A dark and secret yearning in the soul of a many tanks is the want to pursue “big numbers” just as much as our DPS brethren do. Sure, we deny it, and dismiss DPS as an unwashed rabble more obsessed with chasing bigger and bigger damage numbers at the expense of basic things like not dying during a boss encounter -- but the truth is that deep in the heart of every tank lurks a green-eyed ego-monster that hungers for flashy critical strikes. (Whether tanks admit it or not.)

Welcome to the fourth episode of Blizzard Watch's podcast!

It seems as though battle pets, bucking under the iron rule of their trainers, no longer heal themselves in battle as much as they should since patch 6.1 was applied.

A quick and dirty guide to all the pets in the latest installment of the popular Raiding With Leashes achievement series.

If you like Pepe, the overly affectionate garrison bird that will happily ride around on your head, there's good news for you in patch 6.1. You can now call Pepe from anywhere in the world with the Trans-Dimensional Bird Whistle, a reward for the new achievement What A Strange, Interdimensional Trip It's Been.

The second wing of Blackrock Foundry LFR, The Black Forge, opens up today. It consists of 3 bosses: Hans'gar and Franzok, Flamebender Ka'graz, and Kromog. Our bosses in 5 seconds series focuses on the core points you need to know going into these fights.

Today's submitter writes, "In this first-time crossover of WoW and APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), shadow priest and part-time stargazer Carina of Zirkel des Cenarius (EU-A) presents the very recently discovered constellation of the Hearthstone-Pegasus, a very dynamic, if not outright fast-moving “star" pattern.

With patch 6.1, your home away from home gets a quite a number of upgrades. From new missions, to new followers to new fights and quests, your Draenor fort has a whole lot of new content in WoD's first major patch.

Patch 6.1 is hitting the US realms today! I’m used to major patches having a catchy subtitle (e.g. Patch 5.1: Landfall), but patch 6.1 has no such theme attached to it. This is strictly a features patch.