Last Week on Blizzard Watch: Angels and demons in the nexus

Legion isn’t too far off now and, if we’re willing to gave fan speculation any weight, we might receive the expansion pre-patch as early as next week. However, that might be overly optimistic — but if July 12 is out, July 19 or July 26 are strong possibilities. But before we get ahead of ourselves and think too much of the future, let’s recap the news of the last week just in case you missed anything particularly tasty. Tasty like the numerous new additions coming to Heroes of the Storm.

Warcraft news, features, and miscellany

• WoW Archivist: Classic’s Naxxramas and the Scourge event
• Know Your Lore: The wrath of Sylvanas Windrunner
• Know Your Lore: Sylvanas Windrunner after the Cataclysm
• Know Your Lore: The return of the Silver Hand
• Lightsworn: Legion’s Ret Paladin Ashbringer Artifact questline
• Locked and Loaded: Previewing the Hunter class hall and champions
• Arcane Sanctum: Legion’s Arcane Mage Artifact quest
• Warcraft movie DVD won’t come with a director’s cut
• Legion PVP Q&A with Brian Holinka liveblog
• New Legion comic Magni: Fault Lines released
• Blizzard Watch Podcast: Episode 76
• Arkanon Poros: WoW Leveling Bonanza Episode 47
• Role Play: Night Elf lore and character development
• Reminder: Legion Developer Q&A with Craig Amai this week

Overwatch

• Top 5 Overwatch tips from Terioth
• Game of Thrones meets Overwatch’s Play of the Game

Heroes of the Storm

• New Arthas skin brings Guan Yu to Heroes of the Storm
• Auriel is coming to Heroes of the Storm
• In development video reveals Gul’dan, volleyball Li-Ming, and more

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.

• WildStar is making big game changes with its Heroes Evolved patch
• WildStar is gearing up to sell max-level character boosts
• Guild Wars 2 considers skill splitting to balance PvE and PvP
• ‘Massively multiplayer’ mobile Avatar game in development

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