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Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: March 18th Revamped Hero roles, further reworks, and a merged Hero & Team League are coming soon!

Welcome Back Weekend (March 21st - March 24th)

World of Warcraft will be free to play starting Thursday. All frozen accounts will have full access to the game without a subscription, allowing you to log in and play with friends through March 24. Yesterday at 20:19 by Stan 1 comment

Swampqueen Hagatha Reveal: Rise of Shadows

As expected, Hagatha is a Shaman Legendary minion and she has a very versatile effect. Yesterday at 19:43 by Zadina 1 comment

Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: March 18th

The latest patch comes with a lot of exciting new content available for testing, ranging from Hero reworks up to the new Caldeum Complex event, and revamped Hero roles. Yesterday at 19:34 by Stan 13 comments

Heroes of the Storm Update: Revamped Hero Roles

Hero roles have finally been updated as part of the latest Heroes of the Storm patch. Specialists are gone for good and certain Heroes had to be reworked to better reflect their new roles. Yesterday at 18:35 by Stan 7 comments

Blizzard just announced the next live developer Q&A with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas will take place on Thursday at 11:00 AM PDT. Yesterday at 17:03 by Stan

Free Hero rotation has been updated for this week and includes Li Li, Blaze, Chen, Alarak & more. Yesterday at 13:49 by Stan 6 comments

It seems the new thing over on the WoW reddit is making improved versions of WoW maps using Inkarnate and we're getting a whole lot of great art out of it! A while ago we took a look at a map rework concept by redditor TNR_Gielnorian, it was damn impressive, and he's already done two BfA zones - Drustvar and Vol'dun: Mar 17, 2019 at 19:35 by Starym 4 comments

Crucible of Storms Intro Questline Availability

The Crucible of Storms intro questline involving Xal'atath will become available in April, shortly before the raid opens on April 16. Mar 16, 2019 at 12:35 by Stan 2 comments

This week's brawl is Silver City, a single-lane map with shuffle pick and standard play. The first team to destroy the enemy Core wins. Complete three games to earn a Loot Chest. Mar 16, 2019 at 08:22 by Stan

The latest round of hotfixes includes bug fixes for Zandalari Trolls, Brawler's Guild, and more. Mar 16, 2019 at 06:25 by Stan

A new Scheme card for Rogue was revealed by @PlayHearthstone on Twitter. Mar 15, 2019 at 22:51 by Zadina 3 comments

Peter Whalen: No New Hero Cards in Rise of Shadows

After the announcement of Rise of Shadows, Peter Whalen answered several questions on Twitter. Mar 15, 2019 at 21:41 by Zadina 3 comments

Patch 13.4: Rise of Shadows Pre-Purchase & Game Improvements

Apart from the option to pre-purchase the upcoming expansion, this patch adds several improvements, like the random card back, the ability to reroll legendary quests, the smart deck builder and trigger rule changes. Mar 14, 2019 at 20:25 by Zadina 1 comment

Rise of Shadows is the First Expansion of the Year of the Dragon

The leaks were correct and the name of the new expansion is Rise of Shadows. It's a good mix of old and new as we see familiar faces and mechanics joined with new stuff like Twinspell, Lackeys and Schemes! Mar 14, 2019 at 19:58 by Zadina 16 comments

Here comes the official overview of the new Brawler's Guild that arrived with the patch this week, covering the new additions, location, requirements, bosses, new quest line and everything else brawler-related! There's no image for Bruce, the new mount, but you can check it out in our preview and you can also check out our Brawler's Guild guide as well! Mar 14, 2019 at 18:20 by Starym 1 comment

Leak: Rise of Shadows Is The Name of The New Hearthstone Expansion

The title of the upcoming expansion was leaked by IGN and its name is Rise of Shadows! Mar 14, 2019 at 17:05 by Zadina 1 comment

Yesterday's hotfixes were just a warm-up and today we get the big ones. We got a bunch of fixes for allied race related issues, tools of the trade quests, strange boss behavior in older dungeons and the much needed class balance updates that weren't implemented with the patch as intended, as well as a whole lot more. Mar 14, 2019 at 04:21 by Starym 1 comment

Hearthstone Leak: Rafaam Holding Dalaran Card

It wouldn't be an expansion announcement period without a leak, although it's a minor one as we already had most of the clues in our hands. Mar 14, 2019 at 01:45 by Zadina 2 comments

