Diablo 5 Announced, StarCraft Shooter Set for 2030, WoW Forever

Sep 13, 2026

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 EurogamerEurogamerEurogamer. The same news cycle brings Diablo 4 to Nintendo Switch 2, a The Witcher 3 crossover, and an apparent shutdown at Moss developer Polyarc EurogamerIGNRock Paper Shotgun.

Diablo 5 Gets a Spring 2029 Release Window Alongside Netflix Series

Diablo 5 is coming spring 2029, and a Netflix show is in developmentDiablo 4's new season brings back Deckard Cain and all three Prime Evils as the game arrives on Switch 2EurogamerEurogamer

Blizzard announces Diablo 5 for spring 2029 and confirms that a Diablo Netflix show is in development Eurogamer. 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 Eurogamer. 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 IGNNintendo Life.

StarCraft Returns as an Open-World Shooter in Spring 2030

StarCraft is back, but it's not the RTS you remember - it's an open-world shooter coming spring 2030StarCraft Devs Promise New Game Will Definitely Release in 2030EurogamerIGN

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 Eurogamer. 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 IGNVGC.

World of Warcraft: Forever Confirms Blizzard’s Classic+ Project

The World of Warcraft "Classic+" rumours were true and it's called World of Warcraft: ForeverWorld Of Warcraft Might Be Coming To Console As New Xbox 'Controller Support' RevealedEurogamerPure Xbox

World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard’s officially confirmed Classic+ experience, following years of rumors about an expanded version of World of Warcraft Classic Eurogamer. 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 Pure XboxIGN.

Polyarc Ends Active Development After Moss: The Forgotten Relic

Moss developer Polyarc share that they're shutting down just two months after releasing a VR-less port of the beloved mousey adventure gamesRock Paper Shotgun

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 Rock Paper Shotgun. 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 Rock Paper Shotgun.

Level-5 CEO Confirms Generative AI Use in Professor Layton Showcase

Professor Layton studio Level-5's CEO admits using AI to make its digital showcase "more spectacular"Eurogamer

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino confirms that generative AI was used to make the studio’s recent digital showcase “more spectacular” Eurogamer. Hino also apologizes for the decision, according to a report covering the showcase’s use of AI VGC.