The new leadership at Blizzard Kotick referenced pertains to Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra who were appointed co-leaders of Blizzard after J. He stated with the new leadership, it became apparent that some of the Blizzard content planned for next year would “benefit from more development time to reach its full potential.'

Kotick also attributed the delays to working with new leadership at Blizzard and within the franchises themselves, particularly in certain key creative roles. Speaking on the call, Activision president and COO Daniel Alegre said Blizzard was now planning a 'later launch' for both games than 'originally envisaged.' That said, Blizzard has 'a substantial amount of content' slated for next year, likely from World of Warcraft, Overwatch and its other titles.Īdding a bit of color, CEO Bobby Kotick stated that staff departures, voluntary and otherwise, partially contributed to the delays and cited 'turnover' and 'increased competition in the market” for the company’s talent as partly offsetting its success in hiring. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. That's according to Activision Blizzard which stated as much during its Q3 2021 call to investors last night. Looks like we will have to wait until at least 2023 to play Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2.

Diablo 4 release date 2021