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The Scrapyard podcast: 2019 will be a very important year for Blizzard!

We're back after the summer break (which included a literal break of a bone, so things were slower than we expected...) and this is a short and sweet catch up

Seamus Byrne
Seamus Byrne
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The Scrapyard podcast: 2019 will be a very important year for Blizzard!

We're back after the summer break (which included a literal break of a bone, so things were slower than we expected...) and this is a short and sweet catch up on what went down and just how important the year ahead seems to be for Blizzard.

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We know what we're getting. New Overwatch League in February. A new independent Heroes of the Storm tournament from HeroesHearth and Tempo Storm. WoW Classic and Warcraft 3 Reforged.

But there's plenty of big gaps in what people would love to see and what's on the horizon. What will Blizzard pull off to get its mojo back? Will we see big new ideas before Blizzcon or will they hold their fire until the traditional annual showcase?

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