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New DM Map Preview, Stop Motion Short, New Skins A new map, stop motion cake antics, behind the scenes making of videos + 2 new skins!

Official Battle for Azeroth Drustvar Zone Preview

And here we have the official preview for the Drustvar zone in Kul Tiras, with the focus being on the lore aspects and geography of the zone itself. A misty land of witchcraft and rituals, let's take a look at what looms ahead. Yesterday at 18:35 by Starym 1 comment

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: May 22

The free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of May 22. Yesterday at 12:22 by Stan 4 comments

New DM Map Preview, Stop Motion Short, New Skins

The reveal on yesterday's Overwatch league was a video of the new Petra Deathmatch map, but while everyone was expecting another skin preview from the anniversary event, we got something much better and most importantly, it was cake related: May 20, 2018 at 10:40 by Starym 2 comments

Blue Posts: Hanzos Storm Arrows to be Nerfed & More

We've rounded up some blue posts from the past couple of days on issues like Hanzo's Storm Arrows, changes to Horizon Lunar Colony, Symmetra's rework and the possibility of Winston buffs. May 19, 2018 at 15:46 by Zadina 2 comments

18 Character Slots Per Server in Battle for Azeroth

There's more alt space coming with Battle for Azeroth, as the character limit per server will go up by two, leaving the paltry 16 slots in the dust. May 18, 2018 at 23:36 by Starym 6 comments

Season 14 Starts on June 15th!

It's that time again as there's a new season looming and the current one ends, with only 2 weeks left in Season 13! As usual there's a little break between them as everyone struggles to fit 2 entire stashes into one on the non-seasonal side of things and 14 starts on June 15th (which is just annoyingly confusing)! May 18, 2018 at 17:39 by Starym 9 comments

WTF Moments Episode 109

Heroes of the Storm Highlights are back with episode 109 of WTF Moments. May 18, 2018 at 14:14 by Stan 2 comments

Battle for Azeroth Beta Key Giveaway!

The time has come for our beta key giveaway for the upcoming expansion, Battle for Azeroth! This post will have everything you need to not only enter the giveaway, but make sure that your entry has the best chance of winning one of the 75 keys we are giving out. May 18, 2018 at 12:07 by Blainie 36 comments

Weekly Collection Update: May 22

The Combat Medic and the Dark Prelate will be on sale next week for 375 Gems and Abyssal Deathbringer Sonya joins the fray for the first time! May 18, 2018 at 10:51 by Stan 2 comments

Big Balance Druid Changes on Beta

Balance Druids have been in a pretty bad place on the beta for a while now and were almost memed out of existence, but there's finally some good news as CM Seph responded to some detailed feedback on the class with a lengthy post explaining plans for the spec. New baseline passives, empowerments that are more significant to gameplay, new and changed talents and a lot of specific skill improvements all add up to make boomkins interesting to play again, so check out the detailed plans for the spec below and check out the recent talent changes. May 18, 2018 at 03:20 by Starym 11 comments

Balance Patch Confirmed For May 22nd

Get your games in with Cubelock and Even Paladin while you can! The upcoming balance patch will drop on the 22nd. May 18, 2018 at 01:23 by Aleco 3 comments

Weekly Brawl - Mineral Madness: May 18

Mineral Madness returns as this week's brawl! The objective is to collect Minerals, gain access to special abilities and destroy the enemy Core on the single-lane Starcraft-themed battleground. Play three games to receive a Loot Chest. May 18, 2018 at 00:29 by Stan 1 comment

Environmental Changes in Battle for Azeroth Beta Build 26624

Battle for Azeroth Beta has been updated with phased versions of Tirisfal Glades and Darkshore, showing the aftermath of the Burning of Teldrassil and the Siege of Lordaeron. May 17, 2018 at 23:19 by Stan 2 comments

Before the Storm Novel Spoilers

Before the Storm by Christie Golden is coming on June 12 and Amazon made a portion of the book available for preview. This article contains spoilers. May 17, 2018 at 21:22 by Stan 18 comments

4.3.1 Patch Notes, New Season 2 Maps

A small patch has arrived featuring a few bug fixes for the UI and Versus, but we also got new maps for Season 2 that started recently and the new season also brought along a free name change! May 17, 2018 at 19:09 by Starym

