Hope you all had a great holiday. Now that it's the new year its time to look back at the high lows of 2024 of Blizzard and its many titles. We cover everything from the games to the business moves as well as what to look forward to in 2025.
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Today we have another episode of Sentai & Sensibility for you to enjoy. This week, our sentai is on the chase! As present-pilfering robotic spiders flee across the city, Her Majesty's Prehistorian Praetorians race ...
2025-01-03 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello supporters!
As of the new year, Blizzard Watch is owned by long-time writers, editors, managers, and cat herders Dan O'Halloran and Elizabeth Harper. Both of us have been working on the site since the beginning, after spending many yea...
2025-01-01 21:58:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here is your first ad-free episode of Lore Watch of 2025.
Join us as we discuss an alternate universe for the Diablo franchise where Prince Aidan never embedded the soul stone into his head to become the vessel...
2025-01-01 17:16:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the week where we’re all generally addled and not sure which day it is, and we’re simultaneously full of holiday cheer but also cheese and perhaps a cookie or eight.
It’s how long til new years? Eh, Elling Trias will probably s...
2024-12-27 21:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss the controversial upcoming rework of Marksmanship Hunters that removes pets, the Goblin/casino/mecha T-Rex themed preview of WoW patch 11.1 coming early next year, the new updates to this year’s Win...
2024-12-27 16:19:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today we have a new episode of our somewhat neglected tabletop liveplay series. You can look forward to two or three episodes per month moving forward (depending on scheduling, which is the bane of all gamers).
There'...
2024-12-27 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the holidays, there will not be a Lore Watch Podcast this week. However, the main Blizzard Watch Podcast will be going live later this week as usual, along with a new episode of Tavern Watch Plays. Next week we plan to stick to our usual p...
2024-12-25 19:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I find myself being a bit envious of Scrooge sometimes as we round this particular temporal corner. Don't get me wrong, I love my friends and family, but sometimes it sounds like it might be nice to be "secret, and self-contained, and solitary as ...
2024-12-20 22:05:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss the new content that has arrived in WoW with the roll out of patch 11.0.7 Siren Isle, the treasure goblin kill fest Diablo 4 holiday event, Hearthstone’s current meta mess, and the new Heroes of the...
2024-12-20 17:16:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here is your ad-free access to the latest episode of Lore Watch.
Join us as we discuss where new class halls could be given some iconic ones were destroyed when Dalaran fell from the sky. Also, more exploration of th...
2024-12-18 19:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis week is all about gaming awards shows and showcases, and here at Blizzard Watch we have been soaking up game trailers all week. But we do still have some Blizzard news to cover as well as a some excellent events next week. Let’s catch up on...
2024-12-14 17:44:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss the unimpressive upgradable ring, Circe’s Circlet, arriving with Siren Isle, Diablo Immortal finally getting….Diablo, and how yet another mobile-first Blizzard game has found its way onto PCs.
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Here is your ad-free access to the latest episode of Lore Watch.
Join us as we discuss the lore questions tied to the official Warcraft novel, “Stormrage”. We delve into Malfurion’s vision of Azeroth and the co...
2024-12-11 15:35:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Is anybody else three peppermint mochas into the weekend already? Let's get this weekly wrapup sorted so I can go break an ankle falling off a ladder while I try to hang lights outside. Festive!
2024-12-06 22:41:34 +0000 UTC
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Join us as we discuss the dual spec, LFG, and gold accessibility features rolled out early on the WoW Classic Anniversary realms, the new heroes introduced with Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 9, the upcoming PC beta of B...
2024-12-06 17:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss Dragon Age: The Veilguard, exploring the significance of gods, spirits, and corruption in the world of Thedas, the prota...
2024-12-04 13:58:39 +0000 UTC View Post
While there are several things that are amusingly unrealistic in video games, none of them are quite as enviable as the ability of my character to stand over a fire, rub her hands together for a few seconds, and pop out a fully cooked whatever wit...
2024-11-29 23:34:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss the rollout plans for the WoW Classic anniversary realms, Diablo 4’s upcoming armory changes that allow hot swapping between builds, our hopes and dreams for a Heroes of the Storm revival, the upcom...
2024-11-29 21:26:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss how Beledar, the immense crystal lodged in the cavern ceiling of the Khaz Algar zone, could be connected to Naaru ships, Titan te...
2024-11-27 16:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
As many of us prepare to spend a holiday together with family, just remember that it could be worse. Malfurion could be your surrogate father.
Here is our Friday wrapup of all the stuff that happened this week, everything you need to know fo...
2024-11-23 00:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss all the revelations from last week’s BlizzCo--uh, Warcraft Direct including WoW player housing, WoW Classic Classic (not a typo), and the WoW 2025 roadmap. Also Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 9, h...
2024-11-21 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Matt and Joe explore the possibility that Faerin Lothar of Hallowfell is being set up as a love interest for Anduin, the questionable motivations of th...
2024-11-20 17:25:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Unless you’re living under a rock you already know what time it is, so let’s get to it.
What Happened This Week? 2024-11-15 22:33:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss the baby yeti pet revealed for this year’s WoW Winter Veil event, Overwatch 2’s temporary Classic mode which definitely isn’t a test to bring it back permanently, Diablo 4’s lackluster seasona...
2024-11-15 17:12:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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Matt and Joe debate the philosophical implications of how the Light affects free will, its relation to the Void, and its influence on prominent lore ch...
2024-11-14 05:15:26 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, Lore Watch will be going out later tonight. Thanks!
2024-11-13 21:39:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join us as we discuss what we know about 11.0.7’s new Siren Isle zone, the return of Plunderstorm in early 2025, the discovery of the Detective title in WoW, the large number of bugs we’re experiencing in The War Withi...
2024-11-08 17:01:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here is your ad-free access to the latest episode of Lore Watch.
We conclude our Dragon Age lore series with the game that started it all: Dragon Age: Origins. This episode delves into the morally complex wo...
2024-11-06 18:32:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Age: Veilguard released yesterday and since that is one of her all-time most beloved franchises, I have a feeling I can type literally anything in this space and Liz will never know. She’s probably still in the character cre...
2024-11-01 21:42:10 +0000 UTC View Post