The 20.2.2 patch, which will release later today, includes balance updates focusing on Standard and Battlegrounds, as well as several bug fixes.
Dev Comment: Spell Mage currently exhibits many explosive turns, with Refreshing Spring Water playing a significant role. By nerfing Refreshing Spring Water to 5 mana, we're aiming to lower the frequency of extreme turns whe...
Read moreQuillboar have descended upon the Hearthstone Battlegrounds and it is quill or be quilled! On May 12, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. PT, the Battlegrounds Brawl returns! 16 Hearthstone creators will be split into 4 teams—the Bristlebacks, the Razormanes, the Razorfens, and the Briarbacks—to compete for their share of a $100,000 USD prize pool! Tune in to find out who is bottom boar and who is top tusk.
Scoring: Two games will be played simultaneously each round, with two members from each team in each game and seven total rounds of play. Points will be awarded at the end of each round, based on each individual competitor’s placement, and added to their team’s total point score.
Beyond the Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands lies a realm shattered by the machinations of the Burning Legion: Outland, the once beautiful orc homeworld of Draenor. Seek out its mysteries beginning June 1 when Burning Crusade Classic™ launches around the world.
Before that, however, every hero must make a choice. Beginning on May 18, after each regional scheduled maintenance, the Burning Crusade Classic Pre-expansion Patch will be released, and each character must choose whether to advance onward to Burning Crusade, move to a Classic Era realm, or use the Character Clone service to play in both games. Read more ...
Read moreGreetings WoW Classic adventurers!
With Burning Crusade Classic arriving on June 1, we want to share more details on what you can expect when we release the pre-expansion patch for Burning Crusade Classic and launch our Era realms.
Beginning with patch day, players will have the opportunity to make a choice for each existing Classic character. Will that character continue into Burning Crusade Classic or remain in the Classic era?
Currently, when you log in to WoW Classic, you can see general information on what’s coming by clicking the Burning Crusade Classic button at login.
... Read moreSkill Capped and Method NA are the Arena World Championship (AWC) Season 1 Regional Champions!
The first AWC season of Shadowlands has come to a close following an amazing Season 1 Finals, with Skill Capped claiming the EU Regional championship and Method NA securing the NA Regional title. With over $200,000 (USD) global prizing on the line, the winning teams are heading into the off-season with gold medals and $50,000 (USD) each!
Skill Capped entered the finals as the clear team to b...
Read moreMasters Tour Orgrimmar reached its thrilling conclusion as Gabriel “Gaby” Jeanne defeated Torben “Viper” Wahl 3-2 to walk away with $25,000 (USD) in prizing! With this stunning victory, Gaby became the youngest Masters Tour champion, outplaying 402 players from over 45 countries to walk away with 22 Masters Tour Points towards promotion to Grandmasters Season 2.
After going 7-2 in Swiss Rounds, Gaby secured his spot in the Top 8 after defeating European Grandmaster David “Frenetic” Neila Quiñones, 3-2. Day 3 started strong, with a 3-1 Quarterfinal victory over Liu “RNGLys” Shuda before a strong...
Read moreThere’s no better time to upgrade your account or introduce a friend to the world of Azeroth. Purchase World of Warcraft Shadowlands and get 20% off April 29-May 2.
Shadowlands is available for purchase in three digital editions: Base, Heroic, and Epic.
Base Edition Contents: The complete Shadowlands experience.
Heroic Edition Contents: The complete Shadowlands experience, Shadowlands level character boost, Ensorcelled Everwyrm Mount, which grants access to a questline that awards the Vestments of the Eternal Traveler transmogrification set.
Epic Edition Contents: All content from the Heroic Edition, Anima Wyrmling pet, Wraithchill cosmetic weapon effect, Eternal Traveler’s Hearthstone, 30 Days of game time.
All bonuses from the Heroic and Epic Editions are unlocked immediately upon purchase.
Read moreThe 20.2 patch, which will release on May 4, includes a major update for Battlegrounds, purchasable decks, and more!
Quilboar have been added as a new Battlegrounds minion type! There will still be five minion types per Battlegrounds game once Quilboar are added, meaning that three minion types will be excluded from each game. Just like when Dragons, Pirates, and Elementals were added, Quilboar will show up in every Battlegrounds match until our next major content patch.
The Quilboar update includes 17 new minions, 3 new heroes, and a new mechanic: Blood Gems! Blood Ge...
Read moreThe Arena World Championship (AWC) casters are here to share their predictions for which teams will take their Regional titles during the Season 1 Finals, beginning May 1 on YouTube at 10 a.m. PT.
With $200,000 (USD) on the line across both Europe and North America, the competition during this weekend’s ...
Read moreWe’ve got two major pieces of news to share with you today! The first is a preview of the next major Battlegrounds update: Quilboar! The Quilboar update will include the new Quilboar minion type, 17 new minions, 3 new heroes, and a new mechanic: Blood Gems!
Blood Gems are spells that give a friendly minion +1/+1. Some Quilboar give you Blood Gems, while others have special interactions when Blood Gems are played.
