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VS Protoss

2-1-1 Marine-Medivac Timing into Tank Push

Cloaked Banshee into Two-Base, Five-Barracks All-in

Quick Cyclone All-in with a Proxied Second Factory

VS Terran

Proxy 2-Rax Reaper into Bio

Safe Cyclones into Bio Play

Safe Reaper Expand into Cyclones

VS Zerg

Maru's Proxy 2 Rax

Hellbat Drop Opening into Mech

uThermals Fast 3CC into Bio

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BlizzCon 2018 News Hub A centralized hub for everything related to this year's BlizzCon.

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #31

It's podcast time and in the latest episode, we discuss the community dissatisfaction with Battle for Azeroth, compare Legion's Artifacts to the new Azerite system, and more. Tune in to Winter Patches Galore for your daily dose of Blizzard news! Dec 12, 2018 at 20:58 by Stan

Blizzard Gift Card

Christmas is around the corner and if you're looking for the perfect gift for your friends, the €20/£15 Blizzard Gift Card is now available at select retailers across Europe. Dec 03, 2018 at 12:14 by Stan 2 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #30

In episode 30 of the Icy Veins Podcast, we talk about Hearthstone's upcoming expansion, Diablo's Patch 2.6.4, and cover some interesting bits from Tides of Vengeance. Nov 28, 2018 at 23:11 by Stan 2 comments

Blizzards Black Friday Deals

Black Friday sale is here and you can save up to 66% on Battle.net Shop and Playstation Store until November 27! Nov 21, 2018 at 14:33 by Stan 6 comments

4.7.1 Patch Notes: Major Versus Balancing for All

A truly major patch has arrived to StarCraft 2, focusing almost exclusively on versus changes, and boy is there a lot of them. All three races get a ton of tweaks, with the biggest Terran changes coming to the Cyclone and the Battlecruiser now being able to move while shooting, while the Zerg get separate burrow and unburrow buttons and the Infestor gets a through looking at and the Protoss get almost their whole fleet tuned. Nov 21, 2018 at 00:16 by Starym

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #29

Deadset talks about Diablo Immortal and the initial backlash in the latest episode of our podcast and you'll also find out why Paris is the best city in the world. Nov 14, 2018 at 22:41 by Stan

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

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

All Blizzard Franchises Will Have Mobile Titles

The very controversial announcement of Diablo Immortal is still what everyone's talking about after BlizzCon has concluded, with fans of the franchise getting pretty upset. From a bunch of "Do you guys not have phones?" memes, to the off-season April fools Q&A guy, and accusations of the game simply being a reskin of another mobile hack 'n slash made by Netease, Blizzard's partner in development, it seems the decision to make Immortal the big finish for BlizzCon's opening ceremony wasn't that great. And all of that is not even going into some pretty poor PR moves after the fact, such as re-posting the cinematic and making it unlisted due to the huge number of dislikes the public one has and using the unlisted one on the official site. Nov 05, 2018 at 06:39 by Starym 60 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #28

The latest episode of our podcast is a BlizzCon special and we discuss WoW Classic, Warcraft III Remaster, what's next in World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games. Nov 03, 2018 at 12:37 by Stan

BlizzCon 2018 News Hub

Your source of the latest BlizzCon 2018 news. Nov 02, 2018 at 20:08 by Stan 3 comments

Warcraft 3 Remaster Officially Announced

It's finally time to go back to the roots of the Warcraft franchise, with the last strategy installment making a comeback! We're getting Warcraft 3 Reforged! It's coming next year, and there's a playable demo of the Culling of Stratholme at BlizzCon. You can already pre-purchase it as well! Nov 02, 2018 at 19:20 by Starym 27 comments

BlizzCon 2018 Opening Ceremony Liveblog

BlizzCon's opening ceremony is upon us! Check out our liveblog of the event! Nov 02, 2018 at 18:19 by Stan 2 comments

Destiny 2 Free for All Battle.net Users

BlizzCon started off with a gift, as everyone with a Battle.net account is getting the game for free! As long as you register before November 18th you'll be getting the base game to keep forever. There will be more specific information coming soon, so check back here for details. Nov 02, 2018 at 18:17 by Starym 5 comments

