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Blizzard hosted its massive annual fan convention where it showed off new games and hosted esports competitions - here are the highlights from this year's BlizzCon

Nov 7, 2019, 22:22 IST

"Overwatch 2" was one of BlizzCon's most anticipated announcements. The new game has a cinematic campaign and focuses on cooperative play.

Fans got a chance to try "Overwatch 2" in competitive and cooperative matches.

"Hearthstone Battlegrounds" is Blizzard's first foray into the growing genre of "auto-battlers."

"World of Warcraft" got a haunting new trailer for its next big update, "Shadowlands."

Blizzard also showed off more of "Warcraft 3: Reforged," a remastered version of the 2002 classic.

Esports events for Blizzard games were packed with hundreds of fans. Blizzard said people from 59 different countries were in attendance during the weekend.

In the grand finals of the Overwatch World Cup, the United States team defeated China to earn its first world championship.

"Hearthstone" player Xiaomeng "VKLiooon" Li became the first woman to win a BlizzCon esports championship, and the first Chinese Global Champion.

I flew nonstop domestic economy on both American Airlines and Jet Blue to see which was better, and Jet Blue had a slight edge