Last Week on Blizzard Watch: BlizzCon cometh

This week’s recap is a day late, but you don’t mind, right? The past week wasn’t exactly big on news, but what news we did have made it clear we’re in the final stretch before BlizzCon. Contest and tournaments are ramping up to their conclusion, and betas of various flavors might be right around the corner.

World of Warcraft features

• Climbing the Ranks: Hellfire Citadel trinkets
• Officers’ Quarters: 2-player flings and 5-player content
• Know Your Lore: The future of the Forsaken
• Role Play: How to approach roleplayers
• Lore Watch Podcast: Episode 5 – Khadgar, Jaina and the Legion
• Know Your Lore: The Vrykul, the Curse of Flesh, and the origins of Humanity
• Outland’s Last Gasp – WoW Leveling Bonanza Episode 25

World of Warcraft class columns

• Lightsworn: Reclaiming the class fantasy of Protection Paladins
• Encrypted Text: Your comment flurry on Rogues in Legion
• Totem Talk: Losing Multistrike as Enhancement
• Locked and Loaded: The Survival Hunter fantasy – What is it?
• Blood Pact: Improving Affliction
• Arcane Sanctum: Secret Mage spells
• Lightsworn: Warlords of Draenor’s best Holy Paladin fights

World of Warcraft news and miscellany

• Blizzard and Random House deal brings new writers to Blizzard franchises
• BlizzCon 2015 Opening Week to spotlight eSports
• New rewards in 2015 for Brewfest and Harvest Festival
• BlizzCon 2015 in-game goodies announced

Other Blizzard titles

Heroes of the Storm

• Uther’s gorgeous Judgement skin and mount goes on sale in Heroes
• Heroes of the Storm hotfixes address Rexxar issues
• Nova and Illidan are the first Heroes of the Storm action figures

Overwatch

• Wanted! Teaser for two new Overwatch heroes
• Overwatch teases potential new Banco de Dorado heist map
• Junkrat and Roadhog revealed in new Overwatch video

Hearthstone

• PC Gamer interview with Hearthstone’s Ben Brode reveals more deck slots
• Deck Tech: Control Warrior

StarCraft 2

• BlizzCrafts: Talking SC2VN with Timothy Young and TJ Huckabee
• Artanis, Lt. Morales, new skins and mounts coming to Heroes of the Storm

Diablo 3

• Finishing the seasonal journey 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.

• Kickstarter campaign ordered by attorney general to pay fines, make restitution
• Final Fantasy XIV demos ‘VR Titan Suppression Battle’ at Tokyo Game Show
• Champions Online begins Supervillain Onslaught
• Destiny: The Taken King breaks PlayStation records

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