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
"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."
"Auto-battlers" are a relatively new genre of competitive strategy games. Blizzard's "Hearthstone Battlegrounds" joins Riot Games' "Teamfight Tactics" and Valve's "DOTA 2 Underlords" as the latest auto-battler to use a popular franchise to attract players.
"Hearthstone" is Blizzard's popular digital card game, but "Battlegrounds" is an eight-person turn-based strategy game. "Hearthstone Battlegrounds" is in beta testing now and Blizzard is opening up the program to everyone on November 12.
"World of Warcraft" got a haunting new trailer for its next big update, "Shadowlands."
"World of Warcraft" celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, but Blizzard has no plans to stop working on the game. The next expansion for "World of Warcraft" is "Shadowlands,"which will allow players to cross over into a spiritual realm with brand-new areas to explore.
Check out the trailer for Shadowlands below:
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.
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