We just got word that Overwatch Hero 30 will be arriving on Live servers next Tuesday! The support/DOS hybrid has proven to be popular on the PTR and we also got a very in-depth Q&A session with the devs covering both his lore backstory and gameplay mechanics and balance. Mar 13, 2019 at 20:06 by Starym 2 comments

The Scientist Is The Last in The Series Of Hearthstone Teasers

The last teaser reveals the two remaining villains and now all we need to learn is what these teasers are about and hopefully get an expansion announcement this week. Mar 13, 2019 at 17:02 by Zadina 5 comments

Auriel, Thrall, and Tychus can be purchased at a reduced Gem price this week. Mar 13, 2019 at 10:17 by Stan

Events for this week include Patch 8.1.5 launch, Wrath & Ulduar Timewalking, and Un'Goro Madness. Mar 13, 2019 at 09:45 by Stan

The inaugural hotfixes of patch 8.1.5 are here and we have Lady Jaina Proudmoore getting some nerfs to her HP on all difficulties, as well as some additional ones to specific ability damage for Mythic only. The other big fix is an update that should improve realm performance. Mar 13, 2019 at 01:05 by Starym 2 comments

Derek & Jaina Proudmoore Reunion Cinematic

War Campaign continues in Patch 8.1.5 and here's a cinematic showing off the reunion of Derek and Jaina Proudmoore that surfaced on live servers. Spoilers ahead! Mar 12, 2019 at 19:14 by Stan 13 comments

There's a whole lot going on with the patch launch today, but we also have some other pre-8.1.5 news it seems! Method took down the World First Mythic+ 24 over in Tol Dagor, with

DirectX 12 for WoW Now Supported on Windows 7

It seems Windows 7 users are getting a bit of a bump in performance with patch 8.1.5, as Blizzard have worked with Microsoft to make the previously Windows 10 only software available on the older version as well. Apparently the improvements in performance that happened on Win10 machines with Tides of Vengeance were so impressive that Blizz started working on making them available to a wider selection of their player base. Mar 12, 2019 at 18:35 by Starym 7 comments

8.1.5 Hotbar Keybinds Reset and Content Overview

Here's a bit of a weird one as it seems our hotbar swapping keybinds have been/will be reset with patch 8.1.5. We also got an official content overview for the patch, but it's all already been covered in the patch notes that have been out since yesterday. Mar 12, 2019 at 18:26 by Starym 1 comment

The third part of Tides of Vengeance is live and we wanted to highlight our updated Class and leveling guides for easier leveling of the new Allied Races. Mar 12, 2019 at 15:32 by Stan 6 comments

Patch 8.1.5 is now live and here's a list of known issues that will be fixed in the upcoming days via hotfixes. Mar 12, 2019 at 14:26 by Stan 1 comment

World of Warcraft Patch 8.1.5 Official Patch Notes

Patch 8.1.5 is hitting live servers tomorrow and here are the official patch notes! Mar 11, 2019 at 21:17 by Stan 1 comment

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On Icy Veins, you will find news and guides about your favorite Blizzard games:

class guides for World of Warcraft reviewed by top players and theorycrafters, as well as guides for transmogrification, events, quest lines, raids, etc.;
decks, arena spreadsheets for Hearthstone written by Kat and L0rinda, as well as beginner guides and walkthroughs for solo content;
barbarian builds, crusader builds, demon hunter builds, monk builds, witch doctor builds, wizard builds, and crafting/farming guides for Diablo 3 written by Deadset;
build guides for warrior, assassin, support, and specialist build guides for Heroes of the Storm written by KendricSwissh, Oxygen, Straften, and Micekrispies;
Overwatch guides for offense, defense, support, and tank heroes, reviewed by top players.

CHANGELOG

17 Mar. 2019: Arcane Mage Gear and Best in Slot
- Updated the Azerite BiS pieces.
17 Mar. 2019: Fire Mage Gear and Best in Slot
- Updated the Azerite BiS pieces.
17 Mar. 2019: Holy Paladin Easy Mode
- Added an explanation for the Easy Mode stat priority.
16 Mar. 2019: BfA Allied Races
- Added map for Embraces; thanks to Redditor Zenjej.
16 Mar. 2019: MechaBruce
- New guide added.
16 Mar. 2019: Mingus Diggs
- New guide added.
16 Mar. 2019: Restoration Shaman Battle of Dazar'alor as Restoration Shaman
- Changed the recommended talents for Jaina Mythic and added an explanation to the text.
16 Mar. 2019: Restoration Shaman Easy Mode
- Updated for Patch 8.1.5 changes, added new Azerite traits.

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