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Below are the Arena leaderboards for May 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022. Arena rankings reflect players’ best 30 consecutive runs throughout a season. The players featured below have exhibited top-notch deckbuilding skills, in-the-moment decision making, and unyielding dedication to achieve a most noteworthy feat!

For an Arena run to be included in this season, its end time must have been between May 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. and July 1, 2022 at 9:59:59 a.m.

Dynamic ladder rankings are now also available for Standard and other game modes.

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An iconic part of the original Wrath of the Lich King, the WoW Classic team shares some insights on the Battle for Wintergrasp development in Wrath Classic.

As a part of our ongoing development for Wrath of the Lich King Classic, we’ve been hard at work on the Battle for Wintergrasp and wanted to take some time to go over our plans for this content. We have a lot to talk about in this article, but we wanted to start off by sharing that the Battle for Wintergrasp will be available in Wrath Classic as an instanced battleground, similar to Alterac Valley. This was not a deliberate design choice so much as a necessary change due to the nature of WoW Classic and the way that our realms function.

A Little Background

To understand more on how we got here, we thought it might be helpful to give a refresher on how WoW Classic was built. From the start, we very much wante...

Your awakening was unprecedented, but the time has come to claim your place in the world of Azeroth. The Dragon Isles are waiting for you to discover your purpose and awaken your wing mates in your new adventures. You will not be so easily contained.

Created by Neltharion the Earth-Warder the essence of dragons was combined with the adaptability of the mortal races to create an elite soldier capable of switching from a draconic form to humanoid form. Long in a magical stasis, they are now awakening to a new threat within the Dragon Isles. It is in the Forbidden Reach that the dracthyr will start their journey to reclaim their fractured memories and face a n...

The Forbidden Reach, once the secret training grounds of the black dragonflight, has descended into a broken and deserted landscape, lost to the ravages of time. Those few dragons who remember the island know that it is taboo to visit, a place where something dreadful fell. Those who have braved the shores found little of consequence in this cauldron-like caldera apart from a shattered landscape and nature-claimed ruins half buried by magma.

No Longer Forgotten

Neltharion the Earth-Warder fashioned these lands as a secret training ground for the ultimate soldiers, the dracthyr. But in the aftermath of a terrible battle, the island lay dormant and abandoned for ages. 

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GENERAL

• 2022 IEM Katowice Champion Achievement has been added with a new IEM Champion 2022 Serral Portrait reward, and can be earned by logging in to the game.

• New 2022 Ladder Season 1 has started with a new 1v1 map pool.
  • 1v1
    • Cosmic Sapphire
    • Data-C
    • Inside and Out
    • Moondance
    • Stargazers
    • Tropical Sacrifice
    • Waterfall

A hero, that's what you once were. You stood boldly against the shadow and purchased another dawn for the world... with your life. But the evil you fought is not so easily banished; the victory you claimed, not so easily held. For now, the specter of death looms over the world yet again and it has found new champions to bring about its final reign. Knights of darkness, wielding runes of death and destruction, bound by the will of the Lich King. This is the hour of their ascension. This is the hour of your dark rebirth…

The Lich King’s armies present an ever-present threat to all life on Azeroth. Some of his most terrifying servants are known as Death Knights—unliving instruments of the Lich King’s will.

Unlike mindless Scourge puppets such as ghouls and skeletons, a Death Knight is a former hero of Azeroth that’s been risen into undeath to serve the Lich King for all eternity. As Worl...

The Overwatch 2 Beta comes to an end—and with that, we’re one step closer to a new beginning on October 4.

Watching our players across different platforms take Junker Queen for a spin, run wild across Rio, and try out a slew of other new features for the first time was an awesome experience for the team. Each piece of feedback we received was incredibly valuable, and we were able to focus on both our technical and gameplay goals throughout the testing period! 

We’ll continue to balance heroes—based on our findings from the beta, and perhaps based on some additional considerations (like a certain unannounced fox-related hero who will be joining the support roster).

Over the next few weeks, the team will share more information about the data we've been collecting. We have new features and content that we look forward to sharing with you as well over the next couple of months. We’re one step closer to launch now, and we can’t wait to share more with you soon...

Join us, starting on July 21, for the first investigations of the gameplay for Hearthstone’s upcoming expansion, Murder at Castle Nathria! In these theorycraft livestreams, your favorite Standard and Wild content creators are coming together to search for clues as to what the new expansion has to offer.

Rules

• Standard format: There must be at least 10 Murder at Castle Nathria cards included in each deck (can be 10 unique cards or 2x copies of 5 unique cards).
• Wild format: There must be at least 1 Legendary and 5 additional Murder at Castle Nathria cards included in each deck (for a total of 6+ new cards per deck).

How to Watch

Invited players will be streaming their participation on their own personal str...

Grandmasters: Last Call will feature 16 players, the top four of each Season 1 region and the top four players by match wins from the first three 2022 Masters Tours. This global region will compete in a four-week season for their share of the $150,000 (USD) prize pool! To test the mettle of these 16 world-class players, we’ll be switching formats each week, with the best and most well-rounded player proving worthy of earning an invite to the 2022 World Championship. Read on for all the details for this season, and be sure to catch the action each Friday-Sunday, only on YouTube.

Who/What/When/Where

• Dates:
  • Week 1 – July 22 - 24
  • Week 2 – July 29 - 31
  • Bye Week – Enjoy the release of ...

Chart a course across the Shadowlands for this week’s Bonus Event – World Quests.

