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Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: Oct 16 & Mal'Ganis Build Guide Mal'Ganis is now live and it's time to check out our build guide and the official patch notes.

Get Your Water Strider Mount This Week

Mists of Pandaria Timewalking offers a relatively easy way to get yourself a water strider mount. Yesterday at 23:51 by Stan

8.1 Battle of Dazaralor Raid Testing: Oct 18-22nd

After the recent renaming of the Siege of Zuldazar to Battle of Dazar'alor we're getting some more Heroic and Normal testing, featuring two faction-specific days on Thursday (Horde) and Friday (Alliance) and then the rest of the weekend for Normal. Yesterday at 22:29 by Starym

New Orc Running Animation in Patch 8.1

The Orc running animation has been updated on 8.1 PTR and here's a side by side preview of the new animation. Yesterday at 19:45 by Stan 6 comments

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: Oct 16 & MalGanis Build Guide

The latest Heroes of the Storm content patch is now live with Mal'Ganis, disabled Haunted Mines, and changes to certain Support abilities to only work on Heroes. Yesterday at 19:18 by Stan 8 comments

This Week in WoW: October 16th

Events for this week include Mists of Pandaria Timewalking, Southshore vs Tarren Mill PvP Brawl, and Hallow's End. Yesterday at 17:14 by Stan 3 comments

The Legendary Scavenger Hunt Contest

The Switch release of Diablo 3 is bringing some new events to everyone, as we're getting an interesting scavenger hunt, both of the online and real world varieties! The rewards vary from Switch console and D3 bundles, to just the game, as well as real life Diablo themed weapon replicas. The Diablo twitter account will be posting hints for the scavenger hunts in the coming days, and you can read up on the detailed rules below: Oct 15, 2018 at 23:56 by Starym 7 comments

Balance Changes to Giggling Inventor, Mana Wyrm & Aviana

Well, the balance changes were smaller than expected as only three cards were affected this time. Oct 15, 2018 at 20:25 by Zadina 15 comments

Game Director Alan Dabiri Leaves Heroes Team

Alan Dabiri announced that he's leaving his current position as Game Director for Heroes of the Storm and he's moving on to another project at Blizzard. Oct 15, 2018 at 19:33 by Stan 7 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: October 15th

Free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of October 16 and features Yrel, Chromie, Chen, and more. Oct 15, 2018 at 12:07 by Stan

Hunter and Paladin Argus Solo Kills

While we may already have seen some Uldir solo kills, the final boss of the last expansion is still quite a challenge for just one player and there have been a couple of kills recently. As you'd imagine, the Paladin one is by none other than Rextroy in his Protection form, but the first kill was done by FallingDarkness/Shoot: Oct 15, 2018 at 07:05 by Starym 1 comment

Blue Posts Roundup: October 14

The latest blue posts roundup includes Ion's stance on World Firsts as some members of the community thought he was contradicting himself after the latest Q&A, the use of third-party platforms for community outreach, and WoW subscriptions. Oct 14, 2018 at 15:47 by Stan 8 comments

WTF Moments Episode 114

Heroes of the Storm Highlights are back with a brand new episode of WTF Moments! Oct 13, 2018 at 20:44 by Stan 4 comments

The Story of Varok Saurfang in Patch 8.1

Varok Saurfang's story continues in Patch 8.1. Check out what awaits the High Overlord in Tides of Vengeance! This article contains spoilers. Oct 13, 2018 at 18:34 by Stan 18 comments

Incursions in Patch 8.1

Incursions are very similar to Legion invasions in terms of functinality. Zones will be periodically under assault and you're going to see an invasion icon on the map. Standard world quests will be replaced by invasion quests and once you complete four, you're going to be transported to the opposing faction's ship to complete a short quest for Gold, gear and reputation with BfA factions. Oct 13, 2018 at 15:12 by Stan 9 comments

Island Expedition Invasion Schedule

There's some variety coming to Island Expeditions, with events similar to the Legion invasions going on inside the expeditions themselves. Each week will see a new type of creature showing up and each will have their own set of cosmetic rewards as well. Expeditions have been one of the less popular features in BfA overall and this is just one of the ways in which Blizzard hope to improve them.

