Matthew Rossi

Matthew Rossi @MatthewWRossi — Matthew Rossi is a synapsid, perhaps descended from Cynognathus. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up there before leaving to see the world and be mistaken for a sasquatch and/or minor singing celebrity in various locales. He currently lives and writes in Edmonton alongside his amazing and beautiful wife and their cats. He’s written three collections of speculative fiction, Things That Never Were, Bottled Demon and At Last, Atlantis. He loves playing warriors in World of Warcraft, barbarians in Diablo III, and he’s beginning to notice a pattern here.

Diablo

Diablo 3 Season 18 is over, but Season 19 should start soon

by Matthew Rossi on November 8, 2019 at 5:45pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're in the thick of Diablo 3's Season 18, you may be wondering: when am I going to have to get serious about wrapping up my Seasonal Journey?

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The Queue

The Queue: I am not in California

by Matthew Rossi on November 8, 2019 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

BlizzCon 2019 was last week. This week, I’m in Edmonton, which is a balmy 2 degrees Celsius today. That’s 35 degrees F, which is slightly above freezing. It was a lot colder yesterday. I like to think it’s the weather taking a little bit of pity on me tonight. Soon, it will be back to -19c and everything with be as cold as Icecrown.

Let’s do that Queue, shall we? We shall.

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Diablo

Diablo 4 Executive Producer: “We’re very excited about cross-play”

by Matthew Rossi on November 8, 2019 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

A recent interview with Allen Adham -- Executive Producer on Diablo 4 and one of Blizzard's founders -- and Senior Producer Tiffany Wat has a lot of lovely tidbits to look over.

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Discussion

What do you think of the World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary event?

by Matthew Rossi on November 8, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I ask this sight unseen because I actually haven't seen it yet.

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News

WoW Classic drives biggest quarterly subscription increase in WoW history

by Matthew Rossi on November 7, 2019 at 5:25pm @MatthewWRossi

Activision Blizzard's latest earnings call posited good news for World of Warcraft: the third quarter of the year saw the largest quarterly subscription increase in the franchise's history.

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Diablo

How Diablo 4 has been influenced by Diablo 2 and Diablo 3

by Matthew Rossi on November 7, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Keep in mind that Diablo 4 is not only not out yet, it's not even remotely out yet -- at present it's a 10 minute or so demo available only at BlizzCon.

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BlizzCon

Hands on with Shadowlands at BlizzCon

by Matthew Rossi on November 7, 2019 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

I got to play Shadowlands at BlizzCon 2019, and I have opinions.

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BlizzCon

What do you wish Blizzard had announced at BlizzCon 2019?

by Matthew Rossi on November 7, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

There was a lot at this year's BlizzCon -- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and both a new expansion and a new mode for Hearthstone, plus playable demos for Warcraft 3 Reforged and Diablo Immortal were on hand.

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Diablo