Anne Stickney

Lord Darius Crowley likely never meant to be a hero.

I'm really, really excited for the return of the Overwatch closed beta next week.

Welcome to episode 55 of Blizzard Watch's podcast!

Look, we may have successfully cleared Neltharion's Lair on last week's Legion alpha livestream, and we might even be feeling just a little accomplished about that.

Join us today at 4PM CST / 2PM PST for a live recording of the Blizzard Watch podcast!

The return of the Legion alpha came with the addition of the Shaman class, which means there's a new class hall to tour.

While we'd originally planned to hit up the brand new Violet Hold on the Legion alpha this week in lieu of the usual leveling stream, we quickly discovered that it was a little too out of control to handle.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

The new harpy models in Legion are absolutely gorgeous, but what’s really striking is their facial animation. It’s not just the expression, it’s the birdlike way they dart their head this way and that while they’re looking around. I don’t know if the model revamps in Warlords were a test run or what, but they’ve really just amped up the quality with every creature out there since.

Look, I know I've mentioned this before.

The Legion alpha is full of plenty of new quests, zones, class halls and more -- including a wide variety of new Battle Pets to fight, capture, purchase and discover.