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Deadset's Impressions and Interview on Diablo: Immortal Deadset gets his hands on Diablo: Immortal and an interview with the devs!

Ticket Scalper & Heavy Metal! Reveals: Rastakhans Rumble

Two new cards from Rastakhan's Rumble were revealed in an official blog post detailing the story of the upcoming expansion. Yesterday at 21:17 by Zadina 2 comments

Micro-Holiday 2018 Calendar

Check out the schedule of upcoming micro-holidays! Yesterday at 17:09 by Stan

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: November 13th

Free Hero rotation for this week includes Sylvanas, Illidan, D.Va, and Rexxar. Yesterday at 11:35 by Stan

Alex Afrasiabis Eurogamer Interview on Sylvanas Fate

WoW's Creative Director talked to Eurogamer at BlizzCon 2018 about BfA's most controversial character: Warchief Sylvanas Windrunner. Nov 11, 2018 at 23:00 by Zadina 10 comments

The Starting Zone BlizzCon 2018 Interview

The Starting Zone interviewed Senior Art Director Chris Robinson and Assistant Technical Director Frank Kowalkowski in the first part of the podcast. The second part includes an exclusive audio from the press conference with Senior Game Designer Jeremy Feasel and Lead Environment Artist Tina Wang. Nov 11, 2018 at 18:13 by Stan 1 comment

Forbes Interview with Game Director Ion Hazzikostas on War Mode

Forbes' Heather Newman interviewed Game Director Ion Hazzikostas who spoke about War Mode and faction balance in PvP. Nov 11, 2018 at 17:12 by Stan 6 comments

Patch 8.1 Build 28366

In the latest 8.1 PTR build, Blizzard nerfed XP required per level, the fifth ring was added to Battle of Dazar'alor Azerite Armor and Jaina's Mythic mount received a new model. Nov 11, 2018 at 15:37 by Stan

Patch 8.1 Leveling Nerfs & Improvements

Blizzard drastically reduced experience requirements in the 20-110 range in the latest 8.1 PTR Build 28366 and a new potion is available for purchase that increases stats by 20 and XP gains by 10% for an hour for characters below level 120. Nov 11, 2018 at 14:43 by Stan 4 comments

BlizzCon 2018 Diablo Immortal Press Conference Recap

Executive Producer Allen Adham and Principal Game Designer Wyatt Cheng confirmed at BlizzCon's Diablo Immortal press conference that many of Blizzard's best developers are currently working on new mobile titles across all IPs. Nov 11, 2018 at 12:36 by Stan 7 comments

R/Hearthstone BlizzCon 2018 Interview

The Hearthstone subreddit interviewed Peter Whalen and Liv Breeden on the upcoming Rastakhan's Rumble expansion. Nov 10, 2018 at 14:23 by Zadina

Upcoming Demonology Warlock 8.1 Changes

In an upcoming 8.1 build, Nether Portal's duration will be decreased to 15 seconds and the damage of demons that come from the portal will be increased by 25%. Nov 10, 2018 at 10:37 by Stan 4 comments

Upcoming Enhancement Shaman 8.1 Changes

An overview of the latest changes coming to Enhancement Shamans in a future 8.1 PTR build. Nov 10, 2018 at 10:10 by Stan 6 comments

Deadsets Impressions and Interview on Diablo: Immortal

With a world of mixed feelings surrounding the new Diablo announcement, our Diablo 3 guide writer, Deadset, got the chance to sit down with Wyatt Cheng and Joe Hsu for an interview, as well as spend time testing Diablo: Immortal. Check out what the developers had to say, as well as Deadset's thoughts on the announcement. Nov 09, 2018 at 20:22 by Deadset 30 comments

All Ashe Skins and Intros in One Clip

With Ashe arriving on the PTR, redditor Noobinab0x took some time to make a combination of all her current highlight intros and skins in a very unique (and somewhat freaky) way! While the video does showcase her relatively limited skin variety, it's still a great watch and there's sure to be more skins added later on. Nov 09, 2018 at 16:31 by Starym 1 comment

Taloc Mythic Tanked on a Handheld Device

With all the talk about mobile gaming after this year's BlizzCon, it seems appropriate to take a look at some WoW handheld action as well! Redditor Farrailgun shared this Mythic Taloc fight from his Protection Paladin perspective, showing that we might one day be playing something as complex as WoW on mobile devices. Nov 09, 2018 at 16:20 by Starym 15 comments

Orphea Talent Calculator Now Live

We've added Orphea to our talent calculator, so now, you can share your favorite builds with friends! Nov 09, 2018 at 12:13 by Stan 4 comments

Activision Blizzard Q3 2018 Earnings Call

Quarterly results of the Activison Blizzard Investor Call are here and Blizzard has 37 million monthly active users across all games, same as in Q2 2018. Nov 09, 2018 at 11:37 by Stan 9 comments

Weekly Brawl - Trial Grounds: November 9th

This week's brawl is a single-lane Overwatch-themed battleground called Trial Grounds. All players on both teams play as the same Hero and a new one is selected every round. If all members of your team die, the round is lost. The first team to win two rounds wins the brawl. Nov 09, 2018 at 11:02 by Stan 1 comment

Next Major Patch to Require Full Reinstall

While we don't know exactly when it's coming, and it won't be that soon, the next major patch will indeed force us to reinstall the entire game client, due to some major changes to the back-end. Unfortunately this doesn't necessarily mean it will also bring a ton of new content (although it might, since it will be bringing Ashe in at the very least), as the changes might just be on a deeper level.

