Of the many, many pieces of news unveiled yesterday, one of them seemed to strike a nerve among the community more than others: Heirlooms will no longer provide XP bonuses in Shadowlands.

I know, I know: we left last month's D&D game on a pretty big cliffhanger, and I promise we'll get back to that.

During an inverview with content creator MrGM, Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft Morgan Day revealed that, with the release of the next expansion, Shadowlands, heirlooms will no longer provide an XP bonus.

The Balance of Power quest line, beginning with The Power Within, required players to run multiple Mythic+ dungeons and several Legion raids to complete.

WoW Shadowlands will finally introduce the ability to swap your gender in an in-game barbershop versus spending real money on the Blizzard Shop, according to Executive Producer John Hight in an interview with Eurogamer.

In the swirling chaos of the WoW Shadowlands news cycle this week, Blizzard also dropped a hefty mount on us.

Music and Nintendo. That seems pretty “Mitch,” right?

Yeah.

Now, let’s Queue.

Yesterday, Blizzard had held its much-anticipated (and once-delayed) Shadowlands stream event.

In this week's Hearthstone Tavern Brawl, portals open and denizens from all over the Hearthstone universe step through to aid you in your battle.

Are you not entertained?