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On June 21, we held a Campfire Chat that went through our upcoming Season 5 Public Test Realm (PTR), which runs from June 25—July 2 for players with a PC Battle.net account.

Community director Adam Fletcher, lead season designer Daniel Tanguay, and lead live class designer Adam Jackson, sat down to give a preview of the Infernal Hordes game mode, new Eternal Quest, and more. The team also briefly touched on the midseason patch 1.4.3. update, which covered class balance updates.

If you’d like to watch the full Campfire Chat to catch up on all the details, see the video below.

To read all the details on our upcoming PTR, you can read that blog ...

Great forces gather beyond the gates of Hell, wanderer. Do you dare to cull their threat?

The second Public Test Realm (PTR) for Diablo IV is coming soon, offering you the chance to test upcoming changes and features for Season 5. PTR will be available from June 25 to July 2 for players with a PC Battle.net account.

The purpose of the PTR is to test updates and features before the launch of Season 5. Then we’ll make adjustments to Season 5 using your feedback before it goes live for everyone. The feedback we receive helps us to fine-tune balance changes, eliminate bugs, and create the best experience possible. Having a PTR gives us a chance to test new systems, and we’re grateful for your time spent playing.

Your experience in Sanctuary is about to burn even hotter: here’s an overview of what you need to know.

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Take part in the hottest holiday of the year from June 21 through July 5. The Midsummer Fire Festival brings with it a variety of activities and rewards to light up Azeroth’s summer.

Dragonflight

New This Year

New Skyriding Customization: Cliffside Wylderdrake Armor

When: June 21–July 5
Where: Major Horde and Alliance Cities
Currency: Burning Blossom

"A time of merriment and celebration, dedicated to the hottest season of the year."

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Season 11 is here, and with it comes a fun new way to play designed by some of your favorite Overwatch 2 content creators. We’ve teamed up with Emongg, TQQ, Custa, and ...

Save up to 65% off in cool savings during the WoW Summer Sale*, but act fast; these offers will evaporate after July 1, 2024.

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Our next Campfire Chat begins on June 21 at 11 a.m. PDT and gives a preview of our Season 5 Public Test Realm. Join associate director of community Adam Fletcher, lead season designer Daniel Tanguay, and lead live class designer Adam Jackson, as they reveal what to expect in the Season 5 PTR.

We’ll also detail how to access the Public Test Realm (PTR) in Diablo IV, available to PC BattleNet users. This PTR allows you to get your first taste of the changes coming in our next Season. During the PTR, we’ll listen closely to your feedback in order to make adjustments before the Season arrives for all.

There will also be a Q&A segment at the end of the stream for players to field their questions directly to the team.

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Queen Regent Moira Thaurissan is exhausted. Her son, Dagran II, is rapidly coming of age and stands to inherit leadership of both the Dark Iron and Bronzebeard Clans. But Dagran is bookish and odd: He would easily choose the company of his library over leadership. Can Moira inspire her son to take up his birthright, or will her fears for his future—and the future of the clans—prove true?

Among all the great craggy, unfeeling boulders of our people, Dagran was always my flower.

For all the good it ever did him. Or me.

Few can imagine what it costs a gentle soul to grow up a dwarf. It may even be worse than to come into this world saddled with the soul of a daughter instead of a son. That one singular roll of the bones determined much of my life before my fist first found my mother’s braid. My body robbed me blind with its first breath: it was a girl’s, and therefore not what my father wanted.

I am ...

Patch 29.6, launching today, starts planning for Hearthstone’s next expansion, Perils in Paradise, returns Baku and Genn to the free Core Set for a limited time, brings Buddies back to Battlegrounds (including Battlegrounds Duos), sets the stage for the next Twist season, and more!

Pre-Purchase Perils in Paradise

Prepare for an island vacation to Hearthstone’s next expansion, Perils in Paradise, arriving on July 23! The old fox Marin has put his questing days behind him and is taking on a new adventure: resort management. Tucked away in the Spiral Isles, his new resort has everything you need for an unforgettable adventure—class-hopping Tourists, tasty Drinks, Locations you’ll want to visit over and over again, and a dash of danger. Book your tickets now, it’s almost time for Perils in Paradise!

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Gear up for an epic showdown as Ultrawatch faces Mythic Calamity Empress Ashe, plus celebrate 100 million heroes with the return of Pink Mercy, and much more. Overwatch 2 Season 11: Super Mega Ultrawatch arrives June 20!

Get ready to unleash your inner superhero with Legendary Ultrawatch skins, as you call upon their power to fight evil. The fallen Mythic Calamity Empress Ashe, alongside her no-good miscreant sidekick B.O.B., has risen to power, and it's up to Ultrawatch to stop her. But will the power of teamwork be enough to stand against the Empress’s wicked reign or will she conquer and rule the world?

Create Calamity with New Mythic Rewards

Being evil will never be more fun when you progress through the Season 11 Premium Battle Pass. This season, the wickedly magical Mythic Calamity Empress Ashe has emerged, wielding her dark magic as she looks to defeat Ultrawatch and any others who try to stand in her way. Experience enhanced visual effects, with h...

Catch up on all the latest World of Warcraft news from the last week!

World of Warcraft®: The War Within™ Goes Live August 26!

Help defend Azeroth from the shadows below when World of Warcraft: The War Within™ launches on August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT worldwide. Heed the call and take your place in the opening chapter of the Worldsoul Saga™, a thrilling trilogy that begins in the depths of Khaz Algar.

