BlizzCon 2016: Day 2 Recap
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Right on the heels of yesterday’s announcement of the Necromancer and the Darkening of Tristram, the Diablo dev talk went into updates for Greater Rifts, new Challenge Rifts, the two new zones, and numerous big UI updates.
Also, don’t miss Westmarch Workshop’s review of all the day one excitement!
After all the crazy developments from day one, day two took a chill pill. We looked at the Overwatch Q&A session with players, and the Overwatch sound panel, where we saw how sound effects, voices, and other audio tricks helped create the experiences we love.
If you missed it from day one, the Payload reviewed all the exciting announcements from the first day in a quick video!
Day two was slim on Heroes developments, but @balrogfanbp kept us updated with every heart-pounding twist of the fall championship, and we looked back at the craziness that was “Heroes of the Dorm”:
- Heroes of the Storm: State of the Game Panel–Discussing the Future! (covered from the previous day)
- Heroes of the Dorm – A Look Back Panel
- Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship Semifinal 1 MVP Black vs Fnatic Recap SPOILERS
- Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship Semifinal 2 Ballistix vs Dignitas Recap SPOILERS
- Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship Grand Finals Ballistix vs Fnatic Recap SPOILERS
- Overwatch – Play by Sound Panel
And if you missed out on it, Heroes Powerhour made a quick video reviewing their impressions from day one!
Also on the slimmer side news-wise, Warcraft had a casual Q&A session with players and looked at the cinematics of Legion:
- World of Warcraft Q&A Panel Recap
- Cinematics and Cutscenes of Legion (coming soon)
- Design Retrospective: Designing the Broken Shore
- Design Retrospective: Demon Hunters
- (More coming soon!)
The Starcraft team presented the possibilities of upcoming AI developments, and announced the release of the new Starcraft II API for modders.
@OtakuMZ1978 put together power rankings of the latest cards for Hearthstone‘s newest expansion, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. We also covered the Hearthstone Q&A session with players.
And a couple last odds and ends that you might want to sink your teeth into, including a neat history of Blizzard Entertainment and Blizzard Publishing:
Stay tuned to @BlizzPro, our Facebook page, our YouTube channel, and each of our sites for coverage of panels, discussions, and everything in between!
