Welcome to episode 123 of Blizzard Watch's podcast!

Though BlizzCon is typically the company's biggest event of the year, Blizzard is starting to use Gamescom as its European stage. And if recent years are any indication, we can expect some big announcements.

We've already seen previews of the insanely cool summer-themed skins, sprays, and mounts coming to Heroes of the Storm, but we may also know when we can get our hands on sexy-stud-in-the-sun Tychus thanks to datamining.

It's going to be a long weekend for Blizzard esports, even if all you're watching is the HGC Mid-Season Brawl.

If you've been distracted by Malthael's upcoming Heroes appearance or the plethora of Blizzard news over the past few weeks, it may have slipped your mind the Heroes of the Storm's 2017 Season 1 is ending this coming Tuesday, June 13.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

I have to say, despite the hassle at the end, I really enjoyed the Rogue class mount quests. They made me remember why I like playing a Rogue so much — skulking around in the middle of places I definitely should not be. It took a little longer than expected to carry out the last leg of the mission, but it was totally worth it.

…I don’t think I’m going to show my face in Stormwind again for a while, though.

You may or may not have heard, but throughout the patch 7.2 PTR, there was an achievement that could be earned during the Death Knight class mount quest -- specifically, when Death Knights take a jaunt to the Ruby Sanctum to retrieve an item.

"I wasn’t expecting this when I got my Mage class mount," writes submitter Sajuukcor of Warrior Nation on Kael'thas (US-A).

I admit: I haven't been playing World of Warcraft lately.

The Wild game mode in Hearthstone is more popular than ever -- and receiving more support than ever from the developers.