The eight-boss raid opened today on Normal, Heroic and Mythic alongside Midnight Season 2, and the race for the world's first Ula'tek kill is underway with Liquid, Echo and Method streaming.
Blizzard has posted the class changes going live on August 18 alongside Midnight Season 2. The big cuts land on tier bonuses: Devourer Demon Hunter drops from 8 soul fragments to 2, and Arcane Mage loses nearly all of its 2-piece.
Blizzard has dated Ladder Season 15 for Diablo II: Resurrected: August 21, with Patch 3.3 landing three days earlier. It brings Ladder-only item reworks, scarcer Latent Sunder Charms and a warning about your shared stash.
The patch landed on schedule in World of Warcraft: Midnight with Coiled Isle, three new delves, the Altar of Fangs dungeon at Mythic 0 and housing blueprints. The raid, Mythic+ and the Prey season wait until August 18.
An email from Blizzard president Johanna Faries places the studio at the top of Xbox's studio division for fiscal year 2026, with Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch doing the heavy lifting. World of Warcraft is not among the names cited.
The patch 3.2 test server is live through August 11 with soul splinters, nine uniques rescued from the classic Diablos, and Rebirth, the feature that finally lets you take Eternal realm characters into a season. The bulk of Season 15 is being held back for BlizzCon.
Blizzard is opening the 3.2.0 PTR that becomes the base for Diablo IV Season 15, and it reshuffles mythic rarity again: earlier access to the rarest items, a Rebirth to move eternal characters into the season, and nine legacy uniques from the classic games.
At Gen Con 2026, Dungeons & Dragons made official a full World of Warcraft book built with Blizzard. It arrives November 17 as the first title in the Universes Beyond initiative, bringing Azeroth back to the tabletop after two decades.
Blizzard has locked in the cycle: Patch 12.1 Curse of Ula'tek goes live on August 11, with Season 2 opening a week later on the 18th.
Blizzard set a date: Phase 3 of Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary lands August 27 with the Black Temple, Mount Hyjal, Epic Gems and Arena Season 3.