Blizzard has introduced a Netflix collection primarily based on Diablo and stated it’s in discussions to launch comparable initiatives for its different franchises.
Throughout a gap keynote for BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard president Johanna Faries confirmed {that a} new animated collection primarily based on Diablo is now in improvement at Netflix.
As well as, “nice discussions” are underway about launching comparable transmedia initiatives for Overwatch, Warcraft, and “different properties”.
“Diablo, I promise, is just the start,” she stated. “I promise, as quickly as we are able to, we’ll share extra particulars with you.”
At BlizzCon, Blizzard also announced Diablo 5 and committed to a 2029 release window.
The Blizzard transmedia information comes amid a renewed push from mum or dad firm Microsoft to deliver its gaming franchises to movie and tv.
Following the success of A Minecraft Film and the Fallout TV collection, a Sea of Thieves live-action film is now within the works, in keeping with Entertainment Weekly, and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Xbox hopes to leverage extra IP.
“You received’t see us attempt to grow to be the largest linear supplier on this planet or something like that, however I feel nice video games are tradition, and tradition is leisure,” Sharma stated.
“If you concentrate on it, we’ve obtained the quantity two present of all time on Amazon [Fallout], Minecraft was prime 5 in 2025, Name of Responsibility is larger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So all of it measures. [There’s] extra urge for food to work with us on titles than ever earlier than.”