This weekend was Blizzards virtual Blizzcon.
I watched a couple of their presentations and Q&A sessions and figured I should highlight some of the announcements here.
The Burning Crusade is coming to WoW Classic. When it drops, you will be able to choose whether to stay in just Classic or move on to TBC. You will need to make this choice for each character you have. Additionally, if you want to pay real money, you can clone your characters and have them in both Classic and Classic Burning Crusade.
The Burning Crusade won't be 100% the same as those of us who played it back in the day remember. There will be modern upgrades behind the scenes, things like that.
While on the subject of WoW, Shadowlands will be getting it's first major upgrade which includes the pathfinder achievement that allows flying, a raid with Sylvanas as a boss and a new treant mount that will be free to all owners of Shadowlands.
On the flip side, there will be no further cosmetic character option in the foreseeable future. Maybe one day, but not now. However, I found out that the hole in cloaks used by Forsaken characters is already fixed and on the Public Test Realm, so that's something.
They revealed the Rogue class for Diablo 4, but I honestly didn't pay too much attention to that panel, since I'm not a Diablo player. What did catch my eye however is the official announcement that the incredibly well loved Diablo 2 is getting a dual remaster.
That is, Diablo 2 is being redone in glorious modern detail with all the bells and whistles. They are also recreating the original Diablo 2 with the only thing changed being the required operating system. Otherwise it will remain untouched for that original experience.
I'm guessing they learned something from the disastrous Warcraft 3 Reforged launch where they essentially deleted the original version from existence. I really hope Blizzard pulls this one off, or there is really going to be hell to pay and they can forget ever remastering another game.
Finally they are releasing a trilogy of Blizzards original arcade games; Blackthorne, Lost Vikings and Rock N Roll Racing. These games are only available in the 30th Anniversary Collection on the Blizzard store. Get it there if you are interested.
There was some stuff about Hearthstone and Overwatch but Blizzcon started at midnight my local time and by the time I gave up it was already 2 am. And after that my brain was completely fried. It's not hard to find summaries of the announcements if you want to learn more.
Alright, that's enough of that. Join me again next time and until then, have a great week and stay safe!
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