Alex Ziebart

Alex Ziebart @AlexZiebart — Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus. – Alex Ziebart is a native of Milwaukee, WI and a veteran of online publishing for nearly ten years. With a passion for all things scifi and fantasy, he has been playing MMOs and RPGs of all flavors for most of his life -- and has been playing World of Warcraft since launch in 2004. He has recently published superhero novel Lady Superior, available at all major ebook retailers.

WoW

You can stop stockpiling Wakening Essences, costs and droprates are changing in patch 7.3.5

by Alex Ziebart on January 10, 2018 at 10:47am @AlexZiebart

Patch 7.3.2 introduced Wakening Essences as the new currency for upgrading legendary items. In patch 7.3.5, players will also be able to use the Wakening Essences to purchase Purified Titan Essences -- tokens that will give players a random new legendary item outright.

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Heroes of the Storm

Firebat Blaze arrives alongside this week’s Heroes of the Storm hero rotation

by Alex Ziebart on January 9, 2018 at 10:00am @AlexZiebart

Blaze, the latest addition to Heroes of the Storm, enters the Nexus this week.

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Diablo

Diablo 3 hotfixes Wirt’s Leg, players can once again acquire a bovine buddy

by Alex Ziebart on January 5, 2018 at 5:00pm @AlexZiebart

The Darkening of Tristram anniversary event for Diablo is in full swing as of January 3, but players encountered quite the hurdle when trying to earn one of the event's rewards.

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Hearthstone

Hearthstone distributes free card packs to compensate for lingering quest bug

by Alex Ziebart on January 5, 2018 at 3:00pm @AlexZiebart

Since the launch of Hearthstone expansion Kobolds and Catacombs, players have experienced delays receiving their daily quests.

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Heroes of the Storm

Heroes games are shorter after the latest update, tuning changes are coming soon

by Alex Ziebart on January 5, 2018 at 11:00am @AlexZiebart

Since Heroes of the Storm launched its 2018 Gameplay Update back in early December, players have noticed matches ending faster than they used to.

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Overwatch 2

Mercy’s nerf parade continues in latest Overwatch PTR build

by Alex Ziebart on January 5, 2018 at 9:00am @AlexZiebart

Mercy lost Mass Resurrect as her Ultimate ability all the way back in August of 2017.

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Heroes of the Storm

Malfurion reworked and Blaze arrives in latest Heroes of the Storm PTR notes

by Alex Ziebart on January 2, 2018 at 1:55pm @AlexZiebart

Alongside the new In Development video and Blaze hero spotlight, Heroes of the Storm has released its next round of PTR patch notes, and they're simultaneously surprising and underwhelming.

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