Blizzard’s yearly convention, Blizzcon, is happening this weekend, Nov. 4 and 5. If you're a fan of Hearthstone, World Of Warcraft, Overwatch or any one of their number of games, this is the weekend you’ve been waiting for. Blizzard has some major announcements up their sleeves, along with some epic eSports events that I’m sure will go down in the history books.
“Can’t Miss” Events
Blizzard always announces new content for their games at Blizzcon. Last year, Blizzard announced the Legion expansion for World Of Warcraft , The Whispers Of The Old Gods card set for Hearthstone and our first real look at Overwatch . It looks like Blizzard is trying to out do themselves, releasing some gigantic teasers for their games. If you want to see these announcements live, check out the Blizzard Twitch channel, which will be showing these panels all day. Keep in mind that the announcements for these games will happen during the Opening Ceremony.
Here’s the full list:
Friday, November 4
11:00 – 12:00pm: Opening Ceremony
12:30 – 1:30pm: StarCraft II – Foundation for the Future
12:30 – 1:15pm: Hearthstone : What’s Next (Official announcement of Gadgetzan expansion)
1:30 – 2:15pm: Overwatch: What’s New (we are going to get our first look at Sombra, Overwatch’s next hacker hero)
2:00– 3:00pm: Heroes of the Storm – Hero Deep Dive
2:45-3:45pm: World of Warcraft: Legion – What’s Next (revealing the next big update after Karazhan)
4:00 – 4:45pm: Heroes of the Storm – State of the Game
5:00 – 5:45pm: Diablo 20th Anniversary ( maybe a new expansion with a necromancer class)
Saturday, November 5
11:00 – 12:30pm: Blizzard 25th Anniversary – A Look Back
2:30 – 3:30pm: Blizzard College Esports – Behind the Scenes
ESports
This year, Blizzard is pushing esports extremely hard. Every single one of their games has a major tournament planned, with major prize pools up for grabs in each. The Hearthstone World Championship and the Overwatch World Cup will be must-see events, with players from all over the world competing for their chance at superstardom.
Each game will have it’s own dedicated Twitch stream, which can be found on the Blizzard website. Here’s the full schedule:
Friday, November 4
9:00am – 4:00pm: World of Warcraft Arena World Championship
12:15pm – 7:45pm: Hearthstone World Championship
12:15pm – 9:15pm: Overwatch World Cup
12:30pm – 6:30pm: StarCraft II WCS Global Finals
4:00pm – 10:00pm: Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship
Saturday, November 5
10:00am – 2:15pm: Overwatch World Cup
10:00am – 11:30am: World of Warcraft Arena World Championship
10:30am – 3:45pm: Hearthstone World Championship
12:00pm – 6:30pm: Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship
12:30pm – 6:30pm: StarCraft II WCS Global Finals