Read moreThe Masters Tour returns this weekend for Masters Tour Orgrimmar! More than 400 invited players from over 45 countries will test their skills within Forged in the Barrens, competing for a chance to take home a share of the $250,000 (USD) prize pool. Players with at least seven wins will also earn points towards the Road to Grandmasters and their shot to earn an invite to Grandmasters 2021 Season 2. Join us this weekend and earn Drops as you watch all of the competitive action, only on ...
Read moreThe top teams from the Arena World Championship (AWC) Circuit are competing this weekend for their share of the $200,000 (USD) global prize pool in the Season 1 Finals!
From more than 200 teams competing in Cup 1, to only four teams remaining in both Europe and North America, the final contest for which teams will reign supreme is here. The top four teams in each region from the AWC Circuit face off this weekend for their share of the $200,000 (USD) global prize pool and title of Regional Champions. You can catch all of the PvP action on YouTube.com/Warcraft, beginning at 10 am th...
Read moreThe Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha will continue with a limited number of Android players in South Korea and Japan starting May 20th in KST & JST (UTC +9). As we progress through the Closed Alpha, we’ll be listening to your feedback as we aim to craft an awesome all-new Diablo experience.
Following the Technical Alpha in December, the Diablo Immortal team continues to make significant progress in bringing the world of Sanctuary to life on iOS and Android. To the community members who played, who watched, and those who streamed countless hours of our test, we thank you. We learned so many valuable insights from your experiences beyond our goal of testing server stability and client performance. We’ve pored over the feedback you submitted in-game, across Reddit and social media, and consulted directly with several testers. Thanks to you, our first-ever heroes, we’ve learned a lot regarding progression, our first four classes, itemization, and other e...
Read moreThe Mythic Dungeon International (MDI) Season 1 Global Finals are here! The top eight dungeon racing teams from around the world are set to compete for their share of the $300,000 (USD) prize pool and title of World Champions, April 23-25, only on YouTube.
Following the culmination of four incredible weeks of MDI Cup competition, the top six teams from around the new Global region will join the top two teams from China, where they will compete in a series of Best of 3, double-elimination matches, on their path to the Grand Finals on April 25. Each broadcast day will begin at...
Read moreThe Mythic Dungeon International (MDI) analysts break down what they are looking forward to most ahead of this weekend’s MDI Global Finals, beginning April 23, only on YouTube.
MDI’s first season of 2021 has been one of the most exciting and unpredictable seasons yet! While top-seed Echo may be the clear favorites going into this weekend’s Global Finals, this season has proven that anything can happen. Ahead of the first cup, Golden Guardians were one of the front-runner teams yet after a series of missteps, ended up the Global region’s bottom seed and leaving the way open ...
Read moreWe want to let you know that Jeff Kaplan has decided to leave the company after a long and storied career here, and that Aaron Keller, a Blizzard veteran and founding member of the Overwatch team, will be stepping in as game director.
Aaron has been a critical part of the Overwatch team and a key driver in creating the vision for the game. He helped create Overwatch as an original member of the team, and as an 18-year veteran at Blizzard, he has worked side-by-side with Jeff for a long time, not only in building Overwatch but previously in helping to build WoW as well. A few words from Aaron:
Greetings, Overwatch Community,
Jeff’s been a great leader, mentor, and friend, and he knows how much we’re going to miss him. I’ve been lucky to work alongside him and the rest of the Overwatch team for many years in...
Read moreA dragonslayer. A samurai. Two revolutionary soldiers championing contrasting causes. All four disparate figures lost to time, united by the ink of talented concept artists from around the globe for this year’s Archives event. To create some of the history-rich skins, Overwatch teamed up with Yusuke Kozaki, a Japan-based character designer who has worked on games like Fire Emblem, Pokémon, and No More Heroes.
Each Legendary skin from this year’s assortment of Archives ensembles draws from different historical eras in the characters’ respective home countries. Zarya dons ...
Read morePrepare yourself hero, the Crossroads Inn-vitational is just around the corner! On April 21, starting at 10:00 a.m. PDT, 20 Hearthstone creators will be split into two teams, the Northwatch Hold and Camp Taurajo, before battling it out for their share of a $100,000 prize pool!
Competitors will assemble a 30-card Standard deck list using at least 10 cards from Forged in the Barrens, before playing through two best-of-three rounds against different opponents on the opposing team. One team point will be awarded for each individual game victory within a round, regardless of who wins. Three team points will be awarded for a clean 2-0 sweep.
Then, each team will play a 3rd round, the BARRENS BLITZ round, which is a best-of-five where all players are required to have [[Nozdormu the Eternal]] in their decks. One team point will be awarded for each individual game victory within the BARRENS BLITZ round, and f...
Read moreTen players are making their mark on the first season of Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021! Over the next six weeks, these ten players, the top earners across all six Masters Tours of 2020, will face off in weekly tournaments to advance to the Season 1 playoffs for their shot at earning an invite to the 2021 World Championship!
Fled got his start playing Hearthstone in 2015...
Read moreThe 20.0.2 patch, which will release on April 13, includes balance updates across several modes and numerous bug fixes!
Dev Comment: Deck of Lunacy moves up to 4 mana, removing its ability to provide a game-warping effect on turn 1 or 2. When we create cards like Deck of Lunacy, we're aiming for an experience that lets you do wacky, over-the-top things at the cost of power. There's a large aud...
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