Blizzard announced Diablo 5, a new StarCraft shooter and World of Warcraft Forever during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony. The publisher presented the projects as part of an event that also brought news and trailers for its game catalog.
The announcements span three of Blizzard’s best-known franchises, as first reported by VGC. Diablo, StarCraft and World of Warcraft each serve different player communities, and Blizzard used its main BlizzCon presentation to place all three series on its future slate.
Blizzard put three major franchises in the spotlight
Diablo 5 was among the projects Blizzard named during the ceremony. The company did not provide further information in the supplied material about the next entry, though its inclusion confirms that Blizzard plans to continue the action role-playing franchise beyond its current releases.
Blizzard also identified a StarCraft shooter as a new project. That announcement brings the real-time strategy universe into a different game genre, at least by description, and marks a fresh direction for a series usually associated with strategy games.
World of Warcraft Forever rounded out the list of titles revealed during the presentation. Its appearance alongside Diablo 5 and the StarCraft project made the ceremony a broad franchise showcase rather than an update centered on one Blizzard property.
The reveals set expectations across Blizzard’s portfolio
The scope matters because Blizzard concentrated news from Diablo, StarCraft and World of Warcraft in one opening presentation. Players who follow those separate series now have reason to track the publisher’s plans across several genres, while the trailers give Blizzard an early way to shape interest around projects that remain largely undefined.
Key details remain unconfirmed. Blizzard has not provided release dates, platforms, gameplay information, pricing or development status in the supplied material. The final official titles and release plans for the StarCraft shooter and World of Warcraft Forever also remain unclear.
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