This week in Blizzard gaming news, Hearthstone Mercenaries still has some rough edges that make it less fun than it could be, Diablo 2: Resurrected is dealing with server downtime due to legacy code, and Hallow's End has returned to WoW.
Meet the player characters of Critical Role’s Campaign 3
by Matthew Rossi on October 22, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi
Critical Role Campaign 3 has begun, and we now have our first look at the new characters the cast will be playing as they explore the continent of Marquet.
What’s your favorite alt class?
by Matthew Rossi on October 22, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi
Everyone knows that I main Warriors and love them, but what I don't talk about as much is how much I enjoy having a Paladin alt -- I have two that I'm working on, and I enjoy the flexibility of healing, tanking or DPSing on one character.
Still frustrated by long New World queue times? Here’s how to server transfer characters
by Ted Atchley on October 21, 2021 at 4:00pm @honorshammer
10/28/2021 update: The transfer service is once again available!
28 expansions later, EverQuest is still kicking, and that has implications for all MMOs
by Matthew Rossi on October 21, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi
Terror of Luclin, the 28th expansion for EverQuest, is coming out in December.
When is the patch 9.1.5 release date? November 2!
by Elizabeth Harper on October 21, 2021 at 12:30pm
We originally predicted that patch 9.1.5 would launch in early October, but we finally know that the patch 9.1.5 release date is November 2 — just over a week from now.
The Queue: Greymane’s forces hold this warden tower
by Mitch on October 21, 2021 at 12:00pm
I promise the title is actually relevant — but even if not, who doesn’t love a good #ThrowbackThursday to remind them of one of everyone’s favorite lines in the game?!…No?
Okay, fine. In that case, I guess all we have left to do…
…is Queue.
Tips on how to beat Emperor Thaurissan in Hearthstone Mercenaries
by Christian Thoma on October 21, 2021 at 10:00am @Kalcheus
Hearthstone's Mercenaries mode has proven to be popular -- at least by the writers on this site.
Which WoW expansion has had the best endgame?
by Matthew Rossi on October 21, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi
I'm biased, but I really had a blast playing endgame in Cataclysm, and I think Dragon Soul may have been the best raid in terms of enough complexity and variety to make fights fun and challenging while still not being ridiculously over-taxing or over-designed.
Speedruns and sequence breaks: How the developers reward players for breaking the rules in Metroid Dread
by Phil Xavier on October 20, 2021 at 5:00pm
What is a "sequence break?" It's a veritable little pile of secrets that a player may use to do things in ways that they're not supposed to in a game.



