Blizzard Explains Why It's Revealing StarCraft and Diablo 5 Release Dates so Far Away: "We Want to Convey Confidence in some of Our Biggest Bets"

Blizzard announces single-player StarCraft and Diablo 5 but there's bad news

Blizzard has officially announced a new StarCraft game and Diablo 5 at BlizzCon 2026, but don't expect them to launch anytime soon.

Blizzard explains why it's revealing StarCraft and Diablo 5 release dates so far away: "We want to convey confidence in some of our biggest bets"

Blizzard uncharacteristically announced two games at the weekend with release dates surprisingly far away. One was Diablo 5, which Blizzard plans to release in spring 2029, and the other was the much-rumoured StarCraft open-world shooter, releasing 2030.

Diablo V and StarCraft: Blizzard makes unusually early announcements

Blizzard Entertainment commented to Bloomberg on criticism of the distant release dates for Diablo 5 and plans for a new StarCraft game. At BlizzCon, the studio announced that it will launch a fifth Diablo game in the spring of 2029, and an open-world shooter set in the StarCraft universe in 2030. Within industry and the […]

Blizzard Announces Diablo V, Coming Spring 2029

Blizzard has officially revealed Diablo V, releasing on Spring 2029, as well as Diablo IV coming to the Switch 2 on September 15.

Diablo V & Starcraft

Blizzard President Johanna Faries explains why Diablo 5 and the StarCraft shooter were announced many years before the release.