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Blizzard Entertainment Releases End-Of-2023 Letter

Blizzard Entertainment has released a new end-of-year letter from President Mike Ybarra, reflecting on the past year and looking forward.

The end of 2023 is coming up in about a week, and with it comes the latest end-of-year letter from Blizzard Entertainment. This year, it was penned by company President Mike Ybarra, as he reflected back on all of the stuff from the past year and looked ahead at 2024. We have a snippet from the letter below about what they are looking at next year. As expected, Ybarra skipped over a lot of the issues the company dealt with and only mentioned the acquisition in a single line, choosing to focus on the positives of the company rather than address some of the fans' concerns. But at this point, after the past few years, the company has had, it should come as little surprise the letter will always tow the company line.

2024 is going to be a massive year for the Warcraft universe, with a collection of anniversaries coming up: 30 years since the first Warcraft game, 20 years of World of Warcraft, ten years of Hearthstone, and the one-year anniversary of Warcraft Rumble! We have some fun activities planned throughout the year to celebrate within all of our communities (and across them!), and we'll be releasing the first installment of the Worldsoul Saga, The War Within. Hearthstone will bring a new way to play Battlegrounds with friends with Duos, alongside more incredible themes and mechanics for upcoming expansion sets. Warcraft Rumble will roll through seasons, bringing new minis, Raids, and even more ways to have fun in Azeroth on the go.

Diablo IV will have new seasons, and its first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, will also be released in 2024: this will continue the story of Mephisto and Neyrelle, and bring with it a brand-new class never before seen in the Diablo universe. Overwatch 2 will have three new heroes next year (Venture, a hero codenamed Space Ranger, and a yet-to-be-revealed tank), the new Clash mode, a rework of Competitive mode, and much more. Then there are our projects in development. We look forward to sharing more about these projects with you when the time is right. As I said at BlizzCon, this is a brand-new era for Blizzard – now part of Microsoft Gaming – and so much more is possible as we double-down on what we love to do: craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share.

I want to end the year with a thank you – for supporting our teams here at Blizzard, whether it's through how you play our games, what you share with us on social media, and more. This is only the beginning, and we couldn't be more excited to be here alongside you. See you in 2024!

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