Last Week on Blizzard Watch: The Grand Tournament and looking to Gamescom

It’s unlikely anyone is eager to look backward to last week today, given Blizzard Entertainment will be unveiling the next World of Warcraft expansion at the upcoming Gamescom. We all want to look ahead, not back — but let’s recap the hottest news and features from the last week anyway, eh?

World of Warcraft features

• Bosses in 5 seconds: Hellfire Citadel LFR – Bastion of Shadows
• Pollux Perfumery creates scents to evoke your favorite characters
• Officers’ Quarters: Recruiting members to help recruit
• Know Your Lore: The next WoW expansion
• Know Your Lore: Loose ends that could play a role in the WoW expansion
• Role Play: Dropping character while roleplaying
• Episode 26 of the Blizzard Watch podcast
• WoW Leveling Bonanza: Hell is Hellfire

World of Warcraft class columns

• Blood Pact: Hellbreach and Halls of Blood for Warlocks
• Arcane Sanctum: Bastion of Shadows and Destructor’s Rise for Mages
• Lightsworn: Holy Paladin tips for Bastion of Shadows, Destructor’s Rise, Archimonde

World of Warcraft news and miscellany

• New World of Warcraft expansion to be revealed August 6 at Gamescom
• Is Warcraft headed to Universal Studios Orlando?
• Method posts World First Mythic Archimonde kill video
• Blizzard releases Gamescom 2015 event schedule
• Community Manager Bashiok says goodbye

Other Blizzard titles

Hearthstone

• The Grand Tournament’s Ball of Spiders might not be awful
• Hearthstone’s The Grand Tournament pre-purchase now available
• The Grand Tournament’s Coliseum Manager: A Bust?
• Blizzard Watch plays Hearthstone’s Too Many Portals Tavern Brawl
• Hearthstone’s August card back revealed: Tournament Grounds
• Paper Hearthstone brings the game to the real world
• Interview with a Hearthstone pro: CoL.TheJordude
• Master of Ceremonies and other new The Grand Tournament cards

Heroes of the Storm

• Heroes of the Storm stats from GosuGamers show regional preferences

Overwatch

• Overwatch’s Lucio to launch new album during Gamescom

Diablo 3

• Overview of Kanai’s Cube in Diablo 3

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.

• Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns’ first public beta weekend begins August 7th
• Turbine to announce LotRO server closures on August 3
• Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on mass market MMOs, Smed’s resignation
• Windows 10 and your favorite MMORPGs

For more MMO and MOBA news, head over to Massively OP!