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #16

In the latest episode of the Icy Veins Podcast, we discuss the recently announced Hearthstone nerfs, PvP ranks and talents in WoW, Nexomania, Hero reworks, the 2nd anniversary event in Overwatch, and more! May 17, 2018 at 18:34 by Stan

Heroes of the Storm Balance & Design AMA Roundup: May 16

The Heroes of the Storm development team answered your questions on reddit yesterday. May 17, 2018 at 14:12 by Stan 26 comments

The Obsidian Krolusk Is the Reward for Glory of the Wartorn Hero

The second most impressive looking mount coming with BfA, Reins of the Obsidian Krolusk, will be somewhat hard to get, as we've found out it's the reward for Glory of the Wartorn Hero, Battle for Azeroth's Mythic Dungeon meta-achievement. We've also recently found out the sources for more impressive mounts, including the best looking BfA mount, the Brutosaur, with its hefty 5 million gold cost, as well as the Bloodgorged Crawg. May 17, 2018 at 00:33 by Starym

Whats the Move #24 - Broken Mirrors

This week's episode features a fresh take on a popular deck, courtesy of Casie. May 16, 2018 at 23:55 by Aleco 3 comments

Glory of the Uldir Raider Rewards the Bloodgorged Crawg Mount

Players that complete Glory of the Uldir Raider in Battle for Azeroth will be rewarded the Bloodgorged Crawg mount. May 16, 2018 at 16:41 by Stan 2 comments

Battle for Azeroth Beta Build 26624 Talent Changes

The latest Beta Build 26624 focuses on Death Knight talent swaps to improve their leveling experience, Subtlety Rogues and Affliction Warlocks. It's also worth nothing that Ignore Pain is back! May 16, 2018 at 16:00 by Stan 9 comments

Battle for Azeroth Beta Build 26624 Azerite Traits

An overview of all Azerite traits added in this week's Beta Build 26624. May 16, 2018 at 15:42 by Stan 2 comments

Deckard Meta Tier List (May 2018)

We present our nineteenth Heroes of the Storm Meta Tier List for the month of May 2018. May 16, 2018 at 14:53 by Oxygen 53 comments

Brutosaur Mount Costs 5 Mio and Has an Auctioneer

Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur is unlike any mounts you've seen yet. It costs 5,000,000 Gold and has an Auctioneer. May 16, 2018 at 10:30 by Stan 24 comments

How to Unlock Flying in Battle for Azeroth

Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part One has been added to the game and the achievement reveals the first part of flying requirements in Battle for Azeroth. May 16, 2018 at 08:27 by Stan 19 comments

Kul Tiran Druid Aquatic Forms in Battle for Azeroth

This week's Beta Build 26624 added the Kul Tiran Druid Aquatic form to the game. May 16, 2018 at 07:54 by Stan 5 comments

Dev Update: 2nd Anniversary Event

Here we go with some official talk on the anniversary event coming next week, after the leak yesterday. Jeff Kaplan is back and shares everything that's coming, including 8 new legendary skins, a new Deathmatch map, Petra, the first Free-for-All Competitive Deathmatch Season, a free legendary loot box and more! May 16, 2018 at 01:26 by Starym 3 comments

Mythic Uldir Raid Testing Schedule (May 16-18)

Seven Uldir bosses will be tested on Battle for Azeroth Beta this week on Mythic difficulty! May 15, 2018 at 18:51 by Stan

Six Card Nerfs for May 2018 Announced

The community's prayers have been answered as nerfs for six problematic cards have been announced. May 15, 2018 at 17:33 by Zadina 16 comments

Patch 7.3.5 Hotfixes: May 15

A new round of hotfixes just hit live servers with fixes for Highmountain Tauren's Rugged Tenacity and subtle nerfs affecting some dungeon abilities. May 15, 2018 at 15:06 by Stan 5 comments

Podcast #16

Dapper Gentlemen

Hearthstone

Nerfs for May, HCT decks
WoW

PvP ranking and talents, new Azerite traits
Heroes

Nexomania, Lunara and Diablo reworks, Sombra
Overwatch

Second anniversary event, Rialto map and Hanzo rework live, Pink Mercy
StarCraft 2

Balance changes for TvP

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