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Torbjörn Rework Details - Throwable Turrets, Molten Core Removed?

We have some news on the upcoming Torbjörn rework, via VG24/7, who interviewed Lead Designer Geoff Goodman and got a fair amount of details on the turreteer's future. The changes will be focused around making the Hero more useful on offense, mainly by making turrets spawn at level 2 by default and making them throwable. Molten Core, Torb's ultimate, might also get a complete rework, as it's currently too powerful on its own and is the majority of the Hero's power, but the current thinking is it's just going to be removed and replaced with a new ult.

You can read more details in the full VG24/7 interview, and here are a couple of quotes as well: Today at 03:48 by Starym

Developer Insights: 12.0 Game Mechanics Update

Blizzard posted changes to game mechanics that will be implemented with with the Boomsday Project 12.0 patch. Today at 01:38 by Stan 2 comments

PvP Disqualification Policy Update

There's been some changes to the way Blizzard handle PvP disqualifications, specifically those from end of season rewards. Players that have been disqualified from receiving these rewards will also be unable to queue for rated matches in the same season. More details below: Today at 00:55 by Starym

Patch 8.0.1 Hotfixes: July 20th

We have the trifecta of hotfixes in three days, with today's bringing even more class tweaks, the cap for gold transfers upped to 1 million gold, enemy HP significantly reduced in EN, ToV, Nighthold and ToS, as well as the now standard quest, profession and dungeon bug fixes. Yesterday at 23:32 by Starym

Gelkis & Magram Clans Hotfix: Jul 20

You can reach Exalted with the Gelkis and Magram Centaur Clans in Patch 8.0.1. A bug prevented players that have already completed the questline to get reputation boost. Luckily, this has been fixed by Blizzard in North America and a hotfix will be up soon in Europe as well. The fix requires a server restart. Yesterday at 23:26 by Stan 1 comment

Midgame Moves: Scaling

The final installment of Midgame Moves is here and Fnatic's Warrior player Pontus "Breez" Sjögren talks about understanding your power spike and scaling. Yesterday at 20:54 by Stan 1 comment

4 Sprays, Double Tokens for Watching OWL Grand Finals

There's more goodies coming via the Overwatch League to us regular folks! There's four new sprays as well as double the league tokens (that you can use to buy the team skins) heading your way if you watch the Grand Finals on Twitch on July 27-28th! All you have to do is link your Blizzard account to your Twitch and watch 3 hours on each day for the full 4 sprays featuring Overwatch Heroes watching the games! Check out the full details below.

The finals themselves will also be broadcast on ESPN live and the highlights will be shown on ABC the day after. Yesterday at 20:30 by Starym

Weekly Collection Update: Jul 24

Quite a few interesting items will be on sale next week. You can buy the entire Farstrider Hanzo Skin Pack for the first time and the Ripper Mount will become purchasable for 10,000 Gold through August 20. Yesterday at 12:13 by Stan 5 comments

Play Overwatch Free July 26-30 on PC!

We have another free weekend coming, this time featuring the latest Hero to arrive to Overwatch, Hammond/Wrecking Ball, who will be going live on July 24th! There's a lot of these free weekends going around, but this one may just be the best one yet, as the little hamster hero is extremely fun to play and should be interesting for all types of players to tinker with. So if you haven't bought it yet, you should definitely jump in this weekend and try out some of the more fun Heroes, (imo) Winston, Hammond, Pharah, Tracer, basically anyone with great movement abilities. Yesterday at 04:30 by Starym 1 comment

Patch 8.0.1 Hotfixes: July 19th

Some tier set bonus changes and fixes in today's hotfixes, in addition to a damage reduction for enemies below level 100, a big nerf to Argus the Unmaker, as well as a lot of tweaks for dungeons and raids. We also get a 75% reduction in PvE trinket effectiveness in PvP, a whole bunch of profession bug and stat squish fixes, and the usual quest fixes. Yesterday at 04:06 by Starym 12 comments

Weekly Brawl - Silver City: Jul 20

Silver City is a single-lane map with shuffle pick, standard play and the first team to destroy the enemy Core wins. Complete three matches to receive a Loot Chest. Yesterday at 00:42 by Stan

July 18th PTR Patch Notes: Hanzo and Widow Nerfs, Support Hero Balancing

After the wrecking Ball PTR was taken down yesterday we have a new build today! Along with the already announced support Hero balancing, we have certain longer duration ults returning ammo after they're done, Hanzo and Widow movement ability nerfs and more Hero tweaks. Yesterday at 00:33 by Starym 2 comments

Midgame Moves: Pressing Your Advantage

Team Octalysis' flex player Francisco "Goku" Avalos talks about how to make the best use of your time while the enemy team's dead in the fourth installment of Midgame Moves. Jul 19, 2018 at 22:55 by Stan 2 comments

