Last Week on Blizzard Watch: Watching and waiting

As it stands right now, most fans of Blizzard games are waiting and watching: No matter which of those games someone plays, they’re waiting for the next big thing. WoW players are waiting for the Legion pre-patch, Heroes players are dying to know more about Gul’dan, Hearthstone players are eager for their next adventure, and on it goes. While the anticipation builds, why don’t we take a moment to review the biggest news of the last week.

Warcraft news, features, and miscellany

• How to get Artifact weapons for every spec
• WoW Archivist: Classic’s Naxxramas and the Scourge event
• Know Your Lore: The fall and rise of Tirion Fordring
• Know Your Lore: Thrall’s journey from slave to leader
• Know Your Lore: The wrath of Sylvanas Windrunner
• Totem Talk: Shaman tuning in Legion
• Spectral Insight: Vengeance Demon Hunter talents
• Spiritual Guidance: Discipline Priest questing in Legion
• Jon Snow’s Game of Thrones battle gets the Leeroy Jenkins treatment
• Catch your Qiraji Guardling battle pet while you can!
• How Warcraft simulators can help improve your game
• Legion profession Q&A liveblog
• Role Play: Orc lore and character development
• Warcraft Movie DVD now available for pre-order on Amazon
• Blizzard Watch Podcast: Episode 75
• Lore Watch Episode 25: Warcraft movie questions and answers
• Watch us play through Highmountain in the Legion beta

Overwatch

• Overwatch competitive mode PTR now available for download
• Can’t Stop the Healing makes healing in Overwatch look good

The Tavern

• Book Review: Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey
• Tavern Queue: Dragon Age

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.

• Overwatch, League of Legends, and World of Warcraft top Superdata charts
• Valve sued for enabling e-sports gambling with skins
• EverQuest II is getting two new servers and a $400 guildhall
• Black Desert promises fixes for last patch, plans mobile version

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