This Week

All week, open your map (default hotkey-"m") and select any of the regions in Shadowlands to view the World Quests available to you. To find out more about each World quest, simply hover your mouse over a World Quest on the map to see what tasks are needed to complete it, the rewards you’ll receive, and the time remaining that the quest is available to you.

Look for the following all week long:

• Caretaker Kah-Toll in Oribos has a quest for you—The World Awaits. You can also start the quest from within the Adventure Guide (Shift-J).
  • Quest requirement: Complete 20 World Quests in the Shadowlands
  • Reward: Choice of one of four Covenant Commendations worth 500 Reputation and 3 Multi-Modal Anima Containers each worth 250 stored Anima for your Covenant Reservoir.
• Passive buff: +50% to Reputation gains f...

If you’re just returning after a hiatus from World of Warcraft, leveling another character (or two), or preparing to get a head start on Shadowlands Season 4 then this is the perfect time to jump into the game. Beginning this week with each region’s local weekly reset,  World of Warcraft* players level 10-59 will gain an experience buff called “Winds of Wisdom,” which will increase experience gains by 50%!

Don’t delay. The winds will shift once more with the start of Shadowlands Season 4, and the experience buff will no longer be available.

* Experience buff not available in World of Warcraft® Classic titles.

This week in World of Warcraft, players are making their way to Azure Span as the Dragonflight alpha begins. Check out some of the articles that will give you a closer look at Dragonflight—including a look at dracthyr customizations, a zone preview of Azure Span, a new professions system, and more.

In case you missed it, we're also excited to (officially) welcome Proletariat to Blizzard. You can find the full press release on the announcement ...

In this preview, the World of Warcraft development team shares more on the new profession updates and shows off some of the new crafting stations and equipment becoming available in Dragonflight.

Crafting Stations in Dragonflight

Upon entering the Dragon Isles, you will find new crafting stations for crafting professions that don't currently have them, which includes all crafting professions with the exception of Cooking and Blacksmithing. The goal for these stations is to help increase the immersion and fantasy of your chosen professions and enhance the social experience.

Engineering Station

Enchanting Station

Jewelcrafting Station

With those goals in mind, much like for Blacksmithing, most new Dragon Isles crafting recipes will require you to be at these new crafting stations. You will find many of them scattered througho...

Journey into the Azure Span, an ancient frost-touched land, where you'll aid Kalecgos as he ventures into the Azure Archives on a mission to reclaim the Azure Oathstone.

Cold Comfort

When you first arrive in the Azure Span, you'll be greeted with snowy peaks, mist-covered forests, and icy tundra. The Azure Span stretches from coastal tuskarr villages through sprawling forest tundra to looming spires of ice and snow. Regal blue dragons once roamed these lands, but with the passage of time, several tribes of tuskarr, gnolls, and furbolg now call these ancient lands their home.

The Azure Span is one of the largest zones created in World of Warcraft to date and offers the greatest visual elevation c...

Bristling with arcane energy, the serpentine Nether-Gorged Greatwyrm* is now available to add to your mount collection. Glide through the nether on this gluttonous mount when you purchase directly from in-game or the Blizzard Shop, or receive it at no additional charge with a 6-Month Subscription, along with the Tabard of Flame** for Burning Crusade Classic.

A Netherworldly Appetite for Adventure!

The Nether-Gorged Greatwyrm will carry you to the far-off horizons of whatever plane of existence your adventures take you. Embark on an electrifying journey and discover new sources of delicious arcane power along the way.

This arcane power-hungry mount will automatically be added to your Collection when you purchase the ...

Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with the patch! Read on for details.

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General

• Hero Rotation will update every 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd of every month.
• Each new Season will now have 4 New Seasonal Quests for new Ranked Season.

Return to T...

Shadowlands introduced a series of three new bonus events within Torghast, Tower of the Damned, offering unique new event Anima Powers. These new powers will provide a variety of wild new abilities to utilize during your adventure through the halls. If you choose the event-themed Anima Power at the start of your dungeon run, the remaining choices for that run will change to include additional event-themed powers to choose from along the way.

For example, choosing the maw pet power during the Beasts of Prodigum event will alter any remaining Anima Power discoveries in Torghast to include powers that buff your maw pet. Should you not choose to take this new power and choose a normally available power, you will not get any abilities associated with the event within Torghast to use for your run.

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Shadowlands Season 4 marks a new approach to a World of Warcraft® Season, and with the return of some of WoW’s favorite dungeons, we’re excited to mark a new era for The Great Push (TGP) with an expanded event format while pushing the frontiers of what’s possible in Mythic Dungeons, on YouTube and Twitch. Read on for all the details and head over to GameBatt...

The new Dracthyr race provides a variety of features to customize your character including bold horn options, a diverse palette of colors to choose from, and more. In this preview, we show off more of the choices available for you to fully express your Dracthyr form.

Choose from a variety of options for your Dracthyr including horns, scales, snouts, eyes, and more.

Dragonflight contains major updates to World of Warcraft classes, centering on the re-introduction of talent trees. In this preview, we take a first look at the prototype trees for the Hunter and Rogue classes. These and all the other trees still have a lot of work to be done, but we want to share what we can to start collecting detailed feedback at this early stage.

Some of our biggest goals in a class and talent revamp are to increase player agency over your character’s progression and build, provide meaningful rewards while leveling, and reinforce your character’s connection to both their class and their spec. In addition, we felt we had to retain many features of modern World of Warcraft speciali...