Christian Thoma

Legion Remix is live and with it another chance to level up a character while exploring expansions past.

It’s been five years since I started writing for Blizzard Watch! I was so young back then! Well actually no I was old back then too — but I was younger! To quote They Might Be Giants: I was young and foolish then/I feel old and foolish now.

Dang, that’s a horrible intro. You’d think I’d have the hang of this writing thing after five years.

Of course the big news is all the Midnight info that’s been coming out this week, but we also got a new album from Rachael Yamagata today! Fun fact: she’s half-sister to Josh Ruben of Dropout/Make Some Noise fame. I’m not aware of any other albums being released today.

While I patiently wait by the mailbox for my celebratory 5-year Blizzard Watch sword let’s answer some questions!

New to Brewfest in 2025 is the Brewfest Banquet Outdoor Scenario, an interactive event where players have to help acquire supplies, prepare Brewfest consumables and serve them to participants of the scenario.

Ah Brewfest, the most wonderful time of the year! There is no event in WoW I enjoy more, and there are a lot of fun new additions this year (although I will miss Barking for the Thunderbrews). Of course there’s only so many times I can run the new Banquet scenario or race rams so I’m going to take a break to answer some questions!

Brewfest is the best time of the year, and the 2025 edition is running from September 23 to October 9 with the updates promised in this year's road map.

The latest Overwatch 2 collaboration has started and this time it's with the Phantom Thieves of Persona 5!

Nothing like coming back from a weeklong road trip and being immediately assigned homework from a fellow Queue writer. I’m not one to back down from a challenge so I’ve spent all week working on my answers. So if this article feels especially Cory-heavy well now you know why.

My trip itself was really fun. Drove through the wilds of Kentucky (stopping at Cumberland Gap and Mammoth Cave NP) and Missouri to get to Kansas City (this just in: BBQ is yummy). Saw some wild bison on the way back which was really awesome. But enough about last week, it’s time to get to my work from this week!

Probably the biggest Guild Wars 2 feature introduced in the Janthir Wilds expansion was Homesteads. GW2's version of player housing eschews the neighborhood approach of FF14 and World of Warcraft's upcoming implementation for a large personal instance with a ton of customization options.

Patch 11.2 introduced the Reshii Wraps, a new upgradeable legendary cloak that's required for the Manaforge Omega raid.

Several of us here at Blizzard Watch are big fans of Spirit City: Lofi Sessions and so the announcement of a new expansion is (lofi) music to our ears.