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Diablo Immortal x Spawn 7-Inch Warlock Deluxe Action Figure Pre-Orders Open - Fall FanFest 2026

McFarlane Toys has opened pre-orders for a 7-inch deluxe action figure of the Warlock class skin from the Diablo Immortal x Spawn crossover, priced at $49.99 and set to release in March 2027. The figure features up to 22 moving parts, a wired fabric cape, the Hellspawn Subjugator Sacrificial Blade, a Demon Skull, four alternate hands, an Elite Points card, and a collectible art card. The crossover event runs from September 29 to November 1.

Why alts are part of World of Warcraft: Forever's core progression plans

The developers of World of Warcraft: Forever say alts are part of the game's core progression plans, with reasons to play them and unlock Legacy points. The game launches November 4, and executive producer Holly Longdale calls it the lowest barrier to entry for newcomers. The team is also considering account-wide banks to support alt play.

World of Warcraft: Forever – "Your Adventure Begins" Trailer

World of Warcraft: Forever has released a "Your Adventure Begins" trailer. It highlights the new quests, characters, and rewards awaiting players on their leveling journey through Azeroth.

Blizzard refuses to let World of Warcraft: Forever's dungeons become the fastest way to grind XP: 'We need to hold firm on these balance adjustments'

Blizzard announced tweaks to dungeon XP in World of Warcraft: Forever, raising the XP from killing dungeon monsters slightly but not back to WoW Classic levels. The developers said they want Azeroth to be the "main character" and don't want players spending their entire leveling experience in caves, so dungeon cleaving to 60 won't be the optimal way to level.

Blizzard Is Making WoW Forever's Controversial Skyborne Race Look Worse On Purpose, And That's a Good Thing

Blizzard has announced it will redo the standard-definition models for World of Warcraft: Forever's new Skyborne race, plus both SD and HD models for all Druid animal forms, early next year to better match the original game's retro look. The Skyborne currently only have an HD model, making them stand out awkwardly next to other races in SD graphics. The change arrives months after the game launches in November, and forum reactions are mixed but largely positive.

Blizzard is changing the appearance of WoW: Forever's new Skyborne race in response to community feedback

Blizzard has announced drastic visual changes to World of Warcraft: Forever's new Skyborne race following community feedback, with new models that better match the game's early MMO aesthetic. The changes remove softness, lower colour saturation and add more detailed fur textures, while new standard definition models are planned for early 2027. WoW Forever launches in full on 4th November.

World of Warcraft: Forever simplifies PvP, dropping leaderboard competition

Blizzard outlined PvP changes for World of Warcraft: Forever in a blog post, removing the weekly leaderboard race in favor of an Honor currency and point-based progression. Players earn Honor from killing enemy players, completing battlegrounds, and finishing PvP quests, with Honor gains normalized across battlegrounds, and Rank points unlock 14 tiers of rewards including PvP gear and titles like High Warlord and Grand Marshal. Rank points have a weekly cap, and the system runs in PvP seasons that reset, with weekly tasks granting bonus Honor, Rank points, and a Legacy Point.

Overwatch Season 5: A Grim Doctrine Now Live on Switch

Something truly wicked is unleashing during Season 5: A Grim Doctrine, live now in Overwatch on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch!

Overwatch's new season patch weakens Cassidy's high-ground combo with Jetpack Cat

Overwatch's new season is live, adding the hero Doctrine, reworks for Sombra and Roadhog, and the final chapter of Blizzard's year-long narrative arc. The patch now makes Cassidy detach from Jetpack Cat's Lifeline tether and fall to the ground when he uses High Noon, which Blizzard says was too powerful at repositioning him to eliminate targets. The author notes that Soldier: 76's Ultimate and Ashe's B.O.B. can also be tethered but were left unchanged, and includes the full balance patch notes for Roadhog, Sombra, and hero hit volumes.

Overwatch Season 5 Now Available

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Overwatch Season 5 begins with a new support hero and two hero reworks

Overwatch Season 5 starts Tuesday, adding the new support hero Doctrine and a new Escort map, Grímsvötn. Blizzard is also rolling out hero reworks for Roadhog and Sombra that shake up the roster and meta.