PC Gamer Reveals Three Treant-Themed Druid Cards

Will these three new Treant cards see play in the meta? Or will they come up short like the hand-size cards from The Witchwood? Jul 19, 2018 at 19:40 by Aleco 6 comments

Live Developer Q&A Roundup: Jul 19

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered your Battle for Azeroth questions today. Check out our roundup of the latest Live Developer Q&A! Jul 19, 2018 at 18:01 by Stan 11 comments

Three Exciting Cards Revealed In Hearthside Chat With Peter Whalen

The latest Hearthside Chat with Peter Whalen revealed Supercollider, Flobbidinous Floop, and Whizbang the Wonderful from The Boomsday Project. Jul 19, 2018 at 18:00 by Aleco 8 comments

Communities Reactivated on Select Realms

Blizzard had to temporarily disable Communities due to some bugs, but the feature will be reactivated for testing on a few realms today. Jul 19, 2018 at 17:27 by Stan 5 comments

How to Reach Exalted with Gelkis and Magram Clans in Patch 8.0.1

Players continue to discover hidden perks of the 8.0 pre-patch. Redditor fgmenth noticed that it's possible to reach Exalted reputation standing with the Gelkis and Magram Clan Centaurs in Desolace. Jul 19, 2018 at 15:24 by Stan 7 comments

Midgame Moves: How to Recover from a Lost Fight

In the third installment of Midgame Moves, Team Dignitas' Vilhelm “POILK” Flennmark details how to recover from a lost battle and get back into the game. Jul 19, 2018 at 08:14 by Stan 6 comments

Patch 8.0.1 Hotfixes: July 18th

And we now have the very first official hotfixes of the pre-expansion patch! We have a bunch of class fixes for various abilities that were either bugged or incorrectly converted, fixes for legacy content and Tomb of Sargeras bosses, as well as other stat squish issues in the open world, and finally, a whole lot of quest items that can again be looted and other quest fixes. Jul 19, 2018 at 03:21 by Starym 5 comments

Transmog, Missing Mage Tower Skin and More 8.0.1 Issues

It seems 8.0.1 is one of the more unstable patches launched, as in addition to the significant server problems that plagued the US and OC launches there are also many more issues that still linger. After the known issues posted yesterday we have yet more getting addressed by Blizzard, but this time with some solutions as well.

First off we have several suggestions on how to fix lost Mage Tower artifact appearances, as well as clarifications on the overall artifact transmogging system: Jul 19, 2018 at 02:24 by Starym 10 comments

Patch 8.0.1: List of Undocumented Changes

Redditor Shaxai and r/wow compiled a list of undocumented changes in the 8.0 pre-patch. Check it out! Jul 18, 2018 at 23:14 by Stan 13 comments

Upcoming Balance Changes for Support Heroes

Ana, Lucio and Moira buffs, Brigitte and Mercy nerfs are coming! Geoff Goodman takes to the forums to explain and detail some upcoming changes to support heroes "to keep them competitive with each other". From the lucky ones like Ana's ult healing addition, to a huge Sound Barrier shield buff and more for Lucio, it seems only Mercy is getting a significant whack on the head with her primary healing beam getting reduced. Jul 18, 2018 at 21:55 by Starym 4 comments

This Weeks Tavern Brawl: Ragnaros Fire Festival!

Use Mini-Rag to destroy enemy minions and level up your"Wow!" emote in this week's Tavern Brawl. Jul 18, 2018 at 18:43 by Aleco 4 comments

Annoy-o-Module Card Reveal

A callback to Annoy-o-Tron, this new Mech card could be a serious player in the meta. Jul 18, 2018 at 17:20 by Aleco 8 comments

The Boomsday Project Full Spoiler Schedule

Spoilers for The Boomsday Project will run from July 19th through July 31st. Jul 18, 2018 at 17:05 by Aleco 1 comment

Voljin Zandalar Forever Cutscene in Battle for Azeroth

We found a cutscene with Vol'jin that presumably takes place after players defeat Blood God G'huun in Battle for Azeroth or at the end of the Zandalar Forever Scenario. This article contains spoilers. Jul 18, 2018 at 11:45 by Stan 10 comments

Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch Update

The worldwide release of the pre-patch has not gone as smoothly as Blizzard would have liked and the Communities feature had to be completely disabled in Europe for now. Jul 18, 2018 at 07:20 by Stan 14 comments

4.4.1 Patch Notes

Not much to say here, as this minor patch changes Kerrigan's Mutalisk upgrade and adds a bunch of bug fixes for co-op missions and versus mode. Jul 18, 2018 at 05:35 by Starym

Patch 8.0.1 Dev Tweets and Known Issues

The patch is now live on EU, NA and AU servers, after some difficulties with offline realms and connectivity issues, so Blizzard have shared some known issues as well as some additional info on upcoming hotfixes for BoA legendary acquisition via Wakening Essences and the honor/prestige level changes. Jul 18, 2018 at 05:16 by Starym 10 comments

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