GoKawiilIn a packed, rowdy BlizzCon main hall, the game developer finally confirmed the rumors: We’re getting a shooter set in the Starcraft universe. The game is titled simply Starcraft.
All we saw was a brief teaser that showed the rise and sudden fall of an elite soldier. Still, Starcraft (the game) is the first major news from Starcraft (the series) in a decade, when Starcraft 2’s Nova Covert Ops campaign pack was released. The announcement of the franchise’s return rocked the enormous main hall at BlizzCon.
I grew up playing the original Starcraft, spending late nights in custom games with friends, so I’m interested to see whether (and how) Blizzard can revitalize the franchise.
The game is planned for a 2030 launch, fully two decades after the release of Starcraft 2.
Diablo 5 announced, alongside Netflix series
In 2029, Sanctuary will finally fall. Players will fight to take it back in Diablo 5.
In a dark and hazy main hall, Blizzard Entertainment showed a short teaser revealing Diablo’s return at the BlizzCon opening ceremony. For the series’ 30th anniversary, Diablo announced plans to drag players deeper into the darkness than they’ve ever seen. Diablo 5 will show us what happens when the Lord of Terror finally takes over the world.
According to Diablo devs, the game will explore the question of what you must become to save a world that has already fallen.
The past two Diablo games spent about a decade in development, so the announcement of the next entry is earlier than expected. We just wrapped the Mephisto storyline and here comes Diablo announcing his (eventual) return.
In the meantime, there’s still more planned for Diablo 4, which released its Lord of Hatred expansion earlier this spring. Blizzard will add the Amazon class — a returning favorite from Diablo 2 — via a class pack next year. It’s not a full expansion, but it gives players the opportunity to explore the Skovos isles, home of the Amazons, as one of their own.
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