BlizzCon 2026 Maps Blizzard’s Road to 2030 With Diablo V, StarCraft and WoW Forever
BlizzCon 2026 did more than reveal new games. Blizzard laid out a roadmap stretching from updates arriving this month to Diablo V in 2029 and StarCraft in 2030.
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Valheim 1.0 Leaves Early Access With Deep North and 40+ New Weapons
Valheim 1.0 ends more than five years of Early Access with Deep North, 40+ weapons and major save, achievement, mod and technical changes.
WARDOGS Enters Early Access After 200,000-Player Beta
WARDOGS enters Steam Early Access with 100-player three-team warfare and a persistent cash economy after its final beta passed 200,000 concurrent players.
Xbox Cloud Gaming Limits Ultimate to 15 Hours and Sells Extra Time
Xbox Cloud Gaming is moving to monthly Game Pass allowances and paid extra hours, while opening cloud access to players without a subscription.
Twitch Instant Play Demos Let You Try Games Without Downloads
Amazon is testing no-download Twitch Instant Play Demos across Crimson Desert, Palworld, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, REANIMAL and World of Tanks: HEAT.
Microsoft Describes Project Helix as a ‘Family of Devices’
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Project Helix is a “family of devices,” widening how Microsoft describes its next-generation Xbox plans.
Xbox Disc-to-Digital Now Works With Some Delisted Games
Xbox Disc-to-Digital is now available to all players, while community testing shows broad support, delisted-game compatibility and disc-version edge cases.
Path of Exile 2 1.0 Goes Free-to-Play December 11 With the Duelist
Path of Exile 2 leaves Early Access on December 11, when Version 1.0 goes free-to-play with the Duelist and the final two campaign Acts.
The Witcher 4 Gets a 2028 Window With More Than 500 Developers at Work
CD Projekt Red says The Witcher 4 is targeting 2028, with more than 500 developers now working on Ciri’s new saga.