Last Week on Blizzard Watch: Demons, sniper moms, and eyes on Shanghai

While World of Warcraft players are waiting patiently for the start of the Legion invasion event, Hearthstone fans are not-so-patiently awaiting ChinaJoy later this week, where Blizzard is expected to announce a new Hearthstone adventure — and where Heroes of the Storm players will get their first look at Auriel. Meanwhile, Ana has gone live in Overwatch, and so much more has happened over the last week. Let’s recap!

Warcraft news, features, and miscellany

• Patch 7.0.3 known issues
• WoW Archivist: Systems patch controversies
• Proof you can play any spec and perform well
• Community manager Rygarius leaving Blizzard
• BlizzCon 2016 goody bag unboxing video reveals Blizzard drinking stein and more
• BlizzCon virtual ticket and goody bags now for sale
• “Thrall’s balls!” New emotes added to WoW in Legion pre-patch
• Harbingers: Gul’dan debuts as first Legion animated short
• New Legion comic Anduin: Son of the Wolf
• Blizzard Watch Podcast: Episode 79
• Lore Watch Podcast Episode 27: Nightborne and Highmountain comics and lore
• One down, four to go: WoW Leveling Bonanza Episode 50
• Officers’ Quarters: Retiring from a Mythic guild
• Role Play: Blood Elf lore and character development
• Totem Talk: Best Restoration and Elemental Shaman talents for questing in 7.0 and Legion
• Encrypted Text: Patch 7.0.3 Rogue crash course

Overwatch

• New Overwatch hero Ana Amari now available
• Know Your Lore: Ana Amari and new Overwatch heroes
• New Overwatch comic Ana: Old Soldiers
• Overwatch graphic novel coming April 2017

Other Blizzard titles

• Hearthstone likely to announce new adventure this week
• Heroes of the Storm developers discuss upcoming hero nerfs on Reddit
• Gul’dan buffed in latest Heroes of the Storm patch
• StarCraft: New Nova Covert Ops mission this August
• Diablo introduces lackluster rewards for season 7, we pretend to be excited

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.

• All of Massively Overpowered’s Pokemon Go coverage
• Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs
• Threats against Blizzard Entertainment lead to a Sacramento man’s arrest
• Final Fantasy XIV hits 6M registered players, patches in the Deep Dungeon

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