Blizzard Watch

If you're dipping your feet into the newly released Mists of Pandaria Classic you probably have some time to listen to us chat about it -- though it seems like the bottlenecks of spawns from the starting experience back in the day have been hotfixed. Back in our day, it took two weeks of complaints, uphill both ways, to get a single tweet acknowledging a bug even exists. Ah, memories. This on...

Player Housing was up first in the lineup of topics for this show, because of course it is. Every bit of new info we get, we're excited about -- though Joe is a bit concerned about the concept of leveling up our house. There are a bunch of new appearances to get across a number of franchises, too. Plus, how many legs does a crocolisk have to have in order to be classed as a crocolisk, anyhow? A sp...

Ghosts of K'aresh and its newly announced release date were the first topic in this week's Blizzard Watch Podcast, which is likely to be the final patch for this expansion. Story spoilers weren't shared, but we are excited to find out where we're going next. Our guest host Cory joined us since he's one of our resident  Warcraft Rumble  experts, and unfortunately that skill set is conside...

This week's Blizzard Watch Podcast begins with a discussion of several of the raccoons currently in the  WoW  trenchcoat --  Mists of Pandaria Classic  is imminent, and there's a whole bunch of new stuff coming to retail  WoW , from the Trading Post seasonal turnover to the Greedy Emissary event. And the best news is, almost all of it involves adding to our transmog collec...

Ghosts of K'aresh, the upcoming content update for  World of Warcraft , is the lead news for the show this week, because it was announced with a ton of detail the day after the podcast was recorded last week. Led by this week's host Joe, our crew discussed all things patch 11.2, from Tazavesh to Manaforge Omega, and where the story might lead us next. Speaking of the story,  Overwatch 2...

We had two special guests this week: Phil Ulrich and Nick Marino were on hand to discuss the launch of patch 11.1.7. From Lorewalking to Timewalking to Overcharged Delves to the new one-button feature, there is a ton of stuff to discuss in patch 11.1.7. But of course,  WoW  isn't the only game with a ton of stuff going on.  Overwatch 2  just put out a ton of information about t...

While we did want to discuss some Blizzard news this week -- including the frankly hilarious Dastardly Duos shirt bug -- the biggest news of the week was the reams of announcements and trailers that came out of Summer Game Fest. From  The Outer Worlds 2  to Failbetter's next offering, the farm sim  Mandrake, to  Relooted , a hate letter to the British Museum, there were games o...

This week our writer Nick Marino joined the lineup to talk about  WoW Classic  -- several iterations of it. Joyous Journeys is coming back to  Cata Classic ,  Mists Classic  is launching soon, and Season of Discovery servers will keep on truckin', even if all the Discoveries have already been Discovered. Plus,  Heroes of the Storm  turns 10 and there's a whole bu...

During this week's Blizzard Watch Podcast, the conversation started off with  WoW , specifically the upcoming  Mists of Pandaria Classic , and just how many  Classics  there are now. Cory was our guest host, so of course they had to talk  Heroes of the Storm  for a little while. It's like a rule of the internet, like how you are legally obligated to repost that one vi...

This week's Blizzard Watch Podcast kicks off with the new hotness -- or maybe old hotness. Horrific Visions return this week in  World of Warcraft . There are head enchants to collect, but no keys, which is great news for people who did these back in the day. The new player housing preview from a smattering of other content creators with an emphasis on neighborhoods has us revisiting the poss...

In this week's podcast we talked about the reveals from the  WoW  team that came out of PAX East.  Legion  Remix has us particularly excited, but nothing is as exciting as the wild speculation we can do about those upcoming quote-unquote "experimental modes." Plus,  Clair Obscur 's wild success -- and the wild? success that was  Heroes of the Storm . And speaking of w...

The Infinite Pirate Dragon is, of course, the top story this week on the Blizzard Watch Podcast. It comes in patch 11.1.7 as a part of Turbulent Timeways, and while we're unsure that it has anything to do with the Arathi narratively, that's what headcanon is for. Our resident  Diablo  expert Liz Patt joined our regular hosts Matt, Liz, and Joe to explain the mess that is the  Diablo...

