Sacrificial Altar - Diablo 4 Photo Op at BlizzCon 2023

BlizzCon gave us a ton of interviews with the Diablo staff and various content creators — we've summarized a few of them, this time with Lucky Luciano, TheGamer, and PCGamesN! BlizzCon is always a treasure trove full of information on upcoming features, reasoning behind development decisions, and thoughtful commentary from Blizzard. With so many interviews happening at once, though, things get overwhelming — so we're summarizing Diablo 4 interviews that occurred during the convention for those that might not have time to watch them in full. Take a look at these interviews, conducted by Lucky Luciano, TheGamer, and PCGamesN! AnnacakeLive & Tiffany Wat, Force Gaming & Rod Fergusson Rhykker & Joe Shely, MacroBioBoi & Adam Jackson ActuallyArcane & Kayleigh Calder, Wudijo & Adam Jackson IGN with Joe Piepiora & Tiffany Wat, Kripparrian with Joe Piepiora

BlizzCon gave us a ton of interviews with the Diablo staff and various content creators — we've summarized a few of them, this time with AnnacakeLive and Force Gaming! BlizzCon is always a treasure trove full of information on upcoming features, reasoning behind development decisions, and thoughtful commentary from Blizzard. With so many interviews happening at once, though, things get overwhelming — so we're summarizing Diablo 4 interviews that occurred during the convention for those that might not have time to watch them in full. Take a look at these interviews, conducted by AnnacakeLive and Force Gaming! IGN with Joe Piepiora & Tiffany Wat, Kripparrian with Joe Piepiora Rhykker with Joe Shely, MacroBioBoi with Adam Jackson ActuallyArcane with Kayleigh Calder, Wudijo with Adam Jackson

BlizzCon gave us a ton of interviews with the Diablo staff and various content creators — we've summarized a few of them, this time with ActuallyArcane and Wudijo! BlizzCon is always a treasure trove full of information on upcoming features, reasoning behind development decisions, and thoughtful commentary from Blizzard. With so many interviews happening at once, though, things get overwhelming — so we're summarizing Diablo 4 interviews that occurred during the convention for those that might not have time to watch them in full. Take a look at these interviews, conducted by ActuallyArcane and Wudijo! IGN with Joe Piepiora & Tiffany Wat, Kripparrian with Joe Piepiora Rhykker with Joe Shely, MacroBioBoi with Adam Jackson

BlizzCon gave us a ton of interviews with the Diablo staff and various content creators — we've summarized a few of them, this time with Rhykker and MacroBioBoi! BlizzCon is always a treasure trove full of information on upcoming features, reasoning behind development decisions, and thoughtful commentary from Blizzard. With so many interviews happening at once, though, things get overwhelming — so we're summarizing Diablo 4 interviews that occurred during the convention for those that might not have time to watch them in full. Take a look at these interviews, conducted by Rhykker and MacroBioBoi! BlizzCon Interview Roundup — IGN with Joe Piepiora & Tiffany Wat, Kripparrian with Joe Piepiora

I went into BlizzCon expecting big World of Warcraft announcements, and we certainly got a bunch of them, but I can’t rightfully say I was right about any. However, I still think Iridikron will remain an antagonist throughout the next expansion, and it won’t be until Midnight that we’ll actually deal with him for the last time. I did not expect to get three expansion announcements, and some of the features coming with The War Within were also surprising. Additionally, 10.2 went live, and I have some thoughts about how that is progressing. Let’s jump in!

surprised many in the audience at this year's BlizzCon 2023 event by announcing many new features and content updates to the game, including a new expansion, that is due to launch next year. This, combined with many new quality-of-life changes that continue to be added to the dungeon-crawling experience and a new holiday event that is coming soon gave plenty to talk about at the convention. Much was revealed initially during the opening showcase of BlizzCon 2023, with more details given the following day at a live Campfire Chat with some of the devs.

Players familiar to the Diablo franchise, in particular Diablo 3, may have fond memories of mini-pets zipping around screen gathering your gold for you. After all, what's better than having a companion vacuum up all the gold you don't want to walk back and grab? Many players were understandably disappointed that their favorite pets wouldn't be coming with them into the Diablo 4 world — but, as Diablo General Manager Rod Fergusson says, «never say never.» In an interview with TRG, Fergusson said the team is a «never say never» team when it comes to additions, including the possibility of mini-pets. TRG Interview with Rod Fergusson During BlizzCon Fergusson had quite a bit to say on the philosophy of Diablo 4's development during TRG's interview, including realizing that the feel of Diablo 3, with flashy cosmetics and sometimes absurd pets, wouldn't add to the feel of despair and terror Diablo 4 was going for on release. Fergusson had this to say on the matter:

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is perhaps one of the most divisive, if not the most divisive, expansion that has graced the wildly popular MMORPG. With it came a plethora of new dungeons, two entirely new races (one for the Horde and Alliance, respectively), and a drastic change to the world map. But Blizzard Entertainment is dedicated to preserving the nostalgia that’s integral to the success of World of Warcraft: Classic while also keeping modern sensibilities in mind to cater to players who may have missed these pivotal moments in the MMORPG’s history. This includes some user interface revamps, the inclusion of new systems like the Season of Discovery, and more that the Classic team is working on delivering once Deathwing soars back into Azeroth to wreak havoc for a second time.

World of Warcraft: The War Within is the next expansion set to release for the decades-long-running MMORPG. Touted as during the BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony part of the culmination of nearly twenty years of Warcraft history, The War Within is the first of three chapters that will see the resolution to narrative threads that have been dangling for years. And like any expansion, it will feature new areas for players to discover, along with more than a handful of dungeons and encounters they can tackle at varying difficulties.

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Following the successful release of Season of Blood, Blizzard's Diablo IV team unveiled the first expansion at BlizzCon 2023: Vessel of Hatred.

During BlizzCon 2023, the World of Warcraft team announced that the next few expansions would be releasing at a faster pace than players are used to, highlighted by the fact that the MMO developer showcased the next three expansions on stage. The team's development process to do so apparently is a result of feedback from Shadowlands' glacial pace of content releases, according to the developers in a group interview over the weekend.