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The call to arms has been issued—who will stand ready at the gates of Hell to face the Lord of Terror? Diablo II: Resurrected™ is coming soon, a definitive remastering of Diablo II alongside its Lord of Destruction® expansion! On September 23, veteran and new players alike can save Sanctuary from the Burning Hells on Windows® PC, and for the first time on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and Nintendo Switch™.

Experience the timeless classic, now with high-resolution visuals (with support for up to 4K resolution) and remastered 7.1 Dolby Surround audio bringing the world of Sanctuary to life in a whole new way. Prepare to witness the original game’s cinematics, 27-minutes of epic storytelling, faithfully recreated to capture the dark ambiance so fondly remembered.

While Diablo II: Resurrected takes full advantage of today’s modern gaming hardware, it preserves the engaging hack-and-slash gameplay that is...

Update on 7/1: PTR 2.7.1 has ended as of July 1, 2021. Thank you for your feedback and testing! We'll see you in Season 24!

Update on 6/24: PTR 2.7.1 has been updated. Please see below for changes and "Developer's Note" annotations in RED.

Developer's Note: We want to thank everyone who has participated in PTR and has shared their feedback through the forums and community channels. We hope you enjoy the changes and we want to hear more feedback so we can make additional adjustments before 2.7.1 and Season 24 release.

Our two-week PTR testing period for the 2.7.1 update begins June 17 and we're asking for your help to quell the tides of surging demons. Take a look at the preliminary patch notes below and start theorycrafting how you'll make the most of the Ethereals and new balance changes; Patch 2.7.1 will be arriving soon.

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Updated June 10: The description for Memories of Sunless Skies has been revised to clarify that players with Expert Riding Skill can fly in Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth. Characters that do not have Expert Riding Skill will still need to purchase it.

Earn your wings and a special covenant-themed mount in the next major content update, Chains of Domination! Instead of challenging you with a Pathfinder achievement like in previous expansions, you’ll instead earn flying in Shadowlands early on within the newest chapters of your covenant campaign.

Upon completing a quest contained within the "The Last Sigil" storyline, you’ll be rewarded with Memories of Sunless Skies. This consumable item allows all characters on your account with Expert Riding Skill to fly in Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth!

Read on to see what you can do right now to ensure you hit the ground running so you can start soari...

Cross-Play is now live in Overwatch, allowing players to group up and play together across platforms. Powered by the latest global Battle.net update, players from around the world can team up, regardless of their preferred platform*. With the release of cross-play, all players will need to make a Battle.net account and link their appropriate console accounts. With the launch of Cross-Play, everyone who logs in to Overwatch by the end of 2021 will receive a Golden Loot Box to celebrate.

Check out our resources below to get all of your questions answered.

Prepare Your Account

All console players will...

Hi, everyone! My name is Marco Alamia, and I am a software engineer on the Overwatch team. Since we recently finished working on a new piece of technology for Overwatch 2, we thought it would be a great opportunity to give the community a sneak peek of what goes into creating improvements for a game engine. To assist me in this endeavor, I have enlisted the help of two other developers from the Overwatch team: Bruce Wilkie and Fabien Christin.

The new technology we added to the engine is called Environment States, and it has quickly become our favorite workflow for map creation and design. Although the feature is developed and refined inside the Overwatch 2’s engine and tools, the core idea stems from the mind of our talented lighting artist, Fabien. I asked Fabien to help us understand how he came up with the idea that has now reshaped how the team creates maps, and to walk us through his design process.

Let’s dive into Environment States!

“Let’s up the tempo!”

Thank you for another wonderful year of Overwatch! To celebrate our fifth Overwatch Anniversary together—and the community that made it all possible (that's you!)—all players who log in this weekend on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch will receive double experience.

This bonus will apply to nearly all sources of in-game XP, including:

• Time spent in a match
• Completing a match
• Completing consecutive matches
• Winning a match
• Backfilling a match in progress
• Earning medals

It will also stack multiplicatively with existing group and IGR bonuses. The only experience it will not affect is your First Win of the Day bonus—which will remain at 1500 XP.

This bonus experience period begins in all regions across all platforms on Friday, June 4 at 11:00 a.m. PDT and ends on Wednesday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. PDT. If you'd like to see when the bonus will go l...

Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 comes to its thrilling conclusion this weekend! After seven consecutive weeks of individual regional tournaments, standings are set and the top eight players from each region are advancing to one final tournament. The stakes are high as the Finals will determine who will finish the season as regional champions and become eligible for the first three Grandmasters spots at the 2021 Hearthstone World Championship. Here’s everything you need to know to keep up with Season 1 action!

Standings

Gather your party and your wits, for you’ll need both if you plan to survive the most infamous dungeon in the Barrens: the Wailing Caverns! Join forces with a team of Adventurers to fight through deadly beasts and awaken Archdruid Naralex from his slumber. But beware, this is no simple wake-up call!

The Wailing Caverns Mini-Set, launching worldwide on June 3, consists of 35 distinct cards that can all be obtained from Forged in the Barrens card packs! The entire 66-card set (4 Legendary cards, 1 Epic card (x2), 14 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2)) is also available for purchase from the in-game or web shops, for either $14.99 or 2000 Gold!

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The 20.4 patch, which will release on June 3, includes the Wailing Caverns Mini-Set, updates across several modes, returning Card Backs and Hero Skins, and improvements throughout the game.

Wailing Caverns Mini-Set

The Wailing Caverns Mini-Set, launching worldwide on June 3, consists of 35 distinct cards—which can all be obtained from Forged in the Barrens card packs! The entire 66-card set (4 Legendary cards, 1 Epic card (x2), 14 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2)) is also available for purchase from the in-game or web shop, for either $14.99 or 2000 Gold!

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The time is at hand to step beyond the Dark Portal and into the shattered realm of Outland. 

 With our Burning Crusade Classic survival guide, you ARE prepared.

Make your choice to fight for the Horde as a blood elf or join the Alliance as a draenei.

Honor System Updates for Burning Crusade Classic

With Burning Crusade Classic, players will experience an updated Honor system. Learn how obtaining gear and ranking up is different than WoW Classic in our overview. [Learn More]

When first released In December 2006, Patch 2.0 introduced several changes to the Honor system. Burning Crusade Classic follows in its footsteps, and it is in many ways similar, greatly revamping the experience seen in WoW Classic.

What is changing?

The Burning Crusade Classic Honor system allows for players to participate in PvP combat and obtain rewards by earning honor points that can be accumulated and spent like currency on rewards such as items, weapons, and armor.

A significant change is that in Burning Crusade Classic there is no longer any ranking system associated with the honor system, so you no longer need worry about maintaining a rank or standing. Players still interested in ranking up by battling against others can participate in the Arena system, which is the primary form of competitive PvP in Burning Crusade Classic.

Unlike WoW Classic's Honor system, honor points accumulate like currency (akin to gold and silver)...

Burning Crusade Classic provides players the opportunity to go beyond the Dark Portal to face the fel forces of the Burning Legion, but no one needs to go it alone. We’ve gathered some of the best resources from around the community to help.

World of Warcraft Official Site News and Forums

Stay on top of all the official World of Warcraft Classic news by visiting the official site.

World of Warcraft Official forums: Make your way over to the official WoW Classic forums to meet up with players like you.

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Prepare to re-enter the Dark Portal by brushing up on the major events that compel Azeroth’s heroes to enter the shattered world of Outland in Burning Crusade Classic. For those interested in how the story begins, read on to see how the two new playable races, the Burning Legion, and Illidan Stormrage tie together in Burning Crusade Classic.

During WoW Classic, we’ve hunted down and disposed of corrupt black dragonflight’s leaders—Nefarian and his sister Onyxia. We’ve banished the fiendish blood god Hakkar to the plane from whence he came. We exterminated the hivemind infestation that plagued Ahn’Qiraj and shut C’Thun’s all-seeing eye once and for all (we hope). And when Kel’Thuzad’s icy grip threatened our world with an apocalyptic invasion? We shattered his wicked bones and scattered their dust to the wind.

Azeroth’s heroes have bravely faced these challenges and more, struggling to ensure the continued s...

Funk meets (Junk)food in this year’s Overwatch Anniversary event, with Baptiste donning his grooviest garb and Junkrat sporting his most explosively-enticing ensemble yet. With the fifth Anniversary celebration in full swing, we caught up with senior concept artist David Kang to talk about two of the new Legendary skins: Funky Baptiste and Junkfood Junkrat.

