Anne Stickney

A new batch of hotfixes for patch 6.1.2 have just been released. Today's list includes several changes and adjustments to the Blackrock Foundry raid, including several tweaks to the Blackhand encounter on Mythic difficulty.

The new Hearthstone adventure Blackrock Mountain makes its debut this Thursday, and a new set of patch notes for the game have just been released. In addition to details on the new adventure, the patch also addresses a handful of bug fixes, including friends that are away on the Battle.net app no longer being displayed in your online friend count, and some important adjustments to cards.

Machinima artist SlightlyImpressive is back with another WoW creation, this one pointing out six perfectly normal, everyday things that you simply can't do in World of Warcraft.

Is there anything better in the virtual world than a well-placed waterfall?

I kind of wish there were more pet battle guides out there that didn’t automatically assume I’ve just got an Unborn Val’kyr sitting around to use for every battle, because I don’t. There’s a limit to how far out of my way I will go to do some pet battling, and camping the wilds of Northrend is over that line. I just want to beat the Celestial Tournament for once, you know? Just once would be neat.

Have you missed one of our streaming shows, or are you unable to catch the shows live? You can now watch all of our Twitch stream shows on our new Blizzard Watch Youtube channel.

Typically, trolls in World of Warcraft have roughly the same life span as humans and orcs -- they mature at about the same age, get old at about the same age, and "old age" is roughly the same.

You know, I’m guessing all those old raid bosses are already mad enough, seeing as how we can merrily tromp into their former fortresses and defeat them in a matter of seconds. But I’m pretty sure nothing is more downright humiliating as when a would-be hero takes a moment to stop, reflect, and snap a selfie before going on a stomping spree and nabbing all the loot.

I think I need to get selfies with all the raid bosses, now. Just for my own personal collection. Hm, who to tackle next? While I ponder that, let’s answer some questions.

The Blizzard Gear store is having a gigantic sale, with all apparel currently 15% off the regular price.

A new set of hotfixes have been released for patch 6.1.2, including a few fixes for issues with the Legendary ring quest chain, as well as a fix for the night elf racial ability Shadowmeld.