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Battle for Azeroth Beta Key Contest: News Week A new week with new chances for beta keys!

Battle for Azeroth Login Screen

With Battle for Azeroth just two months away, Blizzard has updated the old Legion login screen with a new one in this week's Beta Build 26871. Today at 00:42 by Stan 3 comments

New Echoes of Alterac Bundles & Skin Packs

New Warcraft-themed skins are now available for purchase in Heroes of the Storm until July 9 and for the first time, new Hero skins included in the event bundles are also available in separate Skin packs. Yesterday at 23:17 by Stan 1 comment

Things to Do Before Battle for Azeroth Goes Live

In this article, we're taking a look at content worth finishing before Battle for Azeroth goes live. Yesterday at 22:27 by Stan

Patch 7.3.5 Hotfixes: June 19th

A short batch today as Battle for Azeroth approaches, focusing on Antorus Mythic. It's all about the final boss, Argus the Unmaker, nerfing his health and two abilities. Yesterday at 20:42 by Starym 1 comment

Patch 4.4.0: New Co-op Mission, Nova, Zagara, Kerrigan Updates

The latest StarCraft 2 patch is coming next week and it brings a ton of co-op goodness! Cradle of Death is the biggest addition, a new co-op map inspired by a fan creation and focusing on controllable escort targets, new units and a big explosion at the end. We're also getting some reworks on three co-op commanders, namely Nova, Zagara and Kerrigan and you can check all the details below. Yesterday at 17:45 by Starym

Alterac Pass Now Live + BfA Beta Key Giveaway

The new battleground is now live in non-Ranked Modes together with the new Warcraft-themed skins and we're celebrating the release with a BfA beta key giveaway! Yesterday at 17:34 by Stan 2 comments

Storytelling Panel from E3 2018

In case you missed it, there was a storytelling panel back at E3 a few days ago with Steve Danuser, Sr. Narrative Designer, Terran Gregory, Project Director and Christie Golden, Sr. Writer. The full title of the panel is World of Warcraft Storytelling: Bringing a Robust Universe to Life Through Different Mediums, and covers how the writing team connect all the disparate WoW lore and story sources, including books, comics, as well as all other online and in-game sources. Yesterday at 17:18 by Starym

This Week in WoW: Jun 19

Events for this week include Cataclysm Timewalking and the Midsummer Fire Festival Event. Alchemists can obtain the rank 3 Recipe: Potion of Prolonged Power from Naz'ak, and more. Yesterday at 17:05 by Stan

Volskaya Foundry Temporarily Disabled in Ranked Play

Volskaya Foundry has been temporarily disabled from Ranked play modes due to a bug. This is the third Heroes of the Storm battleground to become unavailable after Haunted Mines and Hanamura. Yesterday at 13:34 by Stan 6 comments

Battle for Azeroth Beta Key Contest: News Week

It's a new week and the perfect opportunity to give out a new batch of beta keys for Battle for Azeroth! This week, we're going to be putting multiple contests into certain news posts that discuss something WoW-related. Each post will act as a separate contest that users can enter, with a total of 4 going live on the forums and an additional 1 on Twitter. Yesterday at 11:35 by Blainie 14 comments

The Story of Alterac Valley by Nobbel87

Alterac Pass is going live tomorrow and to tell you all about it, Blizzard asked Nobbel87 to create a lore video, explaining the story behind Alterac Valley in World of Warcraft. Jun 18, 2018 at 12:42 by Stan 10 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: Jun 19

The free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of June 19! Jun 18, 2018 at 10:53 by Stan 7 comments

Battle for Azeroth Beta Build 26812 Talent Changes

The most recent Beta Build 26812 includes Frost Death Knight & Brewmaster Monk talent updates. Check out the highlights! Jun 17, 2018 at 17:56 by Stan 9 comments

Legion Artifact Retirement Questline in Patch 8.0

8.0 PTR servers have been updated with the Legion Artifact retirement questline. Artifact traits will no longer function when the pre-patch goes live and here's a preview of the questline. This article contains spoilers. Jun 16, 2018 at 15:13 by Stan 9 comments

Method on Raiding: Best Bosses, Legion Review and More Videos

Legion is coming to an end very soon, and Battle for Azeroth isn't quite here yet, so what better time to look back at this and previous expansions. Method have been doing just this in the past weeks, obviously focusing on what they know best, aka top tier raiding, with many videos covering WoW's premier PvE activity (for now at least, with M+ knocking at that door). Jun 16, 2018 at 10:40 by Starym

Blizzard Dance & Cosplay Contest at Gamescom 2018

Blizzard will be back this year at gamescom 2018 with their cosplay contest! If you'd like to participate in the contest, sign-ups are open until July 25. Jun 15, 2018 at 22:23 by Stan 6 comments

Heroes of the Storm Hotfixes: Jun 15

Blizzard released a new hotfix to fix bugs affecting Garrosh, Ragnaros, and E.T.C. Jun 15, 2018 at 21:07 by Stan 2 comments

