Last week on Blizzard Watch: Post-PAX East excitement

Last week’s recap was all about the PAX East hype — but PAX East has passed, and now all we have left is the anticipation of all the awesomeness Blizzard announced at the convention. To change things up this week, our Hearthstone, Overwatch, and Heroes of the Storm news will be on top with World of Warcraft to follow.

Overwatch

• Overwatch announces beta in Fall 2015, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, McCree, and Zarya
• Overwatch developer Q&A now available on Overking
• PlayersCut interviews Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan
• Get ready for betas by setting up your Battle.net beta profile

Hearthstone

• Hearthstone‘s Blackrock Mountain adventure pack to be released next month
• Blizzard Watch streams Hearthstone
• Hearthstone‘s March card back: Ragin’ Ragnaros
• GDC takes a look behind the scenes of Hearthstone development
• Tech up your Hearthstone deck with Mage Mech
• Hearthside Chat talks golden cards with Jon Briggs

Heroes of the Storm

• Heroes of the Storm introduces Sylvanas, gameplay improvements, and official esports
• Heroes of the Storm beta participants will soon be able to invite their friends
• Heroes of the Storm lead producer Kaéo Milker interview

World of Warcraft Features

• Episode 5 of the Blizzard Watch podcast
• How to collect heirlooms in World of Warcraft
• Officers Quarters: Horridon level is hard
• Arcane Sanctum: Trying out a new mage spec
• Locked and Loaded: Hunter loot in Blackrock Foundry
• Zen Meditation: Storming the earth with fire
• The post-patch 6.1 priest
• Little Miss Nerd Chef brings the culinary arts to World of Warcraft
• Know Your Lore Tinfoil Hat Edition: Archmage “Khadgar”
• Know Your Lore Tinfoil Hat Edition: There is only one true timeline
• Role Play: Humans and age in roleplay

World of Warcraft News and Miscellany

• The elusive Voidtalon of the Dark Star mount and how to find it
• Darkmoon Distress: Tight tuning and high latency made the Darkmoon race impossible for some
• Neutral pandaren Doubleagent hits level 100
• New cinematic unlocked by completing latest phase of legendary questline reveals future of the Iron Horde
• New comic Blood and Thunder now available
• Gear store offering free Funko Pop! vinyl with $50 purchase
• Make a fast and awesome WoW transmog with help from The Lazy Peon

If you’re looking for MMO news beyond World of Warcraft, look no further than our friends at Massively Overpowered. Here are some OP highlights from the past week.

• Here’s all of Massively Overpowered’s PAX East coverage in one convenient location
• Indie Harry Potter MMO slapped with cease and desist
• RIFT players have clocked 45,817 years of gameplay
• Star Trek Online installs memorials for Leonard Nimoy, other franchise vets (Autoplay video warning!)

Thank you for another great week here on Blizzard Watch!