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World of Warcraft: Forever’s roadmap gives us an idea of what to expect for the rest of 2026 and th…

World of Warcraft: Forever is the newest WoW Classic variant, and it’s launching on November 4, 2026. Forever is described as a permanent home alongside the other iterations of WoW Classic, giving us an alternate universe version of the original World of Warcraft. As part of its…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Sombra is a Support now, apparently?

During the BlizzCon opening ceremony, the Overwatch developers alluded to upcoming revamps to Heroes, including Sombra, who will be a Support now, apparently? Usually, you expect a rework to be like, this alt fire has a 5 second cooldown instead of a 7 second cooldown. Sometimes…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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A first look at World of Warcraft: Forever’s Legacy system from BlizzCon

Legacy is a new system introduced in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Forever title which is kind of a mash up of Achievements, a skill tree, and a seasonal journey. I was able to get some hands on with the WoW: Forever demo at the con and got to see the barebones structure of Le…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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We’ll finally be able to transmog across armor classes in Midnight patch 12.2.5

All ye transmoggers, rejoice, for your fashion wardrobe will soon™ have fewer restrictions! In Midnight patch 12.2.5, we finally get to transmog our gear across all armor types “without restriction.” Paul Kubit announced this great detail at the end of the BlizzCon 2026 World of…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Hearthstone Battlegrounds get Aberrations, with discard effects and Old God summoning, but Naga are…

BlizzCon 2026 has a ton of Hearthstone news, and Battlegrounds was not left behind: a new minion type, Aberrations, will be introduced to the game with Patch 36.6.1, releasing on September 22. This new minion type is built around discard synergies and a new Deity mechanic, where…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Talebound turns Azeroth into a roguelite adventure

Following in the footsteps of Plunderstorm, World of Warcraft is introducing an entirely new way to play with Talebound, an action-RPG roguelike game mode coming to the PTR sometime in October. Go it alone or bring a friend as you journey to the strange little town of Quillgrave…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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The Monk class is finally being added to Hearthstone in March 2027

We’re finally getting the Monk class in Hearthstone, in March 2027. The Titans and the August Celestials and the Loa have all answered my prayers! Well, not just mine — Monks in Hearthstone were a highly demanded feature by a large part of the community. People were already assu…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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BlizzCon Fashion: Rating the Opening Ceremony Outfits

Welcome back to the fashion contest Blizzard employees didn’t realize they were competing in! Well, except for Holly; she definitely knew. Hey, visuals matter, and we’re here to give it an arbitrary ranking based on vibes, color, and sparkle. Ok, there is some actual fashion cri…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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First impressions of the World of Warcraft: Forever demo from the BlizzCon floor

After the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, I charged over to the World of Warcraft: Forever demo stations. With rumors of Classic+ swirling for what felt like eons, it was a strange feeling to actually be standing in front of a whole bank of computers with the next Azerothian adv…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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World of Warcraft: Forever, the long speculated Classic Plus, has been unveiled and will launch wor…

At BlizzCon‘s main stage, Blizzard unveiled and announced World of Warcraft: Forever, the newest evolution of World of Warcraft Classic. WoW: Forever, referred to memetically for the longest time as Classic Plus, will launch worldwide on November 4, 2026 at 3 pm pacific time. Li…

September 13, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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WoW Midnight patch 12.2: Eclipse brings Xal’atath to the brink of her goal — our Worldsoul — and mu…

As the events of Midnight patch 12.1 unfold, it’s become clear that at every point we’ve been one we’ve been one step (or one … float?) behind Xal’atath as she pursues some nebulous, nerfarious goal. Well, she appears to have reached her goal, and it’s our Worldsoul. But Xal’ata…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Xal’atath is coming to Heroes of the Storm, the first new content since 2022

For the first time in six years, Heroes of the Storm is getting a brand new character: Xal’atath, the Harbinger of the Void, will be joining the roster! This was the very first announcement during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremonies, highlighting the prominence of this franchis…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Diablo animated series in development with Netflix, with hints for other franchises

Johanna Faries made the day (if not the Blizzard Watch Bingo Card) by announcing that we’re finally getting a Diablo animated series in partnership with Netflix. And all I can say is finally, because we started speculating on a Diablo animated series since 2018 when when rumors…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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New open-world StarCraft shooter announced (but doesn’t arrive until 2030)

BlizzCon is in full swing, and — as many might have at least partially predicted — Blizzard has brought back several franchises that have been a bit less active of late for this year’s celebrations. Coming to a genre that the StarCraft franchise hasn’t yet explored, a new upcomi…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Diablo 4 coming Nintendo Switch 2 September 15

At BlizzCon 2026, The Diablo team announced that Diablo 4 will be coming to Switch 2 on September 15. This accompanies the release of the next season, where we’ll be traveling with Deckard Cain for the Season of Hell’s Legacy. Since launch, Diablo 4 has kept up with console rele…

September 12, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Patch 12.1 brings new endeavors to our Neighborhoods (and new visitors for the old endeavors)

Six months in most people have seen the initial offerings of endeavor visitors in one of their neighborhoods, and patch 12.1 introduced even more. There are four new endeavor visitor themes, with a forced endeavor of Amani Trolls linked to the patch content for everyone in the f…

September 11, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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The Queue: BlizzCon 2026 edition

No time to talk. Blizzcon is almost here! Excitement is in the air! This is The Queue, our daily column where questions get asked about BlizzCon, and answers are given about BlizzCon. At least this time.

September 11, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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Blizzard Watch Podcast: Countdown to BlizzCon

This week we’re counting it down til BlizzCon, which is happening any minute now. Editor-in-chief Liz talks a little strategy for our coverage, while we’re mostly just excited for what we may see. Luckily, the World of Warcraft team had a few announcements up their sleeves, incl…

September 11, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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How to complete the Souvenir Seeker Player Housing achievements in the Tortollan Endeavor

World of Warcraft patch 12.1 brought several new Player Housing features, including the Tortollan-themed Vacation Season Endeavor. This event adds new achievements for both Alliance and Horde neighborhoods, but it will take a lot of running around to earn them. You can only earn…

September 11, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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No Old Gods here, just the official Blizzard Watch BlizzCon 2026 BINGO board

BlizzCon is nearly upon us, folks, which means there’s no better time to get extremely into BINGO than right now. After all, the BlizzCon opening ceremony is full of big announcements — some more predictable than others — and the weeks leading up to BlizzCon are full of rumors a…

September 10, 2026 Blizzard Watch

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