 2026
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V brings back a procedural overworld and dungeons that change on every visit
    2. Sep 12 Diablo V casts you as the heir to Westmarch in a continent overrun by hell
    3. Sep 12 Diablo V keeps Diablo unredeemable, and gives the player a unique bond with him
  4. Diablo V brings back a procedural overworld and dungeons that change on every visit

    Blizzard
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V casts you as the heir to Westmarch in a continent overrun by hell
    2. Sep 12 Diablo V keeps Diablo unredeemable, and gives the player a unique bond with him
    3. Sep 12 Diablo V is a sequel, not a Diablo IV expansion, so Blizzard can rebuild the fundamentals
  5. Diablo V casts you as the heir to Westmarch in a continent overrun by hell

    Blizzard
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V keeps Diablo unredeemable, and gives the player a unique bond with him
    2. Sep 12 Diablo V is a sequel, not a Diablo IV expansion, so Blizzard can rebuild the fundamentals
    3. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Definitive Edition graphics mode is free for Reforged owners
  6. Diablo V keeps Diablo unredeemable, and gives the player a unique bond with him

    Blizzard
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V is a sequel, not a Diablo IV expansion, so Blizzard can rebuild the fundamentals
    2. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Definitive Edition graphics mode is free for Reforged owners
    3. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Kingdom cast: two new leads, Sylvanas and Whitemane
  7. Diablo V is set after other heroes failed and Diablo won, with Westmarch burning

    BlizzCon 2026
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Diablo V is a sequel, not a Diablo IV expansion, so Blizzard can rebuild the fundamentals
    2. Sep 12 Everything New in Diablo V
    3. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Paladin is the first new tavern hero in over 20 years
  8. Diablo V is a sequel, not a Diablo IV expansion, so Blizzard can rebuild the fundamentals

    Blizzard
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Definitive Edition graphics mode is free for Reforged owners
    2. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Kingdom cast: two new leads, Sylvanas and Whitemane
    3. Sep 12 World of Warcraft Forever’s first raids unlock December 9, Onyxia’s Lair at 40 players
  9. Everything New in Diablo V

    BlizzCon 2026
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Paladin is the first new tavern hero in over 20 years
    2. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Definitive Edition graphics mode is free for Reforged owners
    3. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Kingdom cast: two new leads, Sylvanas and Whitemane
  10. Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Paladin is the first new tavern hero in over 20 years

    BlizzCon 2026
    ↳ 3 earlier stories
    1. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Definitive Edition graphics mode is free for Reforged owners
    2. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Kingdom cast: two new leads, Sylvanas and Whitemane
    3. Sep 12 Warcraft III: Reforged’s Forsaken Kingdom is a soft open world RPG in the Rexxar style