Also, ‘The first game in the Warcraft Universe designed for mobile’ will be shown in May
At this point Blizzard has quite the MCU-esque “WarcraftUniverse” (the phrase they even use these days, with caps), which includes several games likeHearthstone, World of Warcraft, andwhatever the upcoming mobile game is(sorryWarcraft III: Reforged, you don’t count it seems). And announcements for all of those have been dated or window-dated, including theWoWexpansion reveal.
The info comes from a new Blizzard blog post, which explains, in sequential order, when everything is happening. In trueHearthstonefashion they’re doing an info dump on an expansion soon, on March 15. We’ll get a look at “the fist of three expansions this year” at that time, which is due roughly in April given the cadence of every expansion thus far.
As far asWorld of Warcraftgoes, they’re aiming a little bigger. On April 19, the next expansion will be revealed. It’s kind of a crucial moment to nail this, given the current state of Blizzard as a whole and the state ofWoWin general, as folks flock toFinal Fantasy XIVen masse. In any case it would be a mistake to countWoWout fully, as it has a long history, a big IP backing it, and tons of lapsed players who have built lives and relationships playing it for nearly two decades.
Then there’s the third announcement: “BeyondWorld of WarcraftandHearthstone, we’re preparing to get the first game in theWarcraft Universedesigned for mobile into your hands. We will tell you more about it in May.” Blizzard is keeping key details slim, but since everyone has phones, I’m sure it’ll be fine.
