Warcraft

Welcome to the first edition of the Blizzard Watch mage column: Arcane Sanctum. This week, we break in a brand new mage tower and discuss the upcoming changes in patch 6.1.

The story of Arthas isn't a happy one, but if you take Wrath of the Lich King and tell the story backwards — like machinima-makers Slightly Impressive did — you get a very different take on things.

We at Blizzard Watch have been longtime fans of Fyreuni and Vas, so we're excited to see them complete their 100th comic. To celebrate, Daily Quest is doing a giveaway for readers.

Mythic difficulty for Blackrock Foundry has only been open for a little over a week, but European guild Method successfully defeated Blackhand, the final boss, and claimed the world first Mythic Blackhand kill earlier today.

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Hunter buffs. Is there a more beautiful combination of words in the English language? Patch 6.1 is coming out in a few short days and it contains a significant amount of specialization and talent balancing for hunters, almost all of it in the form of sweet, glorious buffs. Blizzard did sneak in a couple of nerfs to go along with it, but they aren’t so bad.

Hey There Horde Lady is a new song parody machinima with lyrics written by TheMilkMaid and a stellar performance by Youtuber Chorister, a name you might not recognize right off the bat.

Changes are in the works for Apexis Crystals in patch 6.1 -- most notably, the gear on Apexis traders in both Stormshield and Warspear is getting a facelift, and players will now be able to trade up to ilvl 670 items.

Of all 11 classes in WoW, death knights have had the most dramatic evolution. From their beginnings as a supremely flexible "hero class" --with three hybrid trees -- to their current incarnation, DKs have ridden their pale horses a very long way.

The Iron Docks quest hub was one of the more highly anticipated aspects of the upcoming patch 6.1.