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

How to play as Heistbaron Togwaggle in Hearthstone Battlegrounds

by Phil Xavier on August 4, 2022 at 2:00pm

The newest hero introduced to Hearthstone Battlegrounds, Heistbaron Togwaggle, is a very unique one — his power level is high, but he's not trivial to play.

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Hearthstone

The 9 most interesting cards coming in Hearthstone’s Murder at Castle Nathria expansion

by Phil Xavier on August 2, 2022 at 1:00pm

A new Hearthstone expansion means a new batch of interesting mechanics and flavorful cards, and Murder at Castle Nathria is certainly no exception.

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Diablo

How much do lore, fantasy, and gameplay influence your class choices?

by Phil Xavier on August 1, 2022 at 8:00am

Do you ever find yourself thinking, "I love the fantasy for this class, but I don't like playing it?" Or, perhaps, it's the other way around: Is there a class that you love to play, but you don't really connect with lore-wise?

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Gallery

Gallery: First look at the Waking Shores zone from the WoW Dragonflight alpha

by Phil Xavier on July 28, 2022 at 10:00am

The Waking Shores zone features an assortment of environments, with Proto-Drakes, raging Elementals, beautiful sunny valleys, golden shores, ashen desolation, dragon architecture, and breathtaking Red Dragonflight areas.

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Hearthstone

Hearthstone Battlegrounds gets customizable emotes, a new hero, and quality of life features

by Phil Xavier on July 26, 2022 at 10:00am

Another new way to customize your Hearthstone Battlegrounds experience will become available with patch 24.0, in the form of emotes.

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Hearthstone

What does the inclusion of Prince Renathal mean for Hearthstone?

by Phil Xavier on July 12, 2022 at 2:00pm

Prince Renathal is one of the most unique cards ever made for Hearthstone.

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WoW

An early look into the Dracthyr character customization options

by Phil Xavier on July 12, 2022 at 10:00am

The Dracthyr race is coming to World of Warcraft in the upcoming Dragonflight expansion, and it's looking like it might end up featuring more character customization options than any other race yet.

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Hearthstone

What are Location cards in Hearthstone, and how do they work?

by Phil Xavier on July 11, 2022 at 4:30pm

Hearthstone is getting a new card type for the first time in five years, and only for the second time in the game's history. Location cards are arriving with the Murder at Castle Natrhia expansion: cards that represent specific places from the world.

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Hearthstone

Mechs absolutely dominate the Hearthstone Battlegrounds meta

by Phil Xavier on July 11, 2022 at 10:00am

On the latest Hearthstone Battlegrounds patch we saw a buff to Grease Bot, but we had no idea just how much that simple change would impact the entire meta of the game mode.

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Heroes of the Storm