Dev Watercooler: WoW Classic Development

Blizzard released a new Dev Watercooler today with information about the ongoing WoW: Classic development. Classic servers will run on Patch 1.12: Drums of War, because it represents the most complete version of the classic experience. Devs are hard at work to make the modern client compatible with the classic data. Jun 15, 2018 at 20:24 by Stan 8 comments

Deadsets Guide Compendium for Season 14 / Patch 2.6.1

The latest season of Diablo, Season 14, launches today and we've prepared a list of all the best builds for you to get started with! Check them out and get ready for some greedy gearing with Deadset! Jun 15, 2018 at 14:21 by Deadset 3 comments

Weekly Collection Update: Jun 19

Stukov and Nova will be on sale next week at a reduced Gem price. Jun 15, 2018 at 12:14 by Stan

Main Battle for Azeroth Music Theme: Before the Storm

It seems Before the Storm isn't just the pre-expansion novel that sets up the Battle for Azeroth events, but also the main theme for World of Warcraft's seventh expansion! So sit back and enjoy the very atmospheric tune and if you're feeling particularly meta, go ahead and read Before the Storm while listening to Before the Storm for that extra immersion! Jun 15, 2018 at 07:09 by Starym 9 comments

Weekly Brawl - Punisher Arena: Jun 15

Battle it out on Punisher Arena! Pick one of three randomly-selected Heroes, slay your foes and the enemy Punisher to earn points for your team and win two rounds to claim victory. Complete 3 matches to receive a Loot Chest. Jun 15, 2018 at 00:17 by Stan

Heroes of the Storm Twitch Drops

If you watch Heroes of the Storm on Twitch with a linked Battle.net account, you have the chance to win various rewards! Jun 14, 2018 at 22:51 by Stan 8 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #18

In this episode, we discuss new social features and the Symmetra rework in Overwatch, Taverns of Time and the Patch 11.2 issues in Hearthstone, Yrel and the Echoes of Alterac event in Heroes, themed Seasons as well as the unannounced Diablo project! Jun 14, 2018 at 21:27 by Stan

The Current State of Yrel (Blue Posts)

We have a bunch of blue posts from Game Designer Matt Villers, dealing with the current state of Yrel. Jun 14, 2018 at 20:17 by Stan 20 comments

Battle for Azeroth 8.0 Pre-Patch Now Live on PTR

It's time to get excited! The Battle for Azeroth 8.0 pre-patch is now available for playtesting on Public Test Realms! Learn more about what's coming in the BfA pre-patch! Jun 14, 2018 at 19:08 by Stan 1 comment

Live Developer Q&A Roundup: Jun 14

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered your Battle for Azeroth questions over on Twitch in a Live Developer Q&A earlier today. Check out the highlights! Jun 14, 2018 at 18:00 by Stan 15 comments

Warfronts Play with the Blues: Jun 15

The Scenario portion of Warfronts will be tested on Battle for Azeroth Beta on Friday, June 15 at 2:00 p.m. PDT. You'll be able to queue for it at level 110 and Blizzard will also remove pre-requisites to get as many testers in there as possible. Jun 14, 2018 at 11:11 by Stan 1 comment

Tavern Brawl: Rise of the Zombeasts

Both players get to play as Deathstalker Rexxar, the Hunter Death Knight! Jun 13, 2018 at 22:00 by Zadina 6 comments

Before the Storm Novel Now Available

Christie Golden's Before the Storm novel is now available for purchase on Amazon. Jun 12, 2018 at 21:52 by Stan 5 comments

Podcast #18

Angry Stan Isn't Angry

Overwatch

New social features (endorsements and LFG), Symmetra rework
Hearthstone

Taverns of Time event, patch 11.2 issues
Heroes

Echoes of Alterac event: Yrel and Alterac Pass
WoW

New comic, Mage Tower, Azerite Powers, Before the Storm
Diablo

Themed Seasons (season 14) and unannounced Diablo project

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decks, arena spreadsheets for Hearthstone written by Kat and L0rinda, as well as beginner guides and walkthroughs for new expansions;
barbarian builds, crusader builds, demon hunter builds, monk builds, witch doctor builds, wizard builds, and crafting/farming guides for Diablo 3 written by Deadset;
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15 Jul. 2018: Yrel Talent Build
- Changed Maraad's Insight from Not Recommended to Recommended.
19 Jun. 2018: Beast Mastery Hunter Battle for Azeroth
- Endurance Training now increases max health by 5%, down from 8%.
19 Jun. 2018: Goblin Farming Guide
- Added guide.
19 Jun. 2018: Marksmanship Hunter Battle for Azeroth
- Endurance Training now increases max health by 5%, down from 8%.
19 Jun. 2018: Mistweaver Monk Battle for Azeroth
- Renewing Mists charge system added and Uplifting Trance moved to removed abilities.
19 Jun. 2018: Odd Rogue Deck
- Deck added.
19 Jun. 2018: Protection Paladin Battle for Azeroth
- Page added.
19 Jun. 2018: Survival Hunter Battle for Azeroth
- Endurance Training now increases max health by 5%, down from 8%.

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