While skins for other events like Halloween Terror and Winter Wonderland tend to work within the constraints of a seasonal thematic, the Anniversary event is a chance for artists on the Overwatch team to unlock their mental vaults and pen some of the year’s wildest skin concepts.

Kang oversaw each skin’s journey from concept to completion. He also supervised the work of the talented artists from outside Blizzard that the team was lucky to work with, ensuring that the finished look of each skin had a perfect amount of Overwatch charm and flair.

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This year has seen some of the most intense competitive World of Warcraft ever, and this weekend is sure to elevate the intensity as we bring you our first competitive dungeon one-off, The Great Push!

Over 10,000 players on more than 2,100 teams from around the world signed up to compete for which team can push Keystones higher than any other in addition to their shot at the $20,000 (USD) prize pool. Last weekend, teams pushed the limits to claim dominion over the dungeons Necrotic Wake and Spires of Ascension, with the top six teams advancing to this weekend’s live broadcast.

Whether you’ve played World of Warcraft since 2004, or Shadowlands is your first time exploring the realms of Azeroth and beyond, the skills on display in The Great Push will make you a better dungeoneer as you strive to push your own Keystones as high as possible. We can’t wait to get started, so here’s everything you need to know before the action kicks off Friday, May 28 at 10:00 ...

Gather ‘round and listen in, it’s time for Tavern Talks, a new series that highlights some of the many amazing members of our fine tavern!

You may know Edelweiss from her appearances in the Hearthstone Championship Tour, premier third-party events, or the long-running podcast, Coin Concede, of which she is now a co-host. But that’s not all there is to her story! Here, Edelweiss talks about leveling up her skills as a competitor, building a Hearthstone community as a podcaster and Innkeeper, and her experience as a transgender woman in gaming. So, pull up a chair, it’s time for Tavern Talks!

The following interview has been edited for readability.

The Overwatch team put together a live broadcast to showcase changes coming to PvP in Overwatch 2. Missed the stream? Get all of the updates and see how the team is rethinking Overwatch’s PvP experience.

TEAMS OF FIVE

The core Overwatch PvP experience will shift from six players per team to five players per team. In the standard PvP game modes of Overwatch 2, each team will contain one Tank, two Damage, and two Support heroes. This evolution introduces a major shift in the way that the team approaches all aspects of the game, from map design to the dynamics between roles and how they interact as a team.

At the heart of this change lies the change in mentality surrounding the role of Tank, previously ...

Are you prepared? World of Warcraft®: Burning Crusade Classic™ launches on June 1, and the pre-expansion patch arrives on May 18. As with WoW Classic, Burning Crusade Classic will be included with every WoW players’ subscription at no additional cost.

For those who haven't played WoW Classic recently, or if you're looking to enhance your experience, we have a host of special items just for you.

Starting on May 18, after the weekly scheduled realm maintenance, everyone who wants to prepare early to join the adventure when Outland opens on June 1 will have the option to purchase the Dark Portal Pass, allowing them to boost one character of their choosing on a Burning Crusade Classic realm to level 58 (limit one per World of Warcraft account; not usable on blood elf or draenei characters). The boosted character wil...

Get a mount and toy with a purchase of a 6-Month Subscription.

Imp in a Ball

Players who purchase a recurring 6-month subscription will not only get the Lucky Yun mount for World of Warcraft, but also receive the Imp in a Ball toy* to use in Burning Crusade Classic. This fel-infused toy can tell your fortune as you make your way through the shattered lands of Outland!

Those who have purchased a recurring 6-month subscription after February 2, 2021 will automatically receive the Imp in a Ball toy. Please visit our support article to learn more about claiming this toy.

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CHEERS TO FIVE YEARS

To celebrate five years of fighting for the future, we’re bringing back fan-favorite brawls and packing Anniversary Loot Boxes with commemorative items from the past. Log in to earn a Legendary Anniversary Loot Box and pick up an extra if you purchase a 50 Loot Box bundle!

BRAWLS ARE BACK

As part of the Overwatch Anniversary celebration, we’re unlocking the brawl vault. Enjoy your favorite modes from past seasonal events like Junkenstein’s Revenge, Lúcioball, Freezethaw Elimination, and more. Check out the full brawl schedule here...