暴雪解释了为何如此遥远地透露《星际争霸》和《暗黑破坏神 5》的发布日期：“我们希望表达对我们一些最大赌注的信心”

暴雪一反常态地在周末宣布了两款游戏，但发布日期却出人意料地遥远。一款是暴雪计划于 2029 年春季发布的《暗黑破坏神 5》，另一款是传闻甚嚣尘上的《星际争霸》开放世界射击游戏，将于 2030 年发布。这两个日期引起了轩然大波。

There was more than a decade between the releases of Diablos 2 and 3, but there will be only six years between 4 and 5 (which has caused concern about whether there will be any more Diablo 4 expansions ).

2030 年的星际争霸呢？

I can't think of any studio dating games further away than 2028, let alone Blizzard, which famously has operated with a 'done when it's done' kind of approach, keeping dates obscured to the last moment.对于暴雪来说，这是一种前所未有的做事方式，它引出了一个问题：为什么要这样做。

"We want to convey confidence in some of our biggest bets coming forward," answered Blizzard president Johanna Faries, speaking to Bloomberg in an interview.

“我们是一家暴雪，我们将全力以赴、按时交付，并全力以赴为这些项目的成功做好准备。”改变方法的一种解释可能来自即将到来的 Xbox 裁员。微软今年早些时候从 Xbox 部门裁员 1600 人，但从现在到明年夏天，仍有 1600 人需要裁员。

Does shouting about these big projects - Blizzard also announced the ambitious World of Warcraft: Forever , to launch in November - underline the company's importance and in some way shield it from Microsoft's scissors?彭博社表示，法里斯不会直接对此发表评论，但据报道承认存在不确定性。

“我完全专注于创造尽可能健康的暴雪，”她说。显然，保留公司文化和“独特的特殊酱汁”是法里斯的“最终重点”。

“只要我们能够为微软表现出色，我认为这应该被视为双赢，”她说。周末并没有透露太多关于《星际争霸》射击游戏的信息。

Former Ubisoft Far Cry person Dan Hay came on stage to reveal it - who was reported to be working on the game in 2024 - and told us the game would be open-world and tonally on the serious side.