Phil Xavier

Phil Xavier — Phil Xavier, also known as Red, began his Blizzard adventure many years ago, with such titles as Rock N' Roll Racing and Blackthorne -- but it was the one-two punch of Warcraft II and Diablo that really took hold of his nerdy heart. He is also deeply interested in other games, especially for the Switch (but without ignoring the PC and PS4), and in discussions about game design (and game-making) in general. There is a place called rcnsk.com where he writes stuff unrelated to Blizzard Watch, but the truth is that there's nothing really in there yet.

Hearthstone

Hearthstone’s Interim Game Director shares some exciting features he’d like to work on

by Phil Xavier on May 24, 2022 at 10:00am

Hearthstone's Interim Game Director August Dean Ayala (aka Iksar) made a simple tweet where he shared his wish to work on several exciting features for the game — and each of them would be absolutely massive.

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The Queue

The Queue: Oh, snap! (Deep booming laughter edition)

by Phil Xavier on May 20, 2022 at 12:00pm

The universe may be in danger, but at least it’ll go out with deep, booming laughter.

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WoW

What role does the Dracthyr Evoker fill?

by Phil Xavier on May 16, 2022 at 2:00pm

After three expansions, World of Warcraft is finally getting a new class again, the Dracthyr Evoker — but what niche does that class fill, if any, that wasn't already covered by the existing 12 classes?

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Hearthstone

Hearthstone has a new frame rate option that might be causing slowdowns — here’s how to fix it

by Phil Xavier on May 11, 2022 at 2:00pm

Hearthstone just had a bit patch release, but it might have come with unexpected side effects: many players are reporting slowdown issues.

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Hearthstone

The Naga are flooding into Hearthstone Battlegrounds today, bringing a new keyword with them

by Phil Xavier on May 10, 2022 at 12:30pm

Prepare yourself to face the coming tides, for the Naga are finally arriving in Hearthstone Battlegrounds today, May 10, bringing many spells with them.

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Hearthstone

You’ll soon be able to upgrade your Hearthstone cards to golden by using dust

by Phil Xavier on May 9, 2022 at 6:00pm

A long-awaited feature is finally coming to Hearthstone: you'll now be able to upgrade your existing cards to their golden versions by using your dust.

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Hearthstone

Buddies are leaving Hearthstone Battlegrounds, at least temporarily

by Phil Xavier on May 9, 2022 at 2:00pm

The upcoming major patch for Hearthstone Battlegrounds, which will introduce Naga minions and the Spellcraft keyword, will also remove Buddies from the game — for now, at least.

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WoW

After 14 years of complaints, Blizzard is removing School of Hard Knocks achievement from Children’s Week meta

by Phil Xavier on May 5, 2022 at 10:00am

The School of Hard Knocks achievement is no longer going to be required for the For the Children meta-achievement — and, in turn, for the Violet Proto-Drake.

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