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Playing with friends when your characters are different levels is now easier than ever with Party Sync.

If you’d like to play WoW with your friends without having to worry about whether your characters’ levels are too far apart, the new Party Sync feature is for you!

Relive Azeroth’s History Together

When players activate Party Sync, everyone in the party becomes aligned to the same quest state and phase. By mousing over a quest in your tracker, you can see who’s on a given quest, what their progress is, and who’s ready to turn it in. You’ll also have access to a “replay quest” feature that allows players who have already completed certain quests to replay them with friends who haven’t for rewards that are appropriate to their current actual level, regardless of the original level of the quest. Quests can be replayed for rewards once a day.

While most quests can be replayed, there are some exceptions. Repeatable quests, such as dailies an...

• Standardized the product purchase flow to use the Blizzard checkout process.

• Screenshots for Disco Bloodbath LE are now properly appearing in game and in the editor.
• Adjusted mineral locations and pathing to prevent mules from getting stuck on Jungle Depths LE.

Enter the tombs… if you dare. The Tombs of Terror are opening soon, and we’re relying on the League of Explorers to put a stop to the misguided miscreants and powerful plague lords unleashed upon the world by Arch-Villain Rafaam and his League of E.V.I.L.

Read on for details on everything that’s coming in this update, including the new solo adventure, card changes, game updates, and more!

Tombs of Terror! – Chapters 1&2 Launching September 17

Hearthstone’s newest Solo Adventure is just over the next dune! Here’s what’s in store for you in the Tombs of Terror:

• Dual-Class Heroes! 
  Even if you’re a legendary Hero, defeating world-threatening plague lords and powerful evil leagues ta...

We’ve just released a Heroes of the Storm patch in order to address a few live bugs. Read on for details.

Bug Fixes

Heroes

• Chen
  • Fixed an issue where Gift of the Ox could cause Chen to take all Stagger damage at once.
  • Purifying Brew no longer reduces crowd control effects on Chen.
• Rehgar
  • Casting abilities now properly puts Ghost Wolf on cooldown.
• Valla
  • The Caltrop quest now properly completes at max stacks, and properly grants Vault cooldown and its Mana cost reduction.

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Twitch Drops will be returning for the remainder of Grandmasters Season 2! Running on the Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone channel exclusively during the designated time frames, we’ll make it rain Saviors of Uldum card packs--at random, once an hour, we’ll drop 1,500 packs to viewers who have linked their Twitch and Battle.net accounts.

Season 2 Twitch Drop Dates and Times (Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone only):

• September 6, 2 a.m. – 4...

It all comes down to this! After a year of near-total domination by the Zerg powerhouses Serral and Reynor, WCS Fall represents the final opportunity for StarCraft II players to claim a vaunted WCS trophy in 2019. But there’s even more on the line this time: with BlizzCon rapidly approaching, WCS Fall represents is the last chance for players to show their mettle and qualify for the WCS Global Finals with a big finish!

Beginning September 6, WCS Fall features a return to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, with 80 players duking it out for the title of WCS Champion. Last year’s event was remembered for two story lines: Italian Zerg Reynor’s rise to the top, making the finals in his first-ever year of WCS competition at the age of 16; and the Finnish powerhouse Serral’s absolute domination of the StarCraft II pro scene, as he defeated Reynor in a tense finals match that gave him a complete sweep of the 2018 Circuit. 

While many are eyeing ...

• Nation Wars 2019 Complete Bundle has been added to the game for future purchase.
  • “Nation Wars VI” Portrait
  • “Nation Wars VI” Spray
  • “Nuke Here” Spray
  • “EZPZ” Spray
• Added six new weekly Mutations.

• War Chest: BlizzCon 2019
  • Proper dance animations now appear for the Tyrador Ghost skin when equipped.
  
  • Maps
    • Disco BloodBath LE
      • Moved a Vespene Geyser at the natural base so that a wall-off...

Gather your torches and party up with friends as you delve into the Tombs of Terror at a Fireside Gathering. With a variety of modes and special gameplay rules available, no two trips into the Tombs will be the same!

Tombs of Terror Fireside Gatherings

Tombs of Terror Fireside Gatherings happening between September 17 – October 6 will eligible to receive support kits containing awesome physical Hearthstone loot. Keep an eye out for fireside gatherings happening near you by using the “Find a Gathering” tool at ...

The final results for the July Hearthstone Ranked Standard in July and the Arena Leaderboard for July 4 - August 5 are in!

The players featured below have employed top notch deck building skills, in-the-moment decision making, and unyielding dedication to achieve a most noteworthy feat!

Dynamic ladder rankings are now also available for the Standard and Wild ladders.

Pull up a chair and join us as we toast to the month’s best players!

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Arch-Villain Rafaam’s plan is coming together and the deserts of Uldum are rife with malodorous miscreants, vicious villains, and powerful plague lords set on raining devastation upon the world. Now, it’s up to you to assist Elise in gathering the other members of the League of Explorers to join the battle for the fate of Azeroth!

Read on for details about the Onwards to Uldum event and prepare to delve into the Tombs of Terror when it launches on September 17!

Join the Search

The Onward to Uldum in-game event will last a total of two weeks and will feature two brand-new Tavern Brawls and some awesome rewards!

