Welcome to the 18th episode of Blizzard Watch's podcast!

A recent blog post on the Hearthstone site is a short piece of fiction which highlights a mysterious figure arriving at the Inn after a rather heated match between tavern patrons.

With the reveal of the two new, limited spawn pets in Talador and Spires of Arak in 6.2, there's a renewed discussion about pets and spawning patterns. Here is a look at the different ways pets can spawn, plus tips to maximize your taming time.

Reaper is the latest Overwatch character to receive a gameplay preview. Made available on YouTube earlier today, Reaper's gameplay preview takes place on the Giza Plateau map. The first half of the video is more spectacular than the second, with Reaper building up a streak of 11 kills.

This week we have two questions about guild leaders who aren't exactly paragons of the position: one who gkicks members for a strange reason and one who quits on raids when they don't start off well.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments and we may choose it for tomorrow’s edition!

Where is my booterang when I need it?

Much like I feel daily quests were unfairly poo-pooed in Mists of Pandaria -- ignoring the root of the problem and laying blame at the feet of what one saw on the surface -- I think the Command Table in Warlords of Draenor is getting a bad rap.

Looking forward to today's Heroes of the Storm launch? So are we — and so are tons of fan artists. To celebrate the game's launch, we rounded up some of our favorite fan art for this week's BlizzCrafts.

In the middle of the launch day festivities for Heroes of the Storm there aren't any bug fixes or balancing changes in sight, just lots of exclusive goodies for everyone who wants to test their mettle in the week surrounding launch.