How to watch BlizzCon 2023’s opening ceremony and streams

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Blizzard Entertainment is holding an in-person BlizzCon for the first time in four years this weekend. But fans of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch who can’t make it to Anaheim for BlizzCon 2023 on Nov. 3-4 can watch the festivities online for free.

This year’s BlizzCon promises updates on what’s next for World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and other Blizzard games. BlizzCon 2023’s opening ceremony on Friday will be home to the biggest news out of Blizzard Entertainment, and then there are multiple deep dive and campfire chat panels that will dig into the nitty gritty for World of Warcraft Classic and Diablo 4. Blizzard will also officially launch a new game at BlizzCon 2023: Warcraft Rumble, the mobile game set in the Warcraft universe. (That’s why Blizzard has a “Warcraft Rumblings” panel on its schedule.)

Here’s how to watch BlizzCon 2023, live, from the comfort of your home (or secretly while you’re at work).

This year’s BlizzCon starts on Friday, Nov. 3 at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT with the opening ceremony presentation. Blizzard is promising “exciting announcements” from World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Hearthstone, Warcraft Rumble, and Overwatch 2, including the introduction of the hero shooter’s next playable hero. There’s nothing currently on the official schedule for StarCraft or Blizzard’s untitled survival game that’s set in a new universe, but maybe BlizzCon will have a few unannounced surprises as well.

Here’s a rundown of what to expect from the panels that Blizzard will broadcast from BlizzCon 2023. (All times are listed in PDT.)

You can watch BlizzCon 2023 on Blizzard Entertainment’s YouTube channel — which will have separate streams for Day 1 and Day 2 of the event — or Blizzard’s Twitch channel. We’ve