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Diablo 3 Season 29 Recommended Builds

Raekor Boulder Toss Rend Wrath of the Wastes Fist of Heaven AoVNEW Akkhan Condemn Natalya Spike Trap Hungering Arrow GoD Wave of Light LoD Mystic Ally Inna Trag'Oul Death Nova Masquerade Bone Spear Angry Chicken ArachyrNEW Mundunugu Spirit Barrage Tal Rasha Meteor Typhon Hydra

Diablo 3 Season 29 Content

Season 29 Compendium Visions of Enmity Season 29 Leveling Solo Push Rankings Solo Speed GR Rankings Solo Speed T16 Rankings Group Meta Group RGK Rankings Group TK Rankings Group XP Meta

Diablo 3 Season 29 Leveling/Fresh 70 Builds

Barbarian Crusader Demon Hunter Monk Necromancer Witch Doctor Wizard

We have a preview of everything coming to the Trading Post in October, with the full article coming a little later today! Today at 20:08 by Staff

Are We Getting Classic+? The Awakening Leak

A direct continuation of Classic/Vanilla WoW has been talked about pretty much since Classic launched back in 2019. There's two general directions that this could take: the smaller one where there's just mechanical additions, class tuning and maybe some new items and the like, and the bigger one where we actually get a new expansion specifically for Classic. 14 comments Today at 18:05 by Starym

New WoW Mount Revealed in BlizzCon 2023 Sneak Peek

Blizzard today showed us the BlizzCon 2023 program which contains a brand new World of Warcraft mount! 2 comments Today at 17:28 by Staff

BlizzCon 2023 Sneak Peek and Last Chance to Buy Tickets!

Blizzard has just posted a sneak peek at some of the events we can expect at BlizzCon 2023! The last wave of tickets will be on sale Friday, September 29 at 12 pm PDT. 1 comment Today at 17:18 by Staff

Send Honor to Alts in Dragonflight Season 3

Patch 10.2 adds an item that lets you send Honor to alts at a certain price... 1 comment Today at 16:19 by Stan

World Boss Timers Coming in Diablo 4 Season 2 Patch?

World boss timers are most likely coming with the Diablo 4 Season 2 patch! Today at 15:39 by Staff

Great Vault Requirement Changes in Patch 10.2

Blizzard changed some of the Great Vault requirements in the latest Patch 10.2 PTR build. Today at 12:57 by Stan

Renown Catch-Up for Alts Available in Patch 10.2

In Guardians of the Dream, you can buy account-wide reputation tokens for alts! 2 comments Today at 11:09 by Stan

Elon Musk to Stream Diablo 4 for X Livestream “Stress Test”

Elon Musk will be streaming a Diablo 4 tier 99 Nightmare Dungeon in a scaling test for X’s livestram feature soon! Today at 04:59 by Staff

Diablo 4 Season 2 Will Have Quality of Life Updates Both at the Start and During Its Run

Diablo 4’s Season 2 will have many Quality of Life improvements, and Blizzard clarified they will arrive both at season launch and after. Today at 00:50 by Staff

Hunters Receive Raid Cooldown in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

Today's 10.2 PTR build brought some really good news for Hunters! Hunter's Mark has been turned into a raid cooldown, increasing the target's damage taken while it's over 80% health and it will also have a 20 second cooldown in combat. 3 comments Today at 00:25 by Staff

Scarab and Demon Bike Mounts in Patch 10.2

The latest PTR build brought some goodies, as we not only got confirmation that the Demon Bikes are actual mounts, we also got an amazing Scarab mount as well! Yesterday at 23:15 by Starym

Diablo 4 Patch 1.1.4 Hotfixes: September 27th

We have a new batch of hotfixes for the latest Diablo 4 patch, as a PvP shard exploit and the not completing whisper bounties are addressed. Yesterday at 22:33 by Staff

Dragonflight Patch 10.2 PTR Dev Notes: September 27th

Update: there was an added note on Fire Mages crit damage modifiers being fixed.
Here come this week's 10.2 notes, with Everbloom joining M+ testing, more Battleground Blitz Brawl and, of course, a whole lot of class tuning! 1 comment Yesterday at 22:27 by Staff

Many Updated Models in 10.2: Old World Revamp Coming?

