Major announcements regarding the biggest Blizzard franchises like World of Warcraft and Diablo usually take place at D2R Ladder Items BlizzCon that usually occurs in November. The COVID-19 virus has thrown a wrench into that system. Blizzard transitioned to an online BlizzCon event scheduled for February 2021. The company had planned to host an identical online event for February 2022. BlizzCon 2022 was later canceled amid ongoing controversy over numerous sexual harassment and discrimination cases and investigations that involved Activision Blizzard.
 
 
 Blizzard announced at the time of the event's cancelation the company was taking the time to "reimagine" the future of BlizzCon could be in the future. It also stated that future updates regarding different Blizzard franchises would be communicated through official franchise channels and with the BlizzCon team assisting in those efforts.
 
 
 What all this means is that information such as what World of Warcraft's next expansion is expected to be or updates on the progress of Diablo 2. and how Diablo IV is shaping up (just to mention just a few) are no longer attached to major fan events or event, but instead can be announced whenever the development teams are ready. The possibility that Blizzard has tweeted that it was making a brand-new survival game IP is evidence because these kinds of big announcements could be announced at any time.
 
 
 Activision Blizzard is currently in the process of being purchased by Microsoft in a deal worth $69 billion in the process of obtaining regulatory approval. It's not clear what the deal will mean to some of Blizzard's largest franchises in regards to these games eventually being part of the Game Pass service or becoming Xbox exclusives for consoles. Diablo IV and Diablo 2. even though they didn't have an official release window they both were recently delayed by a presentation at the Activision Blizzard quarterly earnings call stating that both games would benefit from more development time.
 
 
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