Watch the BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony here
Blizzard's first in-person BlizzCon since 2019 begins today. Here's how to watch the Opening Ceremony.
After several years off, BlizzCon is finally returning. The biggest annual convention from Blizzard Entertainment has returned to Anaheim, CA and marks the first time that the publisher and its massive fan base have come together in person since the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to a weekend convention, expect to get some big announcements for what's next from Blizzard.
Watch the BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony here
The BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony will air on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed on the Blizzard Twitch channel and the Blizzard YouTube channel. You can also watch everything live through the helpful video embed above.
The Opening Ceremony is expected to reveal what's next for Blizzard's biggest games. This includes World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and more. There are also a few new games to keep an eye on this year. Warcraft Rumble is expected to officially launch on mobile devices following the Opening Ceremony. Plus, don't forget that Blizzard has yet to say anything official about its unannounced survival game. Be on the lookout for any potential announcements.
There's a full programming lineup for Blizzard's Twitch and YouTube channels following Friday's Opening Ceremony. For a full list of what's coming up, visit the BlizzCon website. We'll be watching for any major announcements here at Shacknews, so keep it here for any breaking news.
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When Phil Spencer shows up to give his 2 minute speech about how excited he is to welcome Blizzard to the Xbox family will he be wearing a Lost Vikings, or Blackthorne shirt? Or will he go crazy and wear a Rock and Roll Racing one?
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Boo plain black t-shirt. You let us down Phil.
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Usually any big news is part of the opening.
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Should be during the opening ceremony. So in about 3 hours.
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The current rumors/leaks are:
New Retail Expansion (most likely)
New Seasonal System for Classic (not as punishing as HC but keeps servers fresh and alive with quarterly wipes)
WoW Classic+ (a new expansion for vanilla classic that diverges from TBC)
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the multiverse finally comes to videogames
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Price hike wouldn't come immediately because they'd want to hook the suckers first. In about a year, THEN they jab everyone with the $5 monthly increase.
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I don't know anyone who wanted cataclysm classic.
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How do people like her and most any other speaker at these cons get a job? Why is it always so awful.
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rehash after rehash
i will never play a remaster, reforge,classic whatever the fuck you want to call your lazy excuse for a new game.
give me true sequels or new ip
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My guess is they are moving to the Guild Wars 2 model. New expansion every 12-18 months. Will also probably mean they are going free-to-play or rolling the subscription in to PC GamePass
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This is Blizzard, if anything they will increase the price of the subscription to $20/mo and justify it with the faster expansions, each of which you also need to pay $50 for.
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What’s crazy is it was $15 in 2004. No inflation on that is kind of crazy
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Despite the expansion being absolute garbage the Battle for Azeroth Cinematics were similar and great.
Cinematic
https://youtu.be/jSJr3dXZfcg
Old Soldier
https://youtu.be/aW_h0qf9vpA
Lost Honor
https://youtu.be/LKZ7ygLTR0g
Safe Haven
https://youtu.be/umAgdVTBae0
Reckoning
https://youtu.be/8NRLuUnpGYg
Same as above minus the Cinematic in a single video
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yea the amount of emotion of theyre putting into their characters now is kinda nutty
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Hyped af for WoW!
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Yearly Expansions for every game... Diablo 4, WoW etc.etc... meh
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It's going to be the same shit except you have to buy a full-price expansion every 12-18 months instead of every 3 years. But wait, you can buy all 3 expansions for the discounted price of $99.99!
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Same with Diablo 4. Thanks, I hate it
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This all better be "free" with Gamepass in 2024!
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Either the expansions will be in PC Gamepass, or the subscription will be if they can keep the faster/smaller expansion model going.
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Man… if the sub is free for the game that would be kind of crazy.
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I'm sorry, did they just slip a FFXIV into that WoW cinematic?
Hear me. Feel. Think.
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The game needs so much work though. I don't know why anyone would be excited to hand over another $70 to them.
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There is no way it will be a $70 expansion, they always are $35(or around that).
What I really want is an expansion to Diablo 2 Resurrected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-BkrwO_Dck :) -
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Not sure how I feel about yearly expansions. Kind of makes the seasons pointless while you wait for the annual “real” update.
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