Our hosts Liz and Joe were joined by our writer Eric O'Dea to discuss all the wacky hijinks they got into this year, as they drag an orphan into havoc and harm. That's right, it's Childrens' Week in World of Warcraft! And of course the reason we'd willingly interact with children is the fact that there's transmog on the line. Transmog is also on the line in the new Trading Post for May. We got a n...

Cory Taylor joins our usual hosts for this week's cotillion of a podcast, and the first thing on the agenda is to remind people to get their Noblegarden ducky costume! Transmog and costuming is very important to us. But, then we get into the usual topic du jour when Cory joins the crew: how  Heroes of the Storm  is primed for a comeback. Cory, as usual, makes a very compelling argument t...

Puzzling Cartel Chips and the mystery of them leads off the Blizzard Watch Podcast this week. We're not exactly sure what the deal with them is -- hence the whole "mystery" thing -- but we're looking forward to figuring it out. Noblegarden is coming up so it's time to collect some new ducks in a six year long process, and no we're not kidding. We hope you like Joe rants because there's a doozy in...

Patch 11.1.5 for  World of Warcraft  was just announced as coming out April 22, so that leads the podcast this week — even if it may seem fast to some of our hosts. Our writer Nick Marino joined us this week because he’s our go-to staffer for  WoW Classic  news, and Season of Discovery phase 8 kicked off today with a whole lot of brand new content. Seems a little weird, but as...

After a short apology for his scratchy voice, Matt leads the cohosts in discussion on a number of topics. Since Cory was the guest host this week, adorable mobile game Warcraft Rumble and its expensive Arthas bundle was a big part of the conversation. So was the April Fools' Day jokes we were treated to on that day -- some of our cast are quite anti prank, others are pro. Plus, the ZeniMax Union a...

Hearthstone 's new expansion  Into the Emerald Dream  was our lead story this week, as the two sides don't seem all that well balanced between good and morally gray, let's say. The team also discusses the morality of the character restores coming to OnlyFangs and other WoW Classic Hardcore players after a DDOS KOed their dreams of glory. Plus,  Slay the Princess  is one of seve...

It probably isn't a huge surprise that our hottest topic this week was the  World of Warcraft  player housing preview. We also discussed how the Race to World First played out, and how this Race differed from past races. Plus,  WoW Classic  is getting its own new content in the form of the Scarlet Enclave, which seems cool -- if a little outside the scope of what you'd think fo...

Joe started off the podcast this week eating crow as he reflected on his prior assertion that BlizzCon would never happen again. But, Blizzard announced that  BlizzCon returns September 12-13 2026 . He's not mad at all, just surprised -- as all our hosts were. After that, it's a little tough to focus on everything else that happened this week. The Race to World First is still on in Liberation...

This week's show started off with  The War Within  season 2. We discussed how we feel about Undermine now that we've had a week in the zone, though Liz noted the patch added a ton to do outside the zone, too. All the co-hosts are now on the record as emphatically pro jazz, and also pro Race to World First, which officially kicked off as the season did.  Diablo events and why they're...

This week's podcast is all about the fun new stuff that just hit  WoW  with patch 11.1 and Undermine. The Everlasting Nogginfogger was a popular topic, as was the overall Goblin mystique -- and the IRL hot rod Blizzard made last week. We also delved into Delves, the new rares we'll be killing -- or taming! -- and the new cool campfire scenes players can select for their Warbands. We also...

Overwatch 2  was the game we were most excited to start discussing this week. The development team released a big showcase just ahead of season 15's release, which also contained a lot of content teasers like upcoming hero Freja for season 16 and beyond. Loot boxes? 6v6 in competitive? What year is this, 2019? Not to be left out, the  Hearthstone  team also released a ton of info fo...

Matt, Joe, and Liz were joined by Cory this week, and all four were more than ready to chat about Player Housing in  WoW , which we recently got to see for the first time. There are still a lot of question marks after this first overview, but the team is excited about the information we do have, from Neighborhoods to decor (like a tower of bones, for instance!) to lack of repo men poised to t...

Liz hosted the Blizzard Watch podcast this week, with Joe and occasional guest host Phil Ulrich, and there is so much to talk about going on all at the same time. Slap together several concurrent holidays in WoW, holidays in Diablo 4, and a battle pass for Hearthstone Battlegrounds, and everyone is just a little overwhelmed. Luckily for you, we're here to help you navigate it all. Even the upcomin...