Diablo 5 is official, set 100 years after Diablo IV, and coming in spring 2029. That's a long runway, but it also suggests Blizzard is planning the franchise's next decade.
gamingMonday, September 14, 2026
BlizzCon 2026 steals the spotlight
BlizzCon 2026 dominated the day with a flood of announcements: Diablo 5 is real, Diablo IV is getting an Amazon class and a Witcher crossover, and World of Warcraft Forever got its first real details. Sony and Game Freak had their moments, but Blizzard owned the conversation.
Blizzard's big day
BlizzCon 2026 delivered on several fronts, with Diablo and WoW taking center stage in ways that suggest Blizzard is thinking long-term.

Diablo IV's next season starts tomorrow on Switch 2, bringing Deckard Cain's soul back and confirming an Amazon class is coming. The 30th anniversary celebration is real, not just a logo.

A Diablo IV and Witcher 3 crossover: Geralt's skin for the Barbarian, tied to buying the Witcher 3 expansion on Battle.net. Cross-promotion between Blizzard and CD Projekt Red is not something anyone predicted.
World of Warcraft Forever will use a single unified realm, make transmog optional, and improve item mechanics. Blizzard is betting on consolidation over fragmentation for the long haul.
Beyond Blizzard
Outside the BlizzCon bubble, a few other stories landed worth noting.
A 15.5 GB leak of 7.3 million Chess.com profiles, but it looks like scraping, not a breach. No ransom, no hack, just a massive scrape of public data. Still a wake-up call for how much public profile data is out there.

Sony Japan's 'Tower of Play' video spotlights 17 upcoming PS5 titles, including Ace Combat 8, Persona 4 Revival, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. A solid preview of what's coming, if a bit of a sizzle reel.
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