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With no BlizzCon (or BlizzConline) this year, fans of games like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo are wondering when new announcements about the future of each game will be made. According to Blizzard leader Mike Ybarra, updates on what's next for those franchises will be happening "over the coming weeks."

Ybarra's update comes in the form of a tweet, itself a response to a fan comment on the recent news that Blizzard is hiring for a survival game set in a new universe. A fan tweeted that Blizzard might want to "throw some manpower" at some of Blizzard's existing games, to which Ybarra had this to say:

Major announcements for some of Blizzard's biggest franchises like World of Warcraft and Overwatch typically happen at BlizzCon, which normally takes place in November. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into that system. Blizzard transitioned to an online BlizzCon event for February 2021, and had planned a similar online event for February 2022. BlizzCon 2022 was later canceled amidst ongoing fallout from multiple sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits and investigations involving Activision Blizzard.

Blizzard said at the time of the event's cancelation that it was taking time to "reimagine" what BlizzCon could be in the future, and that future news surrounding various Blizzard franchises would come through official franchise channels, with members of the BlizzCon team supporting those efforts.

What all this means is that news like what World of Warcraft's next expansion is going to be, updates on the state of Overwatch 2, and how Diablo IV is shaping up (just to name a few) are no longer attached to a major fan event, and can instead be announced whenever the development teams are ready. The fact that Blizzard casually tweeted out it was working on a brand-new survival game IP is evident of the fact that these kinds of major announcements could come at any time.

Activision Blizzard is currently in the process of being acquired by Microsoft in a $69 billion deal, pending regulatory approval. It's currently unclear what the acquisition will mean for some of Blizzard's biggest franchises in regards to those titles eventually appearing on Microsoft's Game Pass service or becoming Xbox console exclusives. Diablo IV and Overwatch 2, while never having an official release window, were both recently delayed, with a presentation during an Activision Blizzard quarterly earnings call stating that both games would benefit from more development time.

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At the very beginning of 2022, South Korean tech giant Samsung announced its foray into the metaverse and a new “NFT Aggregation Platform” designed for its smart TVs. In addition to the NFT TVs, Samsung also launched a virtual experience inside of Decentraland, one of the most popular metaverse gaming platforms. It’s high time we […]

Tallinn, Estonia, 26th January, 2022, Chainwire MyCointainer, a platform for easy yield staking, announced it has raised $6 million in a Seed Round. The event was led by Maple Block and co-led by Shima Capital & ByBit – one of the dominant cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. Numerous high-profile angel investors also participated in the round. Among […]

On Tuesday (January 25), SundaeSwap Labs addressed some of the criticisms and suggestions for improvements from users of the highly popular DEX, and informed them of changes they could expect to see in the near future. What Is SundaeSwap ($SUNDAE)? SundaeSwap is “a native, scalable decentralized exchange and automated liquidity provision protocol”. It is backed […]

The importance of data has increased multifold as we step into 2022, with an emphasis on active Data Management and Data Governance. Furthermore, thanks to the introduction of new technology and tools, we are now able to automate labor-intensive data and privacy operations. Below are five Data Governance trends organizations can adopt based on digital […]

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