This is the live blog for the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2015.

I was going to talk about BlizzCon but then this happened.

Welcome Dakotaraptor, a contender for largest Dromaeosaurid ever. Not only is it nearly the same size as Utahraptor (it’s built on a more gracile body plan, so it almost certainly weighed less) but this late Cretaceous raptor is a game changer for a variety of reasons. It’s much akin to its relatives Velociraptor or Deinonychus but scaled up to bigger than even Jurassic Park dared dream, and it had long feathers on its forelimbs in a structure that even the most anti-feathered dinosaur grump would have to admit is a wing.

Wings. This nearly twenty foot (six meters) long raptor had wings. No, it couldn’t fly with them any more than an ostrich can, but it had clear, unmistakably feathered forelimbs. At this point, if you put featherless raptors in your dinosaur movie, you look like an idiot. It would be like having hairless lions and tigers in your movie because they look cooler. Just stop it, Hollywood.

Submitter Derscha writes, "The AAMS  (‘Anytime, Anywhere Messenger Service’)  on Cenarion Circle/Sisters of Elune kicked off this month with our 10th Annual Armistice Day Ball.

Last night we learned a bit about Legion from a leak that made its way around Reddit and other sites: Legion will be releasing on or before September 21st, 2016.

Making its rounds today on Reddit and elsewhere is a background image from Battle.net, with a few important details about Legion and Legion pre-orders.

If you're in Anaheim tonight, join us at the Anaheim Hilton for the amazing Con Before the Storm.

Welcome to the 41st episode of Blizzard Watch's podcast!

Earlier today we reported on a tweet showing a gaming store Overwatch promotion box displaying Xbox One and PS4 logos as well as the words "Origins Edition." The price was said to be $60, but no information on the content was revealed.

Redditor SSBM_Kira has been busy at work creating helpful videos for would-be Overwatch players -- and they're actually some of the most useful videos you can get outside of flat tutorials.

As if the Abathur Symbiote Hat and Zergling Plush Slippers weren't enough, Blizzard just premiered 36 new items in the BlizzCon gear store.