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16 Jun

VERSUS

  • Maps
    • Golden Wall LE
      • Expanded the Reaper path near the natural base locations to require more than one structure for a wall off.
    • Heavy Artillery LE
      • Updated the terrain in the middle of the map to allow for increased maneuverability.

BUG FIXES

  • Collection
    • Fixed an issue where the default skin for the Armory had altered textures.
  • War Chest 6
    • Fixed an issue where several Ihan-rii structure models would appear to warp-in/out during their warp-in animation.
    • RCZ Spine Crawlers will now correctly have range indicators displayed with their pre-placement models.
    • Tyrador Missile Turrets will now correctly have range indicators displayed with their pre-placement models.
    • Th...
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The World of Warcraft Classic Summer Bowl is about to get underway! Are you ready to get HYPE as teams battle in Warsong Gulch, putting their combat skills and flag capturing abilities to the test? The time for waiting is over, the WoW Classic Summer Bowl starts this weekend. Watch live on YouTube.com/Warcraft and Twitch.tv/Warcraft...

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Updated June 24: MOTHER now sells Malefic Cores for 2,000 Echoes of Ny’alotha to players who have upgraded their legendary cloak to Rank 15. Malefic Cores can be purchased repeatedly up to the current maximum Corruption Resistance that the cloak allows (currently 92 Corruption Resistance, and with next week’s regional restarts this will increase to 95). It will still be possible to earn up to two Malefic Cores per week by fully clearing a Horrific Vision and/or defeating N’Zoth the Corruptor on Normal difficulty or higher.

With N’Zoth defeated and the Black Empire being driven out of Azeroth, MOTHER has examined the aberrations’ remains and can now create Preserved Contaminants—synthetic Corruption powers. To protect your mind from their devastating effects, she’s also devised a more efficient way for you to upgrade your legendary cloak Ashjra’kamas.

Choosing Your Corruption

All max-level players can no...

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For the climactic conclusion of the FELFIRE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND VENGEANCE, we’re excited to announce the return of the Battlegrounds Brawl! On June 23, from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PT, 16 Hearthstone creators will be split into 4 teams—the Southsea Swashbucklers, Bloodsail Buccaneers, Fogsail Freebooters, and Northsea Navigators—each competing for their share of a $200,000 prize pool across 7 rounds of heated Battlegrounds action!

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How it Works

Scoring: Two games will be played simultaneously in each round. Points will be awarded at the end of each round to individual competitors based on their placement and added to their team’s total point score.

  • 1st place finish = 5 points awarded
  • 2nd place finish = 4 p...
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15 Jun

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until the week of June 22, PDT. As always, if you encounter any bugs during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.


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11 Jun

The Masters Tour returns this weekend for Masters Tour Online: Jönköping! We recently announced the decision to restructure this tournament into an online-only Masters Tour in order to protect the health and well-being of all players and staff. More than 350 players from over 50 countries will be competing for the Masters Tour trophy, a chance to become a Grandmaster, and their share of the USD $3,000,000 total prize pool for 2020!

Following last weekend’s conclusion of Grandmasters 2020 Season 1, there are now nine ...

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The StarCraft II War Chest is here, with new skins and a brand-new community tournament! In addition to granting you access to a bounty of goodies—like new skins, sprays, emojis, and more—War Chest 6 allows you to lend some crucial support to War Chest Team League, an upcoming community tournament we’re bringing you in partnership with Wardi. Read on to find out what’s coming, how War Chest works, and details on what you can unlock. Is this your first War Chest? Check out the full explainer at the bottom of the post.

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STARCRAFT II ESPORTS

Our goal for War Chest 6 is to make War Chest Team League a success. To that end, we’re committing the first USD $150,000 of the proceeds (less taxes) to prizing and tournament operations for the event. We’ll have full details about the tournament in another upcoming post, but in short, we’re selecting 9 prominent StarCraft II commentators to draft teams of four players each, who will then duke it o...

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Within war-torn Maldraxxus, might—of all kinds—makes right. Here, in the birthplace of necromantic magic, those who master the powers of death turn legions of ambitious souls into relentless immortal armies.

Eternal Battlefield

Welcome to Maldraxxus

Chaos has erupted in the Shadowlands. In the midst of fighting the Forsworn, the kyrian were ambushed by the very forces charged with defending the infinite realms of the Shadowlands: the militant Maldraxxi. The Archon of the Kyrian Covenant has sent you on a special mission to Maldraxxus to discover who ordered the attack—and demand answers.

It quickly becomes apparent that not all is well with the Necrolords. Two of the five ruling houses lie in ruins, and their collective leader, the Primus, is nowhere to be found. With order in freefall, the remaining three houses ru...

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09 Jun

GENERAL

  • The War Chest 6 has been added in preparation for its global launch on June 11, PDT.
    • Play StarCraft II to unlock XP for the War Chest and gain access to over 100 new items including army-wide skins, sprays, emoticons, exclusive portraits, and a Co-op XP boost.
    • Purchasing the War Chest Complete Bundle grants you a special random race Broken World banner in StarCraft II, plus a Tal’darim Probe Pet in Diablo III, a Hearthstone Classic Card Pack, and a Heroes of the Storm rare Loot Chest. In addition, purchasing any War Chest Skin Bundle will grant you an immediate access to Ranked play.
    • Also, throughout the duration of the War Chest 6, players will be able to unlock free rewards, including classic StarCraft: Remastered skins for Command Center, Hatchery, and Nexus, with no additional purchase necessary.
  • 2020 Ladder Season 2 has started with Patch 4.12.0. Learn more about the ...
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You’ve pulled off incredible POTGs, pushed millions of payloads, booped your foes off the map and into oblivion, and danced your way into the hearts of your teammates. It’s been an incredible four years of Overwatch. For the Overwatch team, it’s also been years of ingenuity, of creating a game that is a love letter to an auspicious future in which anyone––soldiers, adventurers, scientists, oddities––can become a hero. Years of art, engineering, programming, and development to bring together millions of players worldwide and foster the creation of bonds and memories. And, since the inception of Overwatch, we’ve made countless memories of our own.

