Anna Bell

Over 100 million people have played Hearthstone, so the Hearthstone team wants to throw an epic celebration to thank their players -- and what kind of party would it be if they didn't reward us with free packs and plenty of extra gold?

This weekend at BlizzCon, we did a whole lot of looking toward the future -- new heroes, new lands, new patches, new stuff.

Before the final bracket of the Overwatch World Cup began at BlizzCon 2018 conventional wisdom said the winner of the semi-final -- which would assuredly be between Team USA and Team South Korea -- would win the whole shebang.

This morning I’ve prepped three loads of laundry, cleared the entire sink worth of dishes, emptied two Halloween buckets full of wrappers — Halloween was less than a week ago — and I still have to write at least one more article about BlizzCon esports. I feel like I’ve aged five years in the past three days. Like Rip Van Winkle, I need to brush my hair and answer a whole lot of questions.

So, this is the queue. Let’s get to it.

Q&As tend to be a little bit dry for the most part but there was a big surprise at the WoW Q&A at BlizzCon 2018 -- for all involved -- when beloved former World of Warcraft Senior Vice President Chris Metzen showed up to ask a question.

Usually when it comes to BlizzCon the main draw are the flashy announcements and plans for the future, but for some reason this year the things that are sticking with me are the fan experiences.

Sure, we've had a day full of news, but what everyone's really been looking forward to is community night, which will be packed with amazing music, movies, and cosplay.