Blizzard at Gamescom – 30th Anniversary Warcraft Events, Warcraft Direct, & Overwatch Collab!

Back at Gamescom for the first time since 2019, Blizzard revealed a few exciting details about what players should expect from World of Warcraft for the rest of 2024. President of Blizzard Entertainment, Johanna Faries, shared Blizzard’s plans for the …

Back at Gamescom for the first time since 2019, Blizzard revealed a few exciting details about what players should expect from World of Warcraft for the rest of 2024. President of Blizzard Entertainment, Johanna Faries, shared Blizzard's plans for the 30th anniversary of Warcraft, a new game presentation called Warcraft Direct, and a collaboration with Overwatch 2!

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Blizzard Updating Authority of Storms Enchant Before War Within

Blizzard will be updating the Authority of Storms enchant in the War Within!Before the launch of The War Within, we’re simplifying the Authority of Storms enchant to make it a more consistent option.The damage will now occur immediately when the enchan…

Blizzard will be updating the Authority of Storms enchant in the War Within!

Before the launch of The War Within, we’re simplifying the Authority of Storms enchant to make it a more consistent option.

The damage will now occur immediately when the enchant activates, rather than granting you a buff which provides a window to trigger the damage multiple times.

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Diablo 4 Patch 1.5.1 Now Live!

Diablo 4 Patch 1.5.1 is now live! This patch buffs the Infernal Hordes game mode, grants players a free Legendary Cache of Greater Affix Items, and fixes several bugs.Diablo 4 Patch 1.5.1 Patch NotesDid you catch Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred at Gamescom?…

Diablo 4 Patch 1.5.1 is now live! This patch buffs the Infernal Hordes game mode, grants players a free Legendary Cache of Greater Affix Items, and fixes several bugs.

Diablo 4 Patch 1.5.1 Patch Notes

Did you catch Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred at Gamescom? What content, features, or quality-of-life improvements are you most looking forward to in Diablo 4?

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Gamescom Opening Night Diablo 4 Blog Post – Mercenaries Revealed

Blizzard has released a blog post detailing the Diablo 4 revelations from the opening night of Gamescom, including Mercenaries.While the main Diablo 4 event is taking place during tomorrow’s Gamescom Livestream at 6am PDT, Blizzard teased several franc…

Blizzard has released a blog post detailing the Diablo 4 revelations from the opening night of Gamescom, including Mercenaries.

While the main Diablo 4 event is taking place during tomorrow's Gamescom Livestream at 6am PDT, Blizzard teased several franchise details for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo 4 during Gamescom's opening ceremony. Primarily, Blizzard launched a reveal trailer for Mercenaries, and hinted at more information to come for the Dark Citadel and the Kurast Undercity.

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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred – Mercenaries Reveal Trailer

Blizzard has just premiered a new video at Gamescom, introducing players to the four Mercenaries coming to Diablo 4. This trailer showcases companions that players will be able to recruit once Vessel of Hatred launches on October 8th!Which companion ar…

Blizzard has just premiered a new video at Gamescom, introducing players to the four Mercenaries coming to Diablo 4. This trailer showcases companions that players will be able to recruit once Vessel of Hatred launches on October 8th!

Which companion are you most looking forward to recruiting?

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Chris Metzen on the Worldsoul Saga – WowCast

Chris Metzen discusses the Worldsoul Saga on the most recent episode of WoWCast!Chris Metzen sits down for a can’t miss discussion with The Instance’s Scott Johnson to talk about his return to Blizzard, his philosophy on Creative Direction, and where W…

Chris Metzen discusses the Worldsoul Saga on the most recent episode of WoWCast!

Chris Metzen sits down for a can't miss discussion with The Instance's Scott Johnson to talk about his return to Blizzard, his philosophy on Creative Direction, and where World of Warcraft is heading in The War Within, the Worldsoul Saga, and beyond!

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Datamined S1 Dungeon Tuning for August 20th (Part 3)

We’ve datamined the S1 dungeon tuning for today which also includes increased count from some mobs in dungeons. We are unable to datamine the exact health changes as mentioned in this post.Part 1: Lots of dungeon and count changes.Part 2: Minor tuning …

We've datamined the S1 dungeon tuning for today which also includes increased count from some mobs in dungeons.

We are unable to datamine the exact health changes as mentioned in this post.

Part 1: Lots of dungeon and count changes.
Part 2: Minor tuning and count changes.
Part 3: More changes including the reversion of the Drain Fluids change.

Count Changes

Dawnbreaker

Total count requirement increased to 460 (was 430):

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In-Game Mounts and Pets for Purchasing SteelSeries World of Warcraft Limited Edition Collection

SteelSeries has announced a World of Warcraft Limited Edition collection of PC gaming peripherals and purchases will get you an in-game mount or pet reward!The collection cannot be purchased yet, but you can sign up to get notified on the Steelseries w…

SteelSeries has announced a World of Warcraft Limited Edition collection of PC gaming peripherals and purchases will get you an in-game mount or pet reward!

The collection cannot be purchased yet, but you can sign up to get notified on the Steelseries website. As most of these in-game rewards have no other source than this promotion, it's unclear if they'll be obtainable through other means once the SteelSeries limited collection is no longer available.

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S1 Mythic+ Dungeon Tuning for August 20th – Additional Checkpoint and Increased Count Requirements

Blizzard has posted S1 Mythic+ dungeon tuning for today which includes an additional checkpoint in Grim Batol, increased count requirements in 3 dungeons and much more!Greetings, dungeoneers!As we continue to review community responses for future adjus…

Blizzard has posted S1 Mythic+ dungeon tuning for today which includes an additional checkpoint in Grim Batol, increased count requirements in 3 dungeons and much more!

Greetings, dungeoneers!

As we continue to review community responses for future adjustments, we’ve made updates in this week’s Beta.

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Invisibility Potions Now Share Cooldown Again

In a major change for Mythic+, the new line of invisibility potions in The War Within no longer share a cooldown with combat potions, allowing them to be used in either order without locking out the other!Edit #1: In recent hotfixes, the invisibility p…

In a major change for Mythic+, the new line of invisibility potions in The War Within no longer share a cooldown with combat potions, allowing them to be used in either order without locking out the other!

Edit #1: In recent hotfixes, the invisibility potions Draught of Silent Footfalls now once again share cooldown with other potions.

Note the Treading Lightly effect from Draught of Silent Footfalls active at the same time as a combat potion.

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