Rally together to battle against malevolent forces and lurking perils. Traverse through four expansive new zones, take on dangerous dungeons and raids, uncover the secrets within Delves alongside an NPC companion— either alone or with friends—, and unlock the Earthen, a new playable race, discover new Hero Talents, embrace the Warbands system, and more!

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In Patch 29.6, Buddies are returning to Battlegrounds including their debut in Battlegrounds Duos!

What’s a Buddy?

Buddies are powerful minions assigned to each Hero. Every Buddy is unique to a particular Hero Power and doesn’t appear in the general minion pool. Throughout the match, you can get copies of your Buddy to add to your Warband and help you win the fight.

Making Friends is Easy

Just like last time Buddies were around, each hero will have a Buddy Button that you can press to get their Buddy. The Buddy Button has an initial cost based on the Tavern Tier of your Buddy, which the...

Update, June 27 - We communicated incorrect pricing for select regional currencies for this blog. These prices have now been updated appropriately to match the actual retail price for both the Pink Mercy skin and the Rose Gold Mercy bundle. We apologize for any error.

Overwatch would not be where it is without you. You’ve pushed the payload, fought to capture the point, and cheered your teams to victory. Whether you are a tank main, damage one-trick, or support superstar, you’re all heroes. Since Overwatch launched in 2016, we’ve had over 100 million players answer the call, and we’re celebrating this milestone with something very special.

One of our favorite memories from this history of Overwatch is when we all came together for a great cause and helped make a difference in the lives of those affected by breast cancer. In May 2018, we introduced the Pink Mercy skin, which helped raise $12.7 million USD for the ...

Season of Discovery Phase 4 is coming and with it, players will be able to level to 60, discover new class runes, enter the Molten Core raid dungeon to face Ragnaros, and more.

What’s in Store

We’re leveling up Season of Discovery Phase 4 with a variety of leveling changes, new rune discoveries, class adjustments, professions and reputations updates, dungeon updates, PvP Class Sets, updated events, raid content, world bosses, and more.

• Level from 50 to 60
• Updated Discoverer’s Delight buff
  • Level 1-50 150%
  • Level 50-60 50%
• New Runes for each class to discover.
  • New Cloak rune slot
• Utility Runes: These class agnostic utility runes will provide additional bonuses to a variety of skills such as additional bonuses to a variety of stats such as weapon skill, spell hit, and more....

Every Pride Month, communities around the world celebrate and accentuate why it’s important to give visibility to everyone in the LGBTQ+ community. Overwatch Creator Dani Ellis— better known as Grandma—knows why Overwatch is a place where the LGBTQ+ community can feel openly represented in the game and be part of the gaming community. We talked with Grandma about why this matters, and how she expresses herself to her community on her stream at twitch.tv/grandma.

Hello Grandma! Can you introduce and share with us who you are?

My name is Grandma, though my actual name is Dani. I consider myself a veteran gamer, as I have been playing games since I was 4 years old. ...

Help defend Azeroth from the shadows below when World of Warcraft: The War Within™ launches on August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT worldwide. Heed the call and take your place in the opening chapter of the Worldsoul Saga™, a thrilling trilogy that begins in the depths of Khaz Algar.

Rally together to battle against malevolent forces and lurking perils. Traverse through four expansive new zones, take on dangerous dungeons and raids, uncover the secrets within Delves alongside an NPC companion— either alone or with friends—, and unlock the Earthen, a new playable race, discover new Hero Talents, embrace the Warbands system, and more!

Pre-Purchase World of Warcraft: The War Within

Vessel of Hatred™, the first expansion for Diablo IV, is now available for pre-purchase through Battle.net, PlayStation® and Xbox Games Stores, and Steam, and will release on October 8. Deep in the jungles of Nahantu, a conflicted Neyrelle is tormented by the malicious wills of her travelling companion Mephisto. Can you navigate the terrors that lay in wait to save her soul, or will it already be too late? Harness the powers of an all-new class to survive the deadly wilds and fight back the terrible power from within.

Pre-purchase Vessel of Hatred™ Ultimate Edition and immediately receive* Alkor the Snow Leopard Pet, Natalya the Tiger Pet, and Hlrati the Canine Pet, plus the Nahantu War-cat Mount Bundle**, Wings of the Faith cosmetic, 3,000 Platinum, armor sets for each class, and more.

For an overview of everything we announced today, here is a message from game director Brent Gibson!

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Overwatch 2 strives to be a space that is fun and safe for all players of all backgrounds. Whether they are queer or an ally, many players in our community have made Overwatch 2 their game a place where they can express themselves authentically. We had the chance to talk with content creator Deshaawnn to find out why Overwatch 2 is his go-to game and positive place for him.

Hello Deshaawnn! Would you please introduce yourself and which heroes do you like to play?

Deshaawn: Hello, my name is Deshaawnn. I’m a cozy / slightly chaotic queer streamer in the Overwatch community. I’ve been streaming since 2018 and honestly, I just love shining love and positivity into people’s lives. That’s what I enjoy about this most of all.

My favorite hero to play? ...

Catch up on all the latest World of Warcraft news from the last week!

The War Within Beta Test Now Live!

Over the course of the test, we’ll be inviting community veterans, press, fansites, friends, and family to check out the upcoming expansion and give us feedback. Players who purchase or who upgrade to the Epic Edition of ...