Hello and happy Friday, Watchers!

In a brief statement that proves brevity is the soul of wit, Diablo 3 Senior Game Producer Matthew Cederquist  popped onto the D3 forums to tell us that the Altar of Rites system from Season 28 will become a permanent fixture of the game starting in Season 30.

The end of the week is upon us again. We have survived another round of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with only Friday left. We can make it to the weekend; it’s just a few hours a day.

Join us as we discuss how Blizzard has been applying systems and features from Diablo 3 to Diablo 4 as well as the other way around, the pros and cons of Diablo 4’s leveling experience running out of story, and the start of Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 5 that adds a new element of randomness to the game.

In a somewhat unexpected development, the Hearthstone team has announced the game's first ever expansion for the Wild mode.

There are three related kinds of gaming paralysis -- or, at least.

I mean, either I’m awake or I’m having a very boring dream.

When Dragonflight patch 10.1.7 releases on September 5, it will have a few new quality-of-life and accessibility features, most notably a new ping system for players to use in all levels of content.

I keep thinking about what the next expansion for World of Warcraft will be, where it will take us, and what we'll be doing once we get there.

Diablo 4 released June 6, 2023, and Season 1 started a whopping 45 days later.