New Tavern Brawls

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Live from the HyperX esports arena in Las Vegas, celebrate the launch of WoW® Classic with the World of Warcraft® community during a 4-and-a-half-hour streamed event: HyperX Kickoff to WoW® Classic. Featuring interviews, panels with top streamers, and cosplayers. Plus, a chat with a member of the WoW® dev team, take part in giveaways, and more!

When: Monday, August 26 at 11:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 p.m. CDT, 2:00 p.m. EDT)
Where: Twitch.tv/HyperX

Now that Saviors of Uldum is live and new cards have been introduced, a few decks have surfaced which we feel need to be addressed in order to make for a better ladder experience for Hearthstone players. Read on for more details on today’s balance adjustments:

Mage

[[Conjurer’s Calling]] – Mana cost increased from 3 to 4

Over the course of the first season of Grandmasters, Team Genji is putting the rest of the competitive scene on notice. Fielding more Grandmasters than any other team, they have emerged as one of the strongest teams in competitive Hearthstone today.

So, what’s the story behind the organization? We sat down with Genji’s’s North American Champion Francisco "PNC" Leimontas, the team’s European runner-up Linh "Seiko" Nguyen, and Genji’s co-founder Faraz Barmpar to discuss the team’s recent victories and some simple tips aspiring Hearthstone pros can use to level up their game.

PNC's Big Win

When PNC won the North American Playoffs, he became the first Latin-American player to qualify for the Global Finals at BlizzCon. “It meant so much to me,” explained PNC, “to have my devotion to Hearthstone rewarded.”

“I really turned my performance in Grandmasters around,” said PNC. “I started the season really poorly. But some smart deck choices ...

Now that Saviors of Uldum is live, new cards have been introduced and powerful decks have started to surface. To make for a better ladder experience for Hearthstone players in this new expansion, we’ve decided to make the following card adjustments in an update next week:

Mage

While [[Conjurer’s Calling]] is a powerful tool that’s found in a number of Mage decks, when used in decks focused around cards like [[Mountain Giant]] and [[Sea Giant]], it was creating extremely powerful board states at a point in the game where opponents didn’t have effective answers.

Increasing the mana cost of this card will make using both c...

To commemorate the release of World of Warcraft Classic, we assembled some members of the original World of Warcraft team for an epic play session with the game that launched or propelled many of their careers. Watch original WoW game designers Alex Afrasiabi, Tom Chilton, Jeff Kaplan, Pat Nagle, and Aaron Keller group up and discuss their fondest memories developing the game.

BUG FIXES

War Chest: BlizzCon 2019

• Fixed an issue with the Adept’s Ihan-rii skin when warping in.

MAC

• Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving a match or a lobby.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when launching the Editor.

With the launch of Storm League season 1 we have seen a dramatic improvement in rank distribution. One of the primary changes in this release was in how rank is determined. In the past, rank and rating were two entirely different concepts, both of which were updated differently after each game. It was very common for a player's rank and rating to diverge throughout each season which could cause the matchmaking system to struggle to find games.

With the changes introduced this season, rank is always updated by taking the change in rating and determining the equivalent number of rank points to reward. This leaves very few ways rating and rank can diverge and results in most players being shown a number equivalent to their rating.

Overall, we are very happy with how the changes are looking; however, we are aware of the inconsistencies players are currently experiencing in Bronze 5. With the new design, players in Bronze 5 will gain/lose far fewer points per game than ...

World of Warcraft Classic launches August 26. To make sure you’re prepared, we’ve pulled together some information to help you get started on your journey through Azeroth.

F.A.Q.

Q. What is WoW® Classic?
A. World of Warcraft Classic is a faithful recreation of the original WoW experience, as it was in 2006. Everything about the game—from combat mechanics and talent trees, to character models and zone layouts—has been restored to realize a truly authentic experience. You can learn more in our ...

We’ve just released a Heroes of the Storm patch in order to address a few live bugs. Read on for details.

Bug Fixes

Heroes

• Qhira
  • Fatal Wounds no longer causes Blood Rage to deal bonus damage to enemies that have less than 5 stacks.
  • Fatal Wounds no longer causes the activated portion of Blood Rage to deal bonus damage.

User Interface

• Ranked: Post-game point breakdown animation now properly counts up or down.
• Season names now properly display in order on the Profile.
• Fixed an issue where Blizzard Checkout could fail to load when purchasing Gems.
• The Loot Chest award animation no longer improperly displays two Loot Chests granted when a Hero Le...

One of the hypest events of the year approaches! This week, WCS fans from across the globe can tune into StarCraft II’s all-star event, GSL vs. The World, to watch the biggest names duke it out in fierce competition! 2019’s top performers in both the WCS Circuit and Korea’s Global StarCraft II League, along with an incredible roster of players voted in by fans, will battle each other in an individual 16-player tournament, as well as a unique team-based competition, to see who will come out on top.

Beginning August 15, GSL vs. The World will kick off a dazzling showcase of individual competition, with 16 players competing in a knockout bracket. Last year’s competition did not disappoint, with eventual BlizzCon finalists Serral and Stats meeting in one of the most exciting matches of the year. The Finnish Zerg clinching a close 4-3 series over the Korean Protoss that forecasted his dominance at BlizzCon - will we see another Global Finals preview at this year’s event?