The BlizzCon 2023 also offers some highlights again this year. A first glance at the goodies and even a mount has already been given.
The BlizzCon 2023 is only about 5 weeks away and Blizzard has begun to give a first glimpse of what to expect at the event. In an initial infographic, we get to see not only the probably most important events, but we can also catch a small glimpse of the goodies available for onsite and online visitors.
We will tell you what is already known about BlizzCon.
When does BlizzCon 2023 take place? BlizzCon will take place on the first weekend of November, specifically on November 3rd and 4th, 2023. As usual, this is in the late evening and night hours for us – usually starting around 7:00 PM and going deep into the night. However, most major announcements traditionally take place in the first hours.
How will BlizzCon be this year? Unlike in previous years, watching BlizzCon 2023 is free – yes, all of it. Previously, you could only watch the opening ceremony and a few selected streams like the tournaments for free. In 2023, however, all BlizzCon streams will be available online for free. So you do not have to buy a ticket, neither physically nor virtually, to follow the event.
However, those who want to be “on-site” will have to dig deep into their pockets. The regular ticket costs $300 – those who want the luxury ticket will even pay $800.
It is likely that there will be some sort of “virtual premium ticket” that comes with in-game goodies – but this has not been confirmed yet.
What goodies are there? As usual, there will be some goodies for BlizzCon – some in physical form, others in digital form.
- Visitors to the event will apparently receive a backpack again. Whether it contains a bit of merchandise as in previous years is not yet known.
- WoW fans can apparently look forward to a large elemental mount that has not been in the game in this form before. It is likely that this mount will also be available through a digital ticket.
Further bonuses and in-game rewards will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
What will be announced at BlizzCon? A few of the announcements for BlizzCon 2023 are already known:
- Overwatch 2 introduces a new tank hero.
- Warcraft Rumble, the mobile game, will be introduced in more detail. Many suspect a release announcement or even the worldwide release.
- The “upcoming content” for WoW: Dragonflight and WoW: Classic will be available to try out. While in WoW the patch 10.2 Guardian of Dreams is coming, WoW Classic may be getting a new season.
Besides that, it is quite clear that Blizzard will very likely announce and extensively present the next expansion of World of Warcraft.
Basically, however, it seems that BlizzCon has a rather social focus and places great value on community events and projects that are intended to foster togetherness.
Whether this means that there will be only a few announcements at BlizzCon 2023 or that they do not want to spoil them yet, we will find out in early November.
We discussed an initial “leak” about the new WoW expansion here.