You can also check out our Island Expeditions guide for a little refresher. Oct 12, 2018 at 23:10 by Starym 13 comments

Hearthstone BlizzCon Virtual Ticket Rewards: Card Back & Packs

The rewards on Hearthstone for purchasing a BlizzCon Virtual Ticket have been revealed. Oct 12, 2018 at 11:45 by Zadina

Weekly Collection Update: October 16th

Hero sales for next week include Rexxar and Zul'jin. Various skins will also become purchasable with gems starting October 16. Oct 12, 2018 at 10:35 by Stan

The Great Gnomeregan Run: October 13th

The ninth annual Running of the Gnomes is back on Scarlet Crusade-US. Create a level 1 Gnome and travel from the starting zone to Booty Bay to help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer at 4 PM PDT tomorrow. Oct 12, 2018 at 08:46 by Stan 3 comments

Weekly Brawl - Industrial District: October 12th

This week's brawl is Industrial District! A single-lane Overwatch-themed battleground with shuffle pick and standard play. The objective is to take down the enemy core and you'll receive a Fall of King's Crest Chest when you complete three matches. Oct 12, 2018 at 08:07 by Stan

Unlock Legion Allied Races Faster in Patch 8.1

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas said in the latest Live Developer Q&A that unlocking Legion Allied Races will be faster in Tides of Vengeance. Oct 11, 2018 at 21:21 by Stan 14 comments

Play with the Blues - Darkshore Warfront: October 12th

Darkshore is the second Battle for Azeroth Warfront added to the game in Patch 8.1 and tomorrow, many members of the design and QA team will join the testing at 1 PM Pacific. The initial test features the Alliance version of the new Warfront and it will be accessible to characters level 110 to 120. Oct 11, 2018 at 20:09 by Stan 4 comments

Forbes Interview with Ion Hazzikostas on the Aftermath of Battle for Azeroths Launch

Ion Hazzikostas sat down with Forbes' Heather Newman to talk about the first patch of Battle for Azeroth and how it went. Oct 11, 2018 at 18:16 by Zadina 8 comments

Tides of Vengeance Live Developer Q&A Roundup: October 11th

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered your Tides of Vengeance questions today. Oct 11, 2018 at 18:05 by Stan 11 comments

Twitch Rivals: The Hearthstone Gold Rush Challenge

Twitch streamers are invited to create a new account and raise it to 5000 Gold during the period of Hallow's End. The winner will earn $5000! Oct 11, 2018 at 10:40 by Zadina

Tavern Brawl: Boss Battle Royale 2

Bosses from various Hearthstone adventure battle it out in this week's Tavern Brawl. Oct 11, 2018 at 09:16 by Zadina 3 comments

Hallows End Begins October 17 - Tavern Brawls, Dual Class Arena, Sir Annoy-o

The details for this year's Hallow's End festivities have been revealed. Oct 11, 2018 at 08:02 by Zadina

Balance Changes Coming Next Week

Some balance changes will be made next week and they will be announced before the reset, on Monday 15 of October. Oct 10, 2018 at 16:27 by Zadina 14 comments

Patch 8.1 Build 28048

The latest 8.1 build includes new Azerite traits, icons for Kul Tiran & Zandalari racials, a new model for Lor'themar, and more! Oct 10, 2018 at 09:05 by Stan 12 comments

Rextroy Solos AtalDazar M+ 10!

It's time for more Rextroy, but this time in another solo adventure as he takes a light 3 and a half hour tour of Atal'Diazar on M+ 10, with an item level of 372. We also get some commentary/guides on each boss and trash below the video, featuring more use of Last Defender with some help from local bugs, even after the nerf (for the first boss at least). Oct 10, 2018 at 07:01 by Starym 2 comments

Patch 8.0.1 Hotfixes: October 9th

Here come today's hotfixes, including the already announced emissary Azerite armor upgrade to 370, although it's unclear if this includes the fixes to the scaling bugs and lowering of the requirements for 370 items. We also get some Uldir tuning for Fetid Devourer and G'huun, as well as a DK PvP and some quest fixes. Oct 10, 2018 at 01:02 by Starym 2 comments

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16 Oct. 2018: Affliction Warlock Easy Mode
- Updated talent advice.
16 Oct. 2018: Affliction Warlock Gear and Best in Slot
- Split the Best in Slot list into "Raid" and "Dungeon" options.
16 Oct. 2018: Beast Mastery Hunter Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Added note about Barrage being worth casting on a single target.
16 Oct. 2018: Brewmaster Monk Azerite Traits and Armor
- Altered some trait reccomendations, improved upgrade advice.
16 Oct. 2018: Brewmaster Monk Boss by Boss Strategies
- Added Mythic strategies for every boss other than G'huun, minor improvements and tips elsewhere.
16 Oct. 2018: Demonology Warlock PvP
- Updated guide for patch 8.0.1.
16 Oct. 2018: Frost Mage Azerite Traits and Armor
- Updated Winter's Reach details with multiple traits.
16 Oct. 2018: Frost Mage Boss by Boss Strategies
- Updated a few talent suggestions after having actually done the raid.

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