D&D: World of Warcraft Book Won't Play Like the MMO, Designer Says It's a "Paraphrase"

The Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft book releases 17th November, a 256-page volume bringing 16 playable species, new subclasses, 60 new spells and the whole continent of Azeroth to the tabletop. Principal designer James Wyatt said it is a "paraphrase" of WoW rather than a translation, so there are no raids, with iconic encounters like Onyxia's Lair scaled to groups of four or five instead of 20 or 40. The Horde versus Alliance divide is left to the Dungeon Master.

Dungeons & Dragons Rewrites the Game's Rules for the New World of Warcraft Book

The next major Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook, Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft, adopts Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond licensing scheme. It targets players of the MMORPG since its 2004 release while offering D&D players a lore-heavy setting, and also serves as a way to experiment with D&D 5.5 Edition core rules.

Overwatch's Most Radical Hero Rework in Years is Coming Soon

Blizzard Won't Fix Diablo 4 Season 15's Biggest Bug This Season

Blizzard announced that Diablo 4 Season 15's biggest bug, involving the Hellfire Torch Unique charm, won't be fixed this season. The Hellfire Torch normally lets players equip one extra Unique charm, but a bugged interaction with the Seal of the Golden Epiphany and the Mythic Seal of the Diamond Mind lets players equip two additional Unique charms. Design director Dan Tanguay said the behavior goes beyond what was originally intended, but Blizzard will leave it in place this season to avoid disrupting players who invested time in the item.

World of Warcraft: Forever beta popularity grows as Blizzard raises server cap again

World of Warcraft executive producer Holly Longdale said on her personal X account that the team had to raise the population cap for the World of Warcraft: Forever beta again over the weekend. Long-time World of Warcraft: Classic developer Josh Greenfield previously called the beta's numbers the craziest he has seen in 17 years at Blizzard. Access to the beta requires the $59.99 Skyborne Epic pack, and the game launches fully on 4th November with a monthly subscription instead.

Blizzard announces new StarCraft as an open-world FPS launching in 2030

Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2026 that the third StarCraft title, simply called StarCraft, will launch in 2030 and shift from real-time strategy to an open-world first-person shooter. Blizzard general manager and vice president Dan Hay leads the project and said players can create and name a character, follow that character's story to a definitive ending, and that it is not a seasonal game. It is the franchise's first new title since StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void in 2015, after two earlier StarCraft FPS attempts were cancelled.

BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony: Blizzard Announces Diablo V, a StarCraft Open-World Shooter, and More

At the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, Blizzard officially revealed Diablo V for spring 2029 and a StarCraft open-world shooter led by former Far Cry lead Dan Hay targeting a 2030 launch. Diablo IV comes to Switch 2 on September 15, Warcraft III: Reforged gets the new Forsaken Kingdom campaign today, and World of Warcraft Forever arrives on November 4 with a beta starting September 17. The next World of Warcraft update, Midnight Eclipse, and the expansion The Last Titan are aiming for 2027.

Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft Forever launches on November 4.

Warcraft III: Reforged Gets New Campaign Forsaken Kingdom and a New Graphics Mode Today

Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2026 that Warcraft III: Reforged is getting a new campaign, Forsaken Kingdom, available today. Set amid the fall of Lordaeron, the prologue covers the aftermath of Arthas killing his father, and Blizzard says it offers over 30 hours of gameplay. The update also adds a new graphics mode closer to the original Warcraft III look, 24-unit group selection, World Editor improvements, and a new neutral hero, the Forsaken Paladin.

Blizzard announces World of Warcraft: Forever, expanding vanilla WoW and launching November 4

Blizzard announced World of Warcraft: Forever at BlizzCon, a new game edition that expands the vanilla WoW experience with new and overhauled zones, 1,000 new quests across the level 1-60 bracket, 9 additional dungeons, 10-20 player raids, and a new neutral playable elven race called the Skyborne. New zones include Mount Hyjal, Zephras Isle, and The Riverglades, with a new battleground on Darkspear Islands, while the engine adds new lighting and global illumination, volumetric particle effects, a new water renderer, and real-time shadows. A beta launches Thursday, September 17, ahead of the November 4 release date.

Blizzard Announces Diablo V, Arriving Spring 2029

Blizzard announced Diablo V during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, with a release set for spring 2029. The game is set a half-century after the events of Diablo IV and breaks from the series' usual premise, depicting an already-fallen Sanctuary where Diablo has won.

