BlizzCon 2023 Predictions, What Will Blizzard Show Off?

It is BlizzCon 2023 Predictions time. With BlizzCon again this weekend, let’s check out what I believe we’ll see.

BlizzCon 2023 is an fascinating 12 months for Blizzard. It is an opportunity for everybody to get collectively as soon as once more, but it surely comes at a bizarre time for the corporate. With Blizzard lately bought (alongside Activision and King) by Microsoft, there is a contemporary feeling concerning the firm. Although, as acquisitions typically do, there’s additionally a little bit of nervous power round Blizzard’s communities about what may occur to their favorite franchises going ahead.

BlizzCon 2023 Predictions

WoW Subsequent Enlargement

Let’s begin with a straightforward one, we’ll see a brand new WoW enlargement at BlizzCon. We have already had some leaks on this regard, however most of these look to be pretend, although the vacation spot of the leaks might be true. Proper now, it is very doubtless that we’ll be heading to “The West”, a land typically talked about however one which is not potential to get to. As at all times with WoW, there’s some type of veil or fog and so on that we won’t cross. From what we all know, it’s going to be some type of historical Dwarf-like race that’s stricken by “the curse of flesh”.

We may get one thing fully totally different, in fact, however, it is very doubtless we see Blizzard increase on the Dragon Using characteristic and convey it over into the subsequent enlargement. Another concepts; we have had a hearsay of the South Seas enlargement for years, however that appears like a pipe dream for now. It could be good to get some type of decision to a few of the open tales in WoW, such because the Forsaken, Gilnaes and so on. However, we’ll in all probability head someplace new.

WoW Traditional Plus

One factor we all know is that BlizzCon will characteristic two dwell demo areas for WoW. In order that’s one for Retail, 11.0, and one for Traditional. Positive, it’d simply be Cataclysm Traditional. However, what if it is one thing new? WoW Traditional has been extremely in style, and with Hardcore and Season of Mastery, we have seen Blizzard dip again into the OG Traditional twice already. Now, we may simply see a brand new Season of Mastery, although we predict Blizzard may look to double down and with Wrath Traditional coming to an finish individuals will need one thing to be enthusiastic about.

So, let’s assume this has been within the work for some time, we’ll get the brand new retail enlargement subsequent Winter, so why not begin the 12 months with a completely new solution to play Traditional? Here’s what we would prefer to see:

• Begin with OG Traditional, however, embrace the adjustments to the 1-60 leveling expertise that we obtained from TBC and Wrath. Improve the quests, and make these dry stretches slightly wetter…
• Get Draenei and Blood Elf in Traditional from the beginning. We will both gloss over the lore implications or we are able to add content material to clarify it.
• Launch with all endgame content material open. Deal with 1-60 as a 6-month window, let it play out, let individuals settle after which allow us to prepare for what comes subsequent…
• No TBC or Wrath. We begin contemporary, new tales, precise new content material. Clearly, if we wish, let’s get DK in from the beginning or no matter, however we do it in another way. What if the portal by no means opens, the legion by no means floods into Azeroth, what different evil may cook dinner up a plot to take Azeroth? Let’s head to the Southseas, and discover out what the pirates are as much as, with out the specter of the Legion perhaps the Buccaneers assault Booty Bay and take it over. They may additionally do the same assault on Ratchet as we combat on two fronts.
• Bonus to this, perhaps not one of the Traditional raids are even dwell, however, these raids get a use out of future expansions. ZG turns into a raid in a while, however the Buccaneers we talked about earlier are working with the Troll to complete the ritual. With out us getting concerned, the Scarlet Campaign are in a position to arm up and combat us within the Plaguelands
• Additionally, we’d like class adjustments and steadiness. No PTR, no planning of these items. Make all tanks viable, tweak DPS numbers, and provides Alliance Shamans and Horde Paladins. Make it occur, or simply rent me.

Overwatch 2 Esports

With the Overwatch League now lifeless, Blizzard will announce one thing quickly for the way forward for Overwatch Esports. With the Overwatch World Cup formally the ultimate esports occasion on the books, it could be a great time to do one thing. However… Blizzard has to let this one be natural. Franchising doesn’t work, and the OWL proved it. return to fundamentals, let third-party organisers run occasions, however host your personal ones as effectively and assist these smaller occasions get began. Use the Overwatch retailer to help groups/occasions and let the scene flourish.

Warcraft 4/StarCraft 3

The RTS world has been ignored for too lengthy, so it is about time somebody stepped again in to save lots of the style. Warcraft 3 Reforged was… horrible, so Blizzard may actually do with a win. StarCraft 3 might be the safer guess, particularly as Warcraft 4 can be bizarre from a narrative viewpoint.

Diablo 4 Enlargement and Season 3

We’ll in all probability see Season 3 content material or some type of tease, however Season 4 will convey the primary enlargement and the sport’s first new class to play. There’s not a lot else actually to say, however we suspect Blizzard will wish to experience that wave and in addition get some large information out forward of POE 2’s launch.

Blizzard Survival Recreation

It has been some time since we heard about this recreation, in reality, it has been a 12 months to the day that we heard about new hires for the role. So, that recreation has in all probability been cooking away for a 12 months or so now perhaps it is time we noticed some extra. Plus, with Xbox and Recreation Cross it could in all probability be a perfect recreation to go “Hey, look, we’re on Recreation Cross day one”.

Blizzard Video games coming TV/Cinema

We heard a hearsay some time again that Netflix was engaged on each a Diablo and Overwatch animated sequence. We have not heard something because the unique submit, and we do fear that the fallingout between Activision and Netflix has one thing to do with it. Regardless, we’ll in all probability see streaming companies look to gaming IPs extra in the end.

That is it for our BlizzCon 2023 predictions, perhaps Blizzard will drop a couple of additional surprises at their annual fan gathering.