Let’s roll through the list of my predictions, past, present and future. So far I’ve predicted this:

• We go into Nazjatar;
• Azshara survives the raid, and with a ‘Bwahahaha’ disappears;
• N’Zoth is now active and trying to corrupt Azeroth the Titan;
• Sylvanas is dethroned, yet not killed and leaves Horde/Alliance to be… for now.

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• At Blizzcon, 8.3. is announced via machinima cinematic;
• 8.3. will deal with N’Zoth. Every expansion ends in the darkest place, and this time it is deepdown Ny’alotha, where N’Zoth corrupts Azeroth;
• Azerite necklace + dragon (Wrathion efforts) + Xal’atath the Person play role in defeating N’Zoth;
• Xal’atath the Blade is off the grid, because it already played its role.
• Azeroth the Titan hatches and leaves us be, going towards the Red Star to her kin and Sargeras.
• 8.3. will start PTR right after Blizzcon.
• We may step into Ny’alotha before Christmas, but the final raid opens in late January-March.
• 9.0. will be revealed at Blizzcon via a movie cinematic.
• Sylvanas, as a face of Warcraft on Blizzcon poster, serves as a link to 9.0. – one of the major villains of Death-themed expansion.
• 9.0. will be released August – November 2020 (either late Summer or at Blizzcon);
• To keep players busy until 8.3., Blizzard opens another Classic raid, launches anniversary events in retail, and releases Warcraft III Reforged.

That’s a pretty big list for the franchise, enough for Brian Holinka to be that much excited on Twitter. Let the hype begin!