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.

Diablo

Crow TomkusMay 31, 2022

Diablo Immortal showed off some minor updates at BlizzCon, but still doesn’t have a release date

One title conspicuously absent from this year’s opening ceremonies, and indeed from the entire BlizzCon schedule, was Diablo Immortal. Announced as the key new product at BlizzCon 2018, the mobile…
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WoW

Crow TomkusNovember 2, 2019

No cross-faction play, no end to the faction divide in the cards in WoW

A question at the WoW Q&A panel made the case for why loosening the faction restrictions of World of Warcraft would be nice (i.e. finding people to fill out your…
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Diablo

Crow TomkusNovember 2, 2019

BlizzCon Virtual Ticketholders get Lilith wings in Diablo 3

One of the last-minute reveals for BlizzCon Virtual Ticket holders and con-goers is a cosmetic reward in Diablo 3. According to yesterday’s blog post on the official site it will…
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BlizzCon

Crow TomkusNovember 1, 2019

Overwatch 2 continues the story of Overwatch by getting the band back together

The Overwatch 2 announcement cinematic, Zero Hour crystallizes the new narrative of the Overwatch storyline going forward: namely, when faced against the overwhelming threat of an omnic invasion force,…
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Warcraft

Crow TomkusOctober 29, 2019

Let chaos reign! The Warcraft 3 Multiplayer Beta is starting this week

After a quiet year since the game’s announcement (but also a few weeks of some very conspicuous data updates and beta rumors), there’s some news for Warcraft 3: Reforged.…
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Heroes of the Storm

Crow TomkusOctober 25, 2019

Deathwing is coming to Heroes of the Storm, this is not a drill

After a tumultuous year that’s seen Heroes of the Storm lose its official support as an esport, key personnel departures, and a noticeable slowdown in hero additions, the Heroes team has apparently decided…
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Warcraft

Crow TomkusOctober 21, 2019

Warcraft 3: Reforged’s beta client yields surprises from datamining, but silence otherwise

After being announced at BlizzCon 2018 we haven’t heard a peep about Warcraft 3: Reforged, though the announced release date at the time was before the end of 2019.…
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Diablo

Crow TomkusOctober 14, 2019

Unleash Pandemonium in Diablo 3 Season 19 with kill streak damage buff

Hot on the heels of Diablo 3 Season 18’s Triune buff-pools, the notes for the patch 2.6.7 PTR introduce the new buff for the upcoming Season 19: Pandemonium. This…
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Overwatch

Crow TomkusOctober 11, 2019

Winston’s Recall ties together the Overwatch universe — and could set the stage for Overwatch 2

We don’t have a lot of time, so I want to cut to the chase: despite what Overwatch the game would have you think, Overwatch the franchise has a…
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