To commemorate the game’s fourth anniversary, a few team members took the time to share some of their favorite moments from the development of Overwatch and the past several years of fun that the game has brought.


Dylan Jones, lead character technical artist:

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Grandmasters 2020 Season 1 has come to an epic end, and three players are heading to the Hearthstone World Championship later this year!

In Americas, Brian “bloodyface” Eason went into Playoffs at the top of the standings, receiving only one loss in Season 1. After beating David “...

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08 Jun

For the first time in WoW Classic, World of Warcraft Esports presents the Summer Bowl. The WoW Classic Summer Bowl is a 10v10 Warsong Gulch tournament beginning June 17. Over the following three weekends, teams in North America and Europe will compete for a separate prize pool of USD $4,000 in each region!

The tournament will be split into two regions: North America and Europe. All games will take place on live servers for WoW Classic, using the recently added War Game feature. Here’s how it all works:

  • Teams of 10 players will sign up for their region. Signups are open to eligible players with a level 60 character on live servers for WoW Classic—check eligibillity and sign up for NA ...
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The Felfire Festival of Music and VENGEANCE promises* to be the greatest show on . . . what’s left of this planet! Anyway, you’re coming. Scope the headliners:

JUNE 9 - PIRATES x BATTLEGROUNDS

Full Art for the Tide Razer, a new Battlegrounds Minion.Pirates take headbanging to the next level and good C’Thun, can they carry a tune! Dropping on June 9, this update includes 17 new minions and 3 new Heroes!! We even convinced Patches to come out of retirement (with a new hero power).

Read the patch notes for full details. ARGGHH MATEY!!! 

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The Felfire Festival is nearly here! The festivities begin on June 9 with the release of patch 17.4, which welcomes a salty new crew of minions to the Battlegrounds—Pirates! On June 17, the Trial by Felfire Solo Adventure will unlock, followed by Trial by Felfire Challenges on June 24. Beyond that, we’ve got some special Tavern Brawls and legendary quests lined up to mark the occasion.

Check out the full Felfire Festival announcement here!

Battlegrounds Shifting Minion Pools

At the start of each game of Battlegrounds, five of the six currently available minion types (Beasts, Demons, Dragons, Mechs, Murlo...

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05 Jun

You’re powered up, get in there!

It's been an incredible year, and we're so thankful you were a part of it. To celebrate our fourth Overwatch Anniversary together—and the community that made it all possible (that's you!)—all players who log in this weekend on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, 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 5 at 11:00 a.m. PDT and ends on Tuesday, June 9 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. If you'...

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Update 7/3: Season 21 is now LIVE in all regions and platforms.

Update 6/23: Patch 2.6.9 is now LIVE!

Season 21 will begin July 3, shortly after our next Diablo III patch. Read on to learn more about the brand-new Season buff, new class sets, and a handful of item and skill adjustments coming in Patch 2.6.9! We are expecting Patch 2.6.9 to be released on June 23.


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03 Jun

Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with Hero balance changes! Read on for details.


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General

  • A Call For Help - Balance Update
    • Tower, Fort, and Keep damage to ...
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A twilight-tinged afterlife for those closely connected to the wild, Ardenweald is a domain of restoration tended by the mystic night fae. Within this eternal forest, massive dream trees draw in precious anima—the essence of souls that flows through the Shadowlands—to feed the spirits of nature awaiting rebirth into the cycle.

Welcome to Ardenweald

The ethereal umbral forests of Ardenweald are where wild spirits return after their time on the mortal plane come to an end so that they can again be reborn. However, this lush afterlife paradise has suffered greatly from the mysterious anima drought plaguing the Shadowlands. Everything that grows here has begun to wither, and the cycle of reincarnation is in peril unless things change—and swiftly.

First things first, you must s...

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29 May

“War has come, war will come again, I am old enough to have watched my people rise and fall and rise once more, and I myself have withered like the winter tree before blossoming anew.”

A new World of Warcraft short story is now available to read: A Moment in Verse!

First Arcanist Thalyssra and Regent-Lord Lor'themar Theron set aside the troubles of their individual worlds to spend one beautiful evening in a contest of verse—and in each other's hearts.

We’re excited to share this bright and charming new tale by Madeleine Roux (author of the upcoming Shadows Rising novel) with everyone, and we hope you enjoy a brief escape into the tranquility of Suramar. ...

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Overwatch concept artist Qiu Fang has a knack for envisioning rugged, outdoorsy characters. Four years ago, when he was an art student with aspirations of becoming a character concept artist, Fang began a personal project depicting a ragtag group of nomadic hunters. The concepts displayed careful control of a muted color palette, precise line art, and small details of equipment and improvised technology that hinted at a world beyond the images.

Fang was proud of his work, but he never expected what happened next: The Overwatch team found his project and recruited him.

“Everything in Qiu’s design seemed to have purpose and function,” says concept artist David Kang, who stumbled across Fang’s work on the portfolio website ArtStation. “I loved that he had a lot of experience not only in fantasy but with functional mechanical tech.”

After a successful series of interviews, Fang left school and joined Blizzard. Now he uses his considerable artistic powers to bri...

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