Speculation of an old world revamp in one form or another has been around quite a while, as dataminers keep finding updated models all over the place. 10.2 is no different, as there are even more old models getting the shiny treatment. 2 comments Yesterday at 19:42 by Staff

Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7 Mythic+ DPS Log Rankings, Week 3

While the top percentiles remain very stable, as the new patch meta has solidified (and is pretty similar to the old one), we do see some movement here in week 3 of 10.1.7, so let's dive in! Yesterday at 18:23 by Starym

Diablo 4 Season 2 Developer Livestream: October 4th

The next Diablo 4 Livestream dedicated to Season of Blood is taking place on October 4 at 11 am PDT. Yesterday at 17:33 by Staff

We're speculating about when Patch 10.2 will release and the most likely release date right now is November 7. 3 comments Yesterday at 17:06 by Stan

Nightmarish Emerald Drake Briefly Appears on Wrath Classic 3.4.3 PTR

A new mount briefly appeared on the Wrath Classic 3.4.3 PTR called Nightmarish Emerald Drake. It was only visible for a short time and was removed from the collection soon after. 2 comments Yesterday at 15:45 by Stan

Blizzard is restructuring the Hearthstone team and we've seen reports of multiple new layoffs at the company. 23 comments Yesterday at 13:02 by Staff

Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7 and Classic Era Hotfixes, September 26th

The first hotfixes of the week bring some Resto Druid, Brewfest and Kalimdor Cup improvements, as well as a potentially life-saving fix to Classic Era Ouro! Yesterday at 00:14 by Starym

Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7 Week 4: To-Do List

The fourth week of Patch 10.1.7 is here, check out our updated daily and weekly to-do list to find out what's new! 1 comment Sep 26, 2023 at 21:02 by Stan

Extremely Dramatic Mass-Death in Classic Hardcore ZulGurub

So we've seen quite a few deaths in Classic Hardcore so far, but this particular wipe may just beat them all. This Korean group had a really bad time in Zul'Gurub, and managed to execute the perfect formation... for death. 4 comments Sep 26, 2023 at 17:54 by Starym

Chris Metzen Now Full-Time Executive Creative Director of the Warcraft Universe

Update: Metzen has now commented on the news himself! 22 comments Sep 26, 2023 at 17:05 by Staff

The new Prime Gaming reward arrives in the form of a tiger pet. Zipao was originally part on an exclusive promotion in Taiwan and was then available from the Recruit a Friend program for a while as well. Now you can get the pet with a subscription to Amazon Prime Gaming. The reward is available from today until October 24th. Sep 26, 2023 at 16:42 by Staff

Here comes the official preview of Turbulent Timeways. The event starts today on NA realms. Find out more about the rewards you can get! Sep 26, 2023 at 15:51 by Staff

Hunters can tame a pink elekk during Brewfest! Sep 26, 2023 at 15:01 by Stan

Flourishing Whimsydrake Customization Options

Flourishing Whimsydrake is a new faerie dragon Dragonriding mount available to players at the start of the Patch 10.2 campaign. We're looking at its customization options available in Guardians of the Dream. Sep 26, 2023 at 12:41 by Stan

Turbulent Timewalking Delayed By 1 Day in EU

The Turbulent Timeways event, consisting of 5 weeks of Timewalking, will be delayed by 1 day in EU. According to the in-game calendar, it will now start tomorrow, September 27. 2 comments Sep 26, 2023 at 10:18 by Stan

Patch 10.2 Spell Reveals the Future of the Dragon Aspects / Possible 10.2 Ending

An interesting spell added in Patch 10.2 reveals the future of dragon aspects and hints at how the patch will end. This post contains spoilers. 1 comment Sep 26, 2023 at 04:23 by Staff

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