BlizzCon 2018 Expectations & Security Updates

According to Blizzard's latest post, BlizzCon 2018 will primarily focus on an upcoming patch and not Tides of Vengeance. The article also comes with information on additional security updates at the convention. Oct 30, 2018 at 20:42 by Stan 5 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #27

In Episode 27 of the Icy Veins Podcast, we discuss Azerite Armor improvements and Patch 8.1, latest Hearthstone card nerfs, Halloween Terror & Torbjörn reworks, and Morhaime stepping down as president of the company. Oct 18, 2018 at 09:33 by Stan

BlizzCon 2018 Online Merch Sale: October 11th

This year's merch sale starts October 11 for BlizzCon & Virtual Ticket holders. It will open to everyone a week later, on October 18. Here's a preview of goodies that will soon become purchasable through the Blizzard Gear Store! Oct 05, 2018 at 12:16 by Stan 4 comments

J. Allen Brack Is the New President of Blizzard Entertainment

In somewhat surprising news, Mike Morhaime has stepped down as President of Blizzard Entertainment and World of Warcraft Executive Producer J. Allen Brack is stepping in to fill those massive shoes. Morhaime will stay on as a "strategic advisor" for the company and Blizzard founder Allen Adham as well as Chief Development Officer Ray Gresko have been promoted to Blizzard’s Check executive leadership team. Oct 03, 2018 at 22:02 by Starym 11 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #26

Episode 26 of our podcast is out! Patrick and Deadset discuss the latest Season 15 and speculate about possible Diablo announcements at BlizzCon. Other topics include WoW Classic Demo for Virtual Ticket holders, Azerite Armor issues, and recent Hero reworks in Overwatch. Oct 03, 2018 at 21:29 by Stan

BlizzCon Schedule Is Live, Hints at Diablo Announcement?

Blizzard have finally announced the full schedule for all the panels, competitions, tournaments and events that will be shown at BlizzCon on November 2nd through the 4th! Obviously the opening ceremonies are the main focus, just in case we get some brand new announcements (gogo Diablo 4), and among the many "What's Next" panels and World Championship tournaments for the various games we have a Diablo: World and Q&A panel in addition to a what's next one (and we really, REALLY want an answer to that question for the Diablo franchise). Also of note is the Lorecraft: Creating Memorable Characters and BfA Cinematics panels, where we might get some more discussion on the disappointment some players are feeling in the story/character development in WoW.

In any case, there's a lot going on this year, and with the Virtual Ticket including access to the WoW Classic demo, as well as faction cloaks for WoW characters and a lot more, it seems there will be many viewers, among which many excited Diablo fans are just waiting to be disappointed. Oct 03, 2018 at 00:04 by Starym 31 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #25

Episode 25 of the Icy Veins podcast is here! We talk about Patch 8.1, Method's world first race, Hearthstone's latest content update, Garden Terror rework, and more. Sep 20, 2018 at 08:59 by Stan

BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, Goody Bag, Mobile App, More

A whole lot of info has arrived with the All-Acess Kickoff Show today and we can now buy the Virtual Ticket, which is 10$ more expensive this year (but includes last year's archive) and we can download the BlizzCon Mobile App! Sep 12, 2018 at 22:45 by Starym 5 comments

Huge Upcoming Multiplayer Balance Patch

There a gigantic balance patch coming to StarCraft 2 multiplayer later this year, affecting all races and focusing on late game power, unit composition variety, interesting upgrades and discouraging turtle play. The patch will arrive "soon" after BlizzCon, so somewhere in November, ad the design notes we got today are massive and contain detailed explanations on the tuning decisions. Sep 09, 2018 at 23:31 by Starym 2 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #24

Episode 24 of the Icy Veins podcast is here and we discuss WoW's Warbringers: Azshara and endgame content, Hearthstone comic and EU playoffs, the recent Hanamura Temple rework in Heroes as well as Overwatch's D.Va challenge. Sep 06, 2018 at 03:57 by Stan

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #23

In the latest episode of our podcast, we discussed Battle for Azeroth launch and at the end of the show we interviewed John Staats, author of the World of Warcraft Diary. Aug 23, 2018 at 10:18 by Stan 2 comments

