Diablo 5 Announced, StarCraft Shooter Set for 2030, WoW Forever
Blizzard’s BlizzCon 2026 announcements span Diablo 5 for spring 2029, a StarCraft open-world shooter for spring 2030, and World of Warcraft: Forever, the company’s new Classic+ experience . The same news cycle brings Diablo 4 to Nintendo Switch 2, a The Witcher 3 crossover, and an apparent shutdown at Moss developer Polyarc
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Diablo 5 Gets a Spring 2029 Release Window Alongside Netflix Series
Blizzard announces Diablo 5 for spring 2029 and confirms that a Diablo Netflix show is in development . The announcement gives the long-running action RPG series a new mainline destination while Diablo 4 continues its current cycle.
Diablo 4’s Season of Hell’s Legacy goes live on September 15 alongside the game’s Nintendo Switch 2 debut, bringing back Deckard Cain and all three Prime Evils for the franchise’s 30th anniversary . Blizzard and CD Projekt also reveal a Geralt-themed Barbarian skin, but players must preorder The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past through Battle.net to receive it
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StarCraft Returns as an Open-World Shooter in Spring 2030
Blizzard’s next StarCraft game is an original open-world shooter rather than the real-time strategy game associated with the series, and it is scheduled for spring 2030 . Developers tell IGN that the game will definitely release in 2030, while Blizzard’s president says announcing distant Diablo and StarCraft projects is intended to show confidence that the company can ship them on time
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World of Warcraft: Forever Confirms Blizzard’s Classic+ Project
World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard’s officially confirmed Classic+ experience, following years of rumors about an expanded version of World of Warcraft Classic . A preview build includes a gamepad option, prompting fresh speculation about World of Warcraft coming to consoles, while the developers say Forever’s new features make a separate WoW 2 unnecessary
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Polyarc Ends Active Development After Moss: The Forgotten Relic
Polyarc, the studio behind Moss, appears to be shutting down just two months after releasing Moss: The Forgotten Relic, a VR-less version combining the original two mouse adventure games . A message on the developer’s LinkedIn page says Polyarc is ending “active development,” providing the clearest indication yet that the studio is closing its game-making operation
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Level-5 CEO Confirms Generative AI Use in Professor Layton Showcase
Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino confirms that generative AI was used to make the studio’s recent digital showcase “more spectacular” . Hino also apologizes for the decision, according to a report covering the showcase’s use of AI
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