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Struggling With Endfield’s Fatory System? These 10 Tips Make It Way Easier

Struggling with Arknights: Endfield’s Factory system? These 10 practical tips help new players understand production, power, storage, and progression. Today at 05:18 by Shikhu

Players Can Finally Choose Their Housing Neighbors

Charter neighborhoods are here! After an initial hiccup, Blizzard have enabled their creation and players can now get their own! Today at 00:56 by Starym

Finish Housing Endeavors Fast in the Midnight Pre-Patch

Neighborhoods in World of Warcraft are already completing their first Endeavors, and they are sharing valuable tips on how to do it fast! Yesterday at 23:58 by Neryssa

Midnight’s New Sunwell Art Reveals Who Really Answered the Call

The amazing new Midnight key art is set during the Sunwell invasion, with key characters being highlighted coming through the portal! Yesterday at 22:40 by Starym

WoW Housing Has Reached Peak Chaos (and Softness) With This Garrosh Build

The legendarily mean and tough Warchief and villain gets a massively impressive monument in player housing… in a very ironic medium! Yesterday at 22:20 by Starym

Silvermoon’s Future Depends on an Old Friendship Reforged

Exile, pride, and unfinished history collide as Umbric returns to Silvermoon ahead of World of Warcraft: Midnight. Yesterday at 20:58 by Stan

World Map Updates in The Midnight Expansion

The map of Eastern Kingdoms and Quel’Thalas has been recently updated on the Midnight Beta. Yesterday at 17:57 by Stan

Endeavours Make Housing Leveling Easy Until You Hit the XP Cap

Endeavours finally let you level your home by just playing, until a hidden cap stops the momentum. Players are already pushing back. Yesterday at 15:45 by Emma

You Can Finally Get These Dracthyr Housing Rewards in the Midnight Pre-Patch

The Dracthyr Endeavour has arrived in the Midnight pre-patch. See the full list of housing decor rewards and Community Coupon costs. Yesterday at 14:55 by Emma

Arknights: Endfield – How to Increase Your AIC Factory Power

Learn how to increase your factory’s power capacity in Arknights: Endfield by using Thermal Banks, fuel types, and efficient energy setups! Yesterday at 13:59 by Jaym0

Blizzard Just Killed a Sneaky Pre-Patch Gearing Trick

Blizzard’s stat squish had a bit of an oversight, allowing players access to old enchants that were long abandoned. Yesterday at 12:48 by Maursean

Arknights: Endfield Celebrates Launch With More Free Rewards

To celebrate its successful launch, Arknights: Endfield is giving all players a free 10-pull on the current banner! Yesterday at 11:54 by Jaym0

New Deadlock Patch Adds 6 Heroes, New Mode, & Patron Reworks

Deadlock’s new patch, Old Gods, New Blood, is finally live, bringing six new heroes, reworked Patrons and bases, a brand new 4v4 Street Brawl mode, and a massive wave of quality-of-life improvements. Yesterday at 01:40 by EncampedWeevil

Massive Transmog Discounts Are Coming, a Free Trial of Style Slot, and More!

More transmog system improvements and discounts are coming! 50% off, a faster free use, and Trial of Style-specific changes! Yesterday at 01:21 by Starym

Unholy Death Knights Took a Hit in Today’s Hotfixes

Major Unholy Death Knights nerfs arrive in today’s round of hotfixes! Yesterday at 00:47 by Stan

This Bug Is Stopping Gear Upgrades — Here’s a Possible Fix

Players are running into a brick wall when trying to upgrade items in the pre-patch, but there may be a simple solution! Jan 22, 2026 at 21:43 by Starym

Pre-Patch DPS Is Completely Broken — Here’s What the Day 1 Log Rankings Show

Here’s a peek into the post-pre-patch, post-squish, post-ability pruning top DPS! Things are chaotic and entirely different from last season. Jan 22, 2026 at 21:04 by Starym

The Mystery Is Over: WoW x Pringles Crimson Bow Tie Has Finally Been Revealed

WoW’s Crimson Bow Tie transmog is finally revealed! Here’s how to get this Pringles collaboration cosmetic before the promo ends in May 2026. Jan 22, 2026 at 21:04 by Emma

The War Within Seasons Are Over: Farm These Two Mounts Now!

The seasonal content in The War Within has ended with the Midnight Pre-Patch. These mounts can now be farmed in dungeons every day! Jan 22, 2026 at 20:30 by Neryssa

Those Midnight Season 1 Dungeons Are Locked on Purpose: Here’s Why

The Midnight pre-patch is live, but Season 1 isn’t. Blizzard explains why several dungeons are unavailable right now. Jan 22, 2026 at 20:07 by Stan

Speculation is growing that Genshin Impact could be coming to Steam after the game’s client was found attempting to load Steam’s API. Jan 22, 2026 at 19:49 by Holster

One Endeavour, Dozens of Rewards: What the Niffen Are Bringing to Housing

From gooey jars to bartering stalls, explore all the Niffen decor rewards you can earn during the Midnight pre-patch Endeavour. Jan 22, 2026 at 18:24 by Emma

Decorate Your House With New Midnight Pre-Patch Housing Decor

Looking for more pieces of decor for your player house? New pieces of decor are available in the Midnight Pre-Patch! Jan 22, 2026 at 18:24 by Neryssa

Get Faster Load Times By Deleting These WoW Folders

Clearing up your Data folder once per expansion is recommended to get faster load times and optimize the space in your WoW installation! Jan 22, 2026 at 18:00 by Neryssa

Carbot’s New Diablo 4 Paladin Video Feels Way Too Accurate

The new Carbot Animations short perfectly captures how absurdly strong the Paladin feels right now in Diablo 4 Season 11. Jan 22, 2026 at 16:22 by Neviriah

WoW’s New Transmog System Made Players Log Out

The new transmog system is live, but its cost has players backing away fast. Blizzard tried to respond, but the damage may already be done. Jan 22, 2026 at 16:16 by Emma

Heroes of the Storm PTR Update: January 21

Blizzard released a new PTR patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the unofficial Patch Notes with all the datamined changes. Jan 22, 2026 at 16:05 by Elitesparkle

Talismans in Diablo 4: A New System With Old Risks

Diablo 4 introduces Talismans, a new version of set bonuses. Here is what past Diablo games got right or wrong! Jan 22, 2026 at 16:05 by Jaym0

Arknights: Endfield – PayPal Payment Issue Affecting Transactions

PayPal payment issues have been reported in Arknights: Endfield, with players experiencing unauthorized charges! Jan 22, 2026 at 11:30 by Jaym0

The Best Pre-Patch Feature for Warriors? The Return of 1-Handers!

Warriors, Fury in particular, are having a great time with the pre-patch, as awesome new transmog options give them a whole lot of freedom! Jan 22, 2026 at 10:29 by Starym

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CHANGELOG

21 Jan. 2026: Arcane Mage Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Optimized Arcane Surge sequences for Sunfury and Spellslinger.
21 Jan. 2026: Fire Mage Builds and Talents
- Optimized Sunfury trees slightly and changed recommended trees to Sunfury based on latest optimizations.
21 Jan. 2026: Fire Mage Easy Mode
- Optimized Sunfury trees slightly and changed recommended trees to Sunfury based on latest optimizations.
21 Jan. 2026: Fire Mage Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Updated default rotation checkboxes to be set to Sunfury based on latest findings and added full loadouts for both Hero Specs for both AoE and ST.
21 Jan. 2026: Stygian Onslaught Guide and Best Characters in Genshin Impact
- Luna 4 Stygian.

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