Diablo 4 becomes game for several years - reference to Release Date

The game studio Blizzard is currently in heavy turbulence, but in the earning call you paint a pink image of the present and the future of the studio: WOW go better than in recent years through the success of WoW Classic. The development of Diablo 4 shiny, the game should work over several years after the release. Also the development OverVATCH 2 run great. There is a note: Diablo 4 and OverVATCH 2 could have their launch in the next 18 months, until February 2023.

Where are the information? Activision Blizzard had an earning call and gave information about the current state of its 4 core playing World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo and Overwatch.

The current situation is critical about the studio blizzard. On the day of the Earning Call, the President of Blizzard, J. All Brack, returned.

Blizzard dreams of Diablo 4

This is because of Diablo: Blizzard raises Diablo 4: Here it says that you would achieve a strong progress and "considerable resources" spend to create exciting game content, the player also for several years at the rod holds. Apparently, Diablo 4 is planned as a "games-as-a-service" title.

On the release of Diablo 2 Resurrected on September 23 for PC and consoles you are looking forward to. The will "greatly expect."

The Mobile Game Diablo Immortal has been postponed, but run well and get "excellent feedback," says Blizzard.

Blizzard enthuses from WoW Classic

It's about Wow: With World of Warcraft, Blizzard's numbers in the second quarter 2021 were grown by a "double-digit percentage" compared to the previous year. For this success, the release of the enlargement "Burning Crusade" is responsible for World of Warcraft Classic.

It says: Wow also stay on the course, 2021 a much stronger player stake than in normal years without a new extension.

What look for Overwatch? Also with OverLatch 2, the development is allegedly well progressed. One has completed an "important milestone".

So it's about Hearthstone: For Hearthstone, Blizzard has only praising words. Here you do not call any exact numbers, but speaks of growth and refers to the new extension "United in Stormwind".

Sales Numbers from Blizzard Sink - Overwatch League A problem

Does not fit into the pink image: Although allegedly everything runs so well with Blizzard, they lost 6 million players compared to the 2nd quarter of 2020: the number of monthly active users sank from 32 million (Q2 / 2020) to 26 million users (Q2 / 2021).

Even the actual sales numbers have fallen. Although sales at WOW have grown by a double-digit percentage, but the sales figures at Hearthstone and the Overwatch League had fallen.

In addition, Blizzard has invested money for developing a "rich product pipeline" and the marketing for Burning Crusade Classic.

When are Diablo 4 and OverVATCH 2? Note on Release Date

This is the reference to the release date with OverVATCH 2 and Diablo 4: The presentation stresses Blizzard: You are a "significant 18 month" period on releases into the house.

This could mean that the release of Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 take place no later than February 2023. Then the 18 months would be over. Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 are certainly the most important releases of the next few years for Blizzard.

Traditionally, the release windows are for such block-bused titles in September to November of a year or from March to April. From December to February and in the War months of May to August, large tracks appear rarely:

Possible release periods for OverVATCH 2 and DIABLO 4 would therefore be:

• Overwatch 2 in March / April 2022
• Diablo 4 between September to November 2022.

Just possible that one of the games or even both move into the year 2023, especially with everything that is currently going on at Blizzard.

In addition, more mobile games should be developed for Warcraft:

2 new Warcraft games are already tested internally at Blizzard