Huge Blizzard Infographic, Best of BlizzCon Videos, Programming Reveal

Apparently it's BlizzCon season and to celebrate its start Blizzard have posted a whole lot of goodies for us to enjoy! First off there's a great "Best of BlizzCons Past" video series, that will be focusing on the great moments from former conventions, starting off with biggest surprise announcements. We can also vote for for our favorite surprise to come out of the shows. Aug 22, 2018 at 16:21 by Starym 2 comments

Blizzard at Gamescom: Azshara + New OW Shorts, Cosplay and More

Blizzard is heading to gamescom tomorrow, August 21st, and it's bringing a whole lot of animation with it! We're getting the now long awaited final entry in the Warbingers series, featuring Queen Azshara and a huge chunk of the Battle for Azeroth lore, where we might find out just what level of Old God involvement the expansion will have (spoiler alert: a lot). Her majesty will also be an endboss in a later raid, is the frontperson on the Blizzard gamescom art and we'll get to see the start of her BfA story in the animated short on August 24th, after the Cosplay contest that starts at 6:15 CEST (and ends at 7:00, but the short might come up a bit earlier than that)! Aug 20, 2018 at 17:34 by Starym 10 comments

Icy Veins Podcast Episode #22

In Episode 22 of our podcast, we go through Sylvanas' actions from the War of Thorns up to the Battle for Lordaeron event, Aleco helps us discuss the Boomsday Project launch and talks about exciting decks that you can check out in our guides section. We also didn't leave out Sally Whitemane and the Overwatch League! Aug 08, 2018 at 21:59 by Stan

BlizzCon 2018: Third Ticket Sale Added

If you didn't manage to buy tickets during the first two sales, worry not. Blizzard just announced a third sale and you'll be able to snag a ticket on August 18th! Aug 08, 2018 at 17:52 by Stan

4.5.0 Patch Notes, War Chest S3 Preview

This patch brings preparations for the War Chest: BlizzCon 2018, which will be available on August 9th and feature a whole lot of new skins, banners and bonus items for other Blizzard games. You can check out the preview of the chest and the rest of the patch notes, which feature a lot of bug fixes focused primarily on co-op, below: Aug 07, 2018 at 18:47 by Starym

Podcast #30

Rastakhan's Rumblings

Hearthstone

All about Rastakhan's Rumble
WoW

A few things about 8.1
Overwatch

Nerfs for Brigitte and Doomfist
Heroes

Wonder William and Orphea prices
StarCraft 2

Patch 4.7.1
Diablo

Patch 2.6.4 and the Kotaku article

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14 May 2018: TvT: Safe Cyclones into Bio Play (Terran vs Terran)
- Added a new TvT build, the safe cyclone opening into bio follow-up.
12 May 2018: TvP: Cloaked Banshee into Two-Base, Five-Barracks all-in (Terran vs Protoss)
- A TvP build order which looks at early harrassment leading into a large two-base push.
02 May 2018: TvZ Build Order: Maru's $200,000 Proxy 2 Rax (Terran vs Zerg)
- A new TvZ build, this time focusing on early aggression with the infamous proxy 2 Rax!
27 Mar. 2018: TvT: Proxy 2-Rax Reaper into Bio (Terran vs Terran)
- Added a new TvT build, the Proxy 2 Rax Reaper, which actually has more focus on the mid-game than you would usually expect.
26 Mar. 2018: TvP: Quick Cyclone All-in with a Proxied Second Factory (Terran vs Protoss)
- Another TvP build order, this time looking at an aggressive all-in which focuses on the usage of Cyclones.
21 Feb. 2018: TvT Build Order: Safe Reaper Expand into Cyclones
- Added our first Terran vs Terran build order: INnoVation's Safe Reaper Expand into Cyclones.
21 Feb. 2018: TvZ Build Order: Hellbat Drop Opening into Mech (Terran vs Zerg)
- Another TvZ build, this time looking at a Hellbat opening with a Mech follow-up.
15 Feb. 2018: TvZ Build Order: uThermals Fast 3CC into Bio (Terran vs Zerg)
- Added our second build order: TvZ uThermals Fast 3 Command Center Variation.

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