Blizzard Reveals StarCraft Open-World Shooter, Targeting 2030 Launch

At the BlizzCon 2026 keynote, Blizzard announced a new open-world shooter simply titled StarCraft, targeting a 2030 launch. Dan Hay, previously a lead producer on the Far Cry series, introduced the project and its team, saying they plan to re-ignite the StarCraft universe, and showed a trailer featuring a Marine named Holt who is run over by a Zergling rush after landing on a planet.

Heroes of the Storm Reveals Xal'atath, Its First New Hero in Six Years, Arriving This Month

At the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, Blizzard President Johanna Faries announced that Heroes of the Storm is getting its first new hero in six years, Xal'atath, a ranged assassin from World of Warcraft: Midnight who wields Void abilities and arrives later this month. Blizzard shared her ability kit with Game Informer via a press release, including the Void Volley trait, Dark Heart Ritual, Void Step, Shadow Mark, and the heroics Void Eruption and Void Convergence. Faries also said another hero might be on the way in the near future.

Diablo 4 Season 13 is Season of Reckoning, launching alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion

Blizzard revealed that Diablo 4's 13th season is called Season of Reckoning and will launch alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion next week, open to all players. The season will not add new mechanics or a new theme because the focus is on the expansion, though it keeps Season Rank, Smoldering Ashes, Season Blessings and a battle pass with four Reliquaries, the first free. Pre-load for Lord of Hatred is available now on all platforms, with patch 3.0.0 including all expansion content and a smaller patch 3.0.1 required on launch day, April 27/28.

Blizzard will hold one last Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred developer update before the expansion launches

Blizzard will hold its final Developer Update livestream for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred on April 23 at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 6pm GMT. The show will cover expanded skill trees for all classes, the Talisman system, the gear-altering Horadric Cube, the War Plans endgame feature, and the new season launching alongside the expansion. Lord of Hatred arrives on April 28 as the follow-up to 2024's Vessel of Hatred.

Diablo 4's Warlock gameplay debuts, arriving with Lord of Hatred on April 28

Blizzard gave the first look at Diablo 4's Warlock gameplay during a Developer Update, with the class launching alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion on April 28. The Warlock is a hybrid pet and caster class that uses Wrath and Dominance resources to summon demons and undermine enemies with shadow arts. Its class mechanic unlocks at level 30, offering four archetypes: Legions, Vanguards, Masterminds and Ritualists, with Soul Shards fused into the body to call upon specific demons.

Diablo 4 reveals Season of Slaughter gameplay, lets you become The Butcher and adds Doom: The Dark Ages skins

Blizzard unveiled Diablo 4's Season of Slaughter, running March 11 until the Lord of Hatred expansion launches April 28. The season adds the ability to become The Butcher, a Killstreak system, Bloodied Items, and a Doom: The Dark Ages collaboration with mostly paid skins. A free Paladin trial runs March 11 to 18 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, capped at level 25.

Diablo 4 Developer Update stream offers first look at the Warlock class and Season 12

Blizzard aired its Diablo 4 Developer Update livestream today, giving a first look at the new Warlock class and the game's next season. The Warlock is one of two classes coming with the Lord of Hatred expansion and arrives alongside it on April 28, while the Paladin is already available to players who pre-order the expansion. Season 12 is set for March 10 and runs until the expansion's release, and the stream also covers the Killstreaks system and Bloodstained items before a Q&A.

Blizzard reveals the Warlock as Diablo 4's next class, and Diablo 2: Resurrected's new DLC is out now

Blizzard officially unveiled the Warlock, the second class coming to Diablo 4 with the Lord of Hatred expansion, which arrives in late April; a dedicated livestream on March 5 will show its gameplay. The Warlock is also coming to Diablo 2: Resurrected via the Reign of the Warlock DLC, available now as the game's first new class in 25 years, alongside new quality of life features, the Colossal Ancients endgame encounter and updated Terror Zones. The showcase also gave a first look at the expansion's new region Skovos and the War Plans and Echoing Hatred endgame modes.

Blizzard to reveal Diablo 4's second Lord of Hatred class at 30th anniversary showcase

Blizzard will hold the Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight today at 2pm PT, where it will unveil the second class coming to Diablo 4 with the Lord of Hatred expansion. The expansion arrives April 28, and the stream will also show revamped skill trees plus endgame mechanics and features. The showcase includes updates on Diablo Immortal and Diablo 2: Resurrected, and can be watched on Diablo 4's official YouTube and Twitch channels.