Crow Tomkus

Ill news is an ill guest, but Crow appeared nonetheless at the doors of Blizzard Watch to offer his services. A writer and gamer by trade, he spends a lot of words providing historical context and telling the whole story. Often gets told he talks too much.

WoW Classic

Crow TomkusDecember 1, 2020

You can finally see the original Naxxramas in WoW Classic Phase 6, now live

Folks who played at the beginning of Wrath of the Lich King definitely experienced Naxxramas, the expansion’s first tier of raiding. And it was well known at the time…
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StarCraft

Crow TomkusOctober 16, 2020

Pour one out for the Koprulu Sector — StarCraft 2 to stop producing new content

We’re only a few months past the tenth anniversary of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty‘s release, but the end has officially come — Blizzard quietly announced today that they…
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Warcraft

Crow TomkusOctober 9, 2020

Dig back into the good ol’ days of Warcraft’s novel and comic roots with this Humble Bundle

It’s not every day you see Warcraft show up on Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want-for-books-and-or-games site that lets you choose how to distribute your payment, with part of the proceeds benefitting…
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Hearthstone

Crow TomkusOctober 8, 2020

Hearthstone’s Book of Heroes explores Jaina’s past — and commits to Warcraft’s long-time faction conflict

Folks may remember that when Hearthstone was first released in 2014, it bore the subtitle “Heroes of Warcraft,” which it lost two years later. While the precise reason the moniker…
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Discussion

Crow TomkusOctober 6, 2020

In a BioWare-style Warcraft RPG, which character do you romance first and why is it Yrel?

For those of you who haven’t played any of BioWare’s seminal RPG series — Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, and its MMO counterpart Star Wars: The Old…
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WoW

Crow TomkusOctober 20, 2020

Shadowlands release date delayed to later this year, pre-patch will arrive October 13

Blizzard has announced that the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion will be delayed to later this year, while the pre-patch will arrive October 13th. This isn’t completely unprecedented: the…
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Discussion

Crow TomkusSeptember 26, 2020

What Blizzard franchise should get a movie next?

Blizzard has said in the past that the name of their game studio is “Blizzard Entertainment” and not “Blizzard Games” because they see themselves as not just making games,…
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Discussion

Crow TomkusSeptember 22, 2020

What are your BlizzConline plans for 2021?

So we have just learned that in the absence of their annual BlizzCon fan event/exposition/game announcement/demo/rock concert/eardrum-damaging lobby party, Blizzard has settled on February 19-20 for an online edition…
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Overwatch

Crow TomkusSeptember 16, 2020

Who is Tracer from Overwatch? The lore behind one of the game’s most well-known characters

You may have seen her show up as a cosplay. Perhaps in Blizzard’s mash-up MOBA Heroes of the Storm. In the big media blitz surrounding the announcement (2014) and release (2016)…
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Discussion

Crow TomkusSeptember 15, 2020

What past faction would you want for a Covenant?

We got some additional insight last week that the four Covenants we’ll choose from in Shadowlands are intended to tap into the identity of our characters, helping them to become…
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