Last Week on Blizzard Watch: Legion and more at Gamescom

Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft: Legion last week at Gamescom. If you missed any of our Legion coverage, we’ve gathered it all right here. In addition, we have the latest on Hearthstone‘s upcoming The Grand Tournament expansion, new heroes and maps for Heroes of the Storm, and likewise for Overwatch. Just us as we recap!

World of Warcraft: Legion

• World of Warcraft: Legion announced
• Know Your Lore: Illidan Stormrage
• Legion brings a new honor system for PvP
• Class uniqueness restored with Class Halls
• Legion gives each class and spec Artifact weapons of untold power
• World of Warcraft: Legion’s new zones, dungeons, and raids
• Blizzard Watch Episode 28 — World of Warcraft: Legion Announcement
• Demon Hunter hero class joins World of Warcraft
• Survival Hunters going melee and more in Icy Veins’ dev interview
• New character slot, class changes planned for Legion
• World of Warcraft: Legion Gamescom developer chat liveblog
• Lore Watch: Episode 2 – Queen Azshara
• Exploring new Druid artifact weapons and lore in Legion
• Know Your Lore: Xavius, The Nightmare Lord

World of Warcraft features

• Warcraft in woodworking from Smartwood Customs
• Officers’ Quarters: WTB raid leader
• Blizzard Watch Podcast: Episode 27
• Gamescom Day One roundtable chat available on YouTube
• The mistakes of Warlords and how Legion must avoid them
• Role Play: End of expansion roleplay
• Zany Zangarmarsh – WoW Leveling Bonanza Episode 19

World of Warcraft class columns

• Lightsworn: The psychology of tank DPS
• Totem Talk: The best Restoration Shaman trinkets
• Encrypted Text: The illusion of rogue weapon choice
• Locked and Loaded: Hellfire Citadel cheat sheet for Hunters
• Zen Meditation: Fortifying Brew compared to other tanks’ cooldowns

World of Warcraft miscellany

• World of Warcraft down to 5.6 million subscribers
• PVP mercenary mode explored on 6.2.1 PTR
• This is the last week to change names on your BlizzCon tickets

Other Blizzard titles

Hearthstone

• How Blizzard designed Hearthstone’s Tavern Brawl
• Jousting mechanic coming to Hearthstone’s Grand Tournament
• Hearthstone’s new cards and jousting system in-depth
• Grand Crusader and Confuse revealed in the Grand Tournament expansion
• More new Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament cards revealed at Gamescom
• Blizzard Watch Tavern Brawl: The Masked Ball
• Kripparrian reveals Astral Communion for The Grand Tournament

Diablo

• Diablo 3 Patch 2.3.0 Preview: Adventure Mode improvements
• Does this job posting mean new Diablo is in the works?
• Diablo 3’s third season ending soon
• Crafting materials for Diablo 3’s patch 2.3.0

Heroes of the Storm

• Novazon Nova now available in the Heroes store
• Three new heroes and a new map coming to Heroes of the Storm
• New Heroes skins and mounts from Gamescom
• Starcraft 2’s Medic becomes Heroes of the Storm’s latest hero
• Heroes of the Storm Team and Hero League MMR changes
• Heroes of the Storm Dynamic Bundles coming next major patch

StarCraft 2

• Allied Commanders co-op mode coming to StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void

Overwatch

• Overwatch’s new hero Lucio and two new maps revealed
• Overwatch added to Battle.net Launcher

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.

• Gamescom 2015: SWTOR expansion news and trailer
• Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 confirms 2015 expansion launch
• Gamescom 2015: Trove’s fall Shadow Tower update offers endgame content, new class
• Neverwinter introduces scaling subscription VIP program

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