Blizzard Watch

Tips and tricks you may not know in Overwatch

by Anna Bell

Even though we're celebrating the first anniversary of Overwatch this month, there are still so...

2017-06-07 15:31:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Watching Blizzard - June 6, 2017: Patch 7.2.5 may be just around the corner

Hello, watchers of watchers! Liz here to bring you everything interesting in the world of Blizzard from today. Or at least everything I think is interesting.  So now that we've established the ground rules, let's see what's happening out there.<...

2017-06-07 04:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 123

Hi there, Patrons! Here's this week's pre-show and episode of the Blizzard Watch podcast, uncut. If you'd like to download to your favorite device and listen to it later, you can 2017-06-06 21:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Watching Blizzard - June 5, 2017: Patreon Forums & Discord, HoTS Rewards, and Sargeras Spoilers

Notes on your Patreon benefits

• Since we'll be using Patreon more to post our patron specific content, we know that it's going to email you every time. If you're getting tired of emails (don't worry, we all do), you can change...
  2017-06-05 23:34:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Put tanking out of its misery

by Matthew Rossi

I have played World of Warcraft since its inception. I have tanked that entire time. I have tanked in every expansion, and until I started to go blind I tanked the hardest fights the game had to offer -- and even with my e...

2017-06-05 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Lore Watch Episode 50: Forsaken Paladins? In my Warcraft?

This week our Lore Watchers Anne, Matt and Joe answer a few emailed questions and discuss the potential for new race/class combinations, the origins and history of Xal'atath, and a dizzying spiral into the Curse of Flesh, its origins, and the motivat...

2017-06-04 22:39:45 +0000 UTC View Post

How to remove ads and get full-text RSS on Blizzard Watch

Hi patrons!

If you're trying to get ads-free or full-text RSS, there's a code you enter on the supporter page at Blizzard Watch. Once you've plugged the code in th...

2017-06-02 15:37:04 +0000 UTC View Post

How transmog saved the World of Warcraft

by Matthew Rossi

I hated the idea of transmog when I heard about it.

I have been, over the thirteen year course of my involvement with World of Warcraft, always something of a curmudgeon. Nowhere was I more curmudgeonly than when the...

2017-06-02 13:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Patrons, these are your new benefits and our new goals

Starting today we've revamped our benefits, goals, and changed so much with the business we're calling it Blizzard Watch 2.0. You can find out about it all at 9pm CST this evening 2017-06-02 00:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 122

Hi there, Patrons! Here's this week's pre-show and episode of the Blizzard Watch podcast, uncut. If you'd like to download to your favorite device and listen to it later, you can 2017-05-31 02:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Behind the Scenes: Week of May 29

We're back with another behind-the-scenes podcast! Alex Ziebart and Anne Stickney sit down for Alex's final behind-the-scenes show as Editor in Chief at Blizzard Watch, and have a lengthy discussion about his decision to step down, where he's headed,...

2017-05-30 18:12:03 +0000 UTC View Post

World of Warcraft and player culture

By Matthew Rossi

Should a raid guild ask you to take two weeks off work to push world firsts?

Should a guild call others in the sam...

2017-05-30 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard’s BlizzCon 2017 reveal should be a pet battle app

The idea is not something new -- an app for our phones that lets us battle with our WoW pets.

Since pet battles were introduced with Cataclysm there has been constant talk of an app for them. Even Blizzard's devs have sa...

2017-05-29 13:30:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Revamping Blizzard Watch's Patreon

Hello Patreons!

Many many thanks for your continued support over the years. It's meant the absolute world to us, and we'd not be here if it wasn't for you.

We wanted to give you all a heads up that we're going to be revamping our Patreon bene...

2017-05-28 21:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 121

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Lore Watch Episode 49: Future of the Lich King

  This week our Lore Watchers Anne, Matt and Joe answer a couple of reader emails on a particularly interesting subject - the new Lich King, Bolvar Fordragon. Is there anything left of Bolvar? Is he working towards darker purposes we don't ...

2017-05-21 22:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 120

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Blizzard Watch Behind the Scenes: Week of May 15

We're back with another behind-the-scenes podcast! Alex Ziebart and Anne Stickney take a casual glimpse and then a deeper look into the question of how they got where they are today, as well as what makes the job at Blizzard Watch an interesting one....

2017-05-15 17:41:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 119

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Lore Watch Episode 48: The evolution of Nathanos Marris

This week our Lore Watchers Anne, Matt and Joe take a look at the latest World of Warcraft short story Dark Mirror and discuss everyone's favorite grouchy Ranger Lord, Nathanos Blightcaller. What is his relationship with Sylvanas Windrunner? What dar...

2017-05-07 22:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 118

Hi there, Patrons! Here's this week's pre-show and episode of the Blizzard Watch podcast, uncut. If you'd like to download to your favorite device and listen to it later, you can 2017-05-02 22:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Behind the Scenes: Week of May 1

We're back with another behind-the-scenes podcast! Alex Ziebart and Anne Stickney talk about what's coming up in the month of May, along with the usual smattering of sidetalk into various other projects and speculation about future WoW expansion anno...

2017-05-01 15:27:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 117

Hi there, Patrons! Here's this week's pre-show and episode of the Blizzard Watch podcast, uncut. If you'd like to download to your favorite device and listen to it later, you can 2017-04-25 22:35:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Lore Watch Episode 47: King Anduin Llane Wrynn

This week our Lore Watchers Anne, Matt and Joe discuss Stormwind's newest leader, taking a deeper look at how he's grown over the years from boy king to full fledged ruler in his own right. Hand in hand with this is discussion over the latest Legion ...

2017-04-23 22:33:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 116

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Blizzard Watch Behind the Scenes: Week of April 17

We're back with another behind-the-scenes podcast! Alex Ziebart and Anne Stickney talk about the holidays, the latest Heroes of the Storm news, and the tricky balance of maintaining social media when in public-facing positions. You can listen right h...

2017-04-17 17:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Episode 115

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Lore Watch Episode 46: The shaping of Draenor and evolution of Azeroth

This week our Lore Watchers Anne, Matt and Joe dive into the mailbag to answer your questions about World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2. Along the way they address the unique circumstances surrounding Draenor's creation, and meander into a longer d...

2017-04-10 04:17:26 +0000 UTC View Post