Blizzard boss teases ‘big swings’ for Overwatch, Warcraft, and Diablo for company’s 35th anniversary next year

Last week’s Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred reveal at The Game Awards was the start of big announcements and news to come, Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries said in a recent interview.

Speaking with Variety, Faries said that the new expansion reveal for Diablo 4 is being thought of at the company “as a kickstart to this huge 2026 for Blizzard, all up,” including its other main flagship franchises in Overwatch and World of Warcraft for the publisher’s 35th anniversary.

“If you’re a Blizzard fan or you’re curious about any of our major franchises, the teams are cooking on major swings,” Faries said. “And I think we just have a tremendous amount of pride in what’s going to come forward, not just at BlizzCon, but even in the run up to BlizzCon here. So all hands on deck, but it’s a very exciting time.”

The anticipated return of BlizzCon is coming in September and will be the first iteration of the in-person fan event since 2023 that will aim to put an exclamation point on releases like Lord of Hatred, World of Warcraft: Midnight, and the 10th anniversary of Overwatch, while also likely announcing what comes next.

“We really think about, what would speak to our fans?” Faries said of BlizzCon. “What do they want to see? What’s bread and butter expectation? What are the surprises that we can bring? How do we expand the scope of what BlizzCon can be? And I think that docks to part of the vision that we talk about a lot, that we want to continue to aspire to be the best gaming and entertainment company in the world. And BlizzCon in ’26 hopefully puts us in a position to really reflect that ambition in a bigger way. So I have total confidence that the teams are going to come very, very big, both with the heart and soul of what I think our core-most fans long for in a BlizzCon, but also bringing some very new things to the table.”

For WoW, the Midnight expansion will launch in March, followed by Diablo’s DLC in April. Overwatch 2, meanwhile, will likely undergo another large-scale update similar to what happened earlier this year when the game introduced Perks and the new Stadium mode. But as it is also the 10th birthday of the first game, some surprises are expected.

Faries says that 2026 will see Blizzard “investing in this iconic IP that we have across our entire portfolio, and really thinking about modernizing it, surprising and delighting our fans, being beholden to legacy where it matters, but also really doing some fresh takes that really put us into the next decade or three decades, now that we’re 35 years old, that put us at the industry dominance level that we always aspire to be at.”

BlizzCon’s early bird tickets sold out quickly last month, and with the company “gearing up for what we hope to be the biggest year yet,” in Faries’ words, it’s easy to see why.

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The demand for certain items in ARC Raiders has gone up ever since the Cold Snap update launched, and it’s essentially due to do with the Flickering Flames project.

The Flickering Flames project is a new event where you have to complete five different levels. Every level requires you to commit certain items that you can find from the raids. One such item is the Film Reel, and this guide will help you find it easily.

Best locations to find Film Reels in ARC Raiders

You’ll need one Film Reel to complete the third level of the Flickering Flames project. Doing so will also net you 1000 Creds that can be put to good use. To find a Film Reel, you’ll want to look for areas that are marked as Residential on any map.

The best spot should be the Village on the Blue Gate map. This is where I had found it earlier during the ARC Raiders‘ launch week. However, I found it at the Grandioso Apartments after the project went live. The Buried City map has plenty of great Residential areas that you can loot. You can also find other items like the Frying Pan from this map.

Ultimately, it will all boil down to your luck, as the items don’t have a fixed location. If you’re on the Dam Battlegrounds map, you can try looking in the Ruby Residence buildings in the northwestern part of the map. This building also spawns plenty of keys that will allow you to access locked areas.

Once you have found the Film Reel, you can commit it from the project section of the Raider tab. The Film Reel is required to clear level 3, so you’ll need to clear the first two levels. However, there’s plenty of time left for you to finish the project before it expires in January.

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