Blizzard announced at this year's BlizzCon that Diablo 5 is due in 2029 and a new open-world shooter set in the StarCraft universe is scheduled for 2030. The distant launch targets offered an unusually early view of the company's development plans.

Those announcements also heightened anticipation as attention shifted to World of Warcraft, raising the prospect of a major announcement about the online role-playing game's future. More details are expected as the story develops.