In any case, the patch notes should be interesting, and it's important to note the "major" in the title, so we might see some smaller patches before then as well. Nov 09, 2018 at 07:50 by Starym 6 comments

OWL S2 to Have Earlier Match Start Times

One of the issues with the first season of the Overwatch League was the pretty late match start times for EU fans, as most started in the evening over in the US, which meant EU fans had to tune in sometimes well after midnight to follow the action. With matches tending to last quite a while, that meant having to stay up very late which posed a problem for many.

League commissioner Nate Nazer recently announced that season 2 would be moving the match start times earlier to accommodate Eu viewers: Nov 09, 2018 at 06:23 by Starym

Heroes of the Storm Post-BlizzCon 2018 Developer AMA Recap

The Heroes of the Storm dev team answered your questions on Reddit today and here's a recap of the most interesting highlights. Nov 09, 2018 at 00:55 by Stan 2 comments

Tempo Storm BlizzCon 2018 Interview

Tempo Storm interviewed Senior Producer Alex Kontzas and Lead Systems Designer John Piepiora at BlizzCon and here are the highlights. Nov 08, 2018 at 22:06 by Stan

WoW Classic Demo Extended

WoW Classic Demo servers will remain available to play through 10:00 AM PST Monday, November 12. Nov 08, 2018 at 18:51 by Stan 2 comments

R/HeroesoftheStorm BlizzCon 2018 Interview

The Heroes of the Storm subreddit talked to Senior Game Designer Jade Martin and Concept Artist Oscar Vega and here's a recap of the interview. Nov 08, 2018 at 18:15 by Stan 7 comments

Glacial Tidestorm (Jaina Mythic Mount) Preview

Glacial Tidestorm is a mount that drops from Mythic Jaina Proudmoore in Battle of Dazar'alor. Nov 08, 2018 at 14:55 by Stan 4 comments

PTR Demonology Changes, Darkshore Warfront Testing

We have some PTR news, as Demonology Warlocks get their Demonic Consumption talent buffed by getting more chances at receiving the Demonic Core buff and the Tyrant gets even stronger by consuming Imps. Nov 08, 2018 at 01:58 by Starym 21 comments

Kevin Johnson Announcer Preview

Creative Content Lead Kevin Johnson will be soon available as an announcer in Heroes of the Storm and here's a video with all his quotes. Nov 07, 2018 at 18:10 by Stan 13 comments

Wowhead BlizzCon 2018 Interviews

Wowhead had two interviews on Battle for Azeroth and one for WoW Classic during BlizzCon 2018 and we have recapped all of them. Nov 07, 2018 at 18:04 by Zadina

Method BlizzCon 2018 Interview

Rogerbrown from Method talked to Senior Designer Morgan Day and Assistant Art Director Ely Cannon about the new Reaping affix, the Battle of Dazar'alor and more issues related to Tides of Vengeance. Nov 07, 2018 at 17:21 by Zadina 2 comments

Role and Quick Match Changes: Belated but Outstanding

Find out more about how the recently-announced 2019 gameplay changes will affect Heroes of the Storm in the long run. Nov 07, 2018 at 15:37 by Oxygen 7 comments

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12 Nov. 2018: Retribution Paladin Azerite Traits and Armor
- Added Azerite Gear piece rankings for head, shoulders, and chest.
12 Nov. 2018: Retribution Paladin Boss by Boss Strategies
- Added Uldir Mythic talent recommendations and tips. Updated a few Normal/Heroic boss talent recommendations.
12 Nov. 2018: Retribution Paladin Frequently Asked Questions
- Updated all simulation results.
12 Nov. 2018: Retribution Paladin Simulations
- Updated all simulation results.
12 Nov. 2018: Survival Hunter Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
- Updated potion recommendation.
11 Nov. 2018: Restoration Shaman Builds and Talents
- Changed Cloudburst Totem to recommended for the raiding build and Spirit Wolf to situational so it is clear that its talent row is completely situational.
11 Nov. 2018: Restoration Shaman Gear and Best in Slot
- Minor title / BiS table boss link fixes.
11 Nov. 2018: Restoration Shaman Mythic+ Tips
- Updated talent recommendations.

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