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Blizzcon 2019 kicked off on 1 November with grand opening ceremony followed by developer panels, community nights, esports tournaments and their BlizzCon special announcement.
At the start of the opening ceremony, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack briefly addressed last month’s controversy over Hearthstone player Blitzchung’s Hong Kong statement and his suspension. Brack apologized, but didn’t get into specifics, change the suspension, or speak to how Blizzard would treat such issues differently in the future.
That controversy hasn’t completely blown over. Protesters have gathered outside the Anaheim, California convention centre sporting “Free Hong Kong” signs while giving away free t-shirts. Check out our liveblog for ongoing coverage of the protests.
Here are the major announcements from the BlizzCon 2019:
Battlegrounds is everything one know and love about Hearthstone – familiar minion types such as Murlocs, Mechs, and Demons , keywords, and cards – but played in a way you’ve never experienced before.
In addition to that Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan surprised the crowd with word that the new game will be playable at BlizzCon. In fact, the logos for the Overwatch PCs set up at the show all flipped over to the Overwatch 2 logo after the announcement. In fact, all of the skins and cosmetics that the players have earned in Overwatch will carry over to the sequel, so one won’t lose anything jumping over to Overwatch 2. The first new hero, a Canadian named Sojourn, was announced but none knows what her abilities are. Game director Jeff Kaplan also has “no idea” when Overwatch 2 will be released as he didn’t disclose any launch date.
Blizzard opened BlizzCon 2019 with an extended CG trailer setting up the story and then followed that up with a few minutes of gameplay footage. There’s multiple panels over the weekend that will dive deeper into Diablo 4, but what we do know is that it has a non-linear story set in an open world that you can explore at your leisure.
Let us know about what you think about the Blizzcon 2019 announcement.