The BlizzCon live event, which has been absent for several years, is held again. This year, it not only invited Xbox head Phil Spencer to take the stage, but also announced the release of the first expansion pack of “Diablo IV”, new heroes of “Strike 2” and more game updates next year. , and “World of Warcraft” has become the finale, including previews of the three subsequent expansion packs and new development plans.
Earlier, Microsoft finally completed the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. At the BlizzCon venue this time after several years, Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra invited XBOX head Phil Spencer to give an opening speech, describing Blizzard’s innovation as changing the gaming industry and that it would value its originality. And by giving full play to their strengths and creating new experiences for players, the future will be bright.
In terms of game content, first of all, the tank hero “Moga” in “Strike 2” has been revealed, which will be added to the game in Season 8. The production team also revealed more future updates, including the new PvP game mode “Confrontation (tentative translation)” “, and will launch a new map “Hua Qiu (tentative translation)” inspired by Hanamura.
The sequel is the “Diablo IV” expansion pack “Hateful Body”. The plot continues the previous main line and reveals the evil plan of the evil demon Mephisto. Players will once again embark on an adventure journey, bravely brave the lush jungle called “Nahantu” that appeared in the second generation, explore new ways of playing, and have new professions that have never been seen before. “Hateful Body” is expected to be released in the second half of 2024, and more details will be announced next summer. In addition, the currently ongoing “Season of Blood” will have more content, and it is scheduled to launch more late-game experiences and the “Dark Winter Festival” holiday event before the end of the season.
World of Warcraft celebrates its 20th anniversary
Regarding “World of Warcraft”, “Warcraft Legion” for iOS and Android mobile platforms was launched simultaneously with the opening of BlizzCon and launched the season. It adopts a relaxed and interesting forward tower defense gameplay. The game has more than 65 character mini-chess to collect, and more than With 70 maps and bosses with unique mechanisms, players can build and command their own army, conquer different game modes, and experience PvE story campaigns, single-player dungeons and missions, heroic difficulty story campaigns, etc.
The card battle “Hearthstone” will launch cooperative play in the existing hero battlefield in 2024. Two players can join forces to formulate strategies, pass cards to each other, share health and resources, and use special of tags cards and combo effects. A trailer for the new expansion pack “Battle in the Wasteland” has also been released. The development team said that it will launch a new “Catch-Up Pack (tentative translation, Catch-Up Packs)” card pack type, with more practical cards to make it easier for new and old players to Construct a suitable deck.
The classic version of “World of Warcraft” has launched an exploration season, and it has also been announced that the classic version of “World of Warcraft: Catastrophe and Rebirth” will be launched in 2024. Compared with the original version of that year, it will have a faster game rhythm, improved upgrade process, expanded collection interface, and will also be released after launch. There will be a dungeon party finder with a new difficulty level, as well as multiple content updates.
The biggest announcement this year is believed to be Chris Metzen, who has returned to the Blizzard team as executive creative director. He not only announced that the game will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, but also revealed the game’s new departure in the future, “World Soul War”, which will span multiple expansion packs. , and took the lead in announcing three of them: Players will go deep into the surface to start an adventure in “World of Warcraft: War for the Center of the Earth”, which is expected to be launched in 2024, followed by “World of Warcraft: Darkest Night” and “World of Warcraft: The End”. “Titans” will complete the trilogy of battles. With “biological father” Chris Metzen helping out, I believe everyone can fight for another ten years.
