Podcast Blizzard Watch

Join us as we discuss hardcore servers coming to WoW Classic, how we hope the BlizzCon experience this year will improve, and what we expect to see in the upcoming WoW patch 10.1.5 including the announced Augmentation Evoker spec.Oleh Blizzard Watch

Join us as we discuss what announcements we expect to see at BlizzCon this year, our disappointment with Overwatch 2 killing off its big PvE mode, and the surprising quickness in which Liquid claimed the latest World First title with Mythic Scalecommander Sarkareth.Oleh Blizzard Watch

Join us as we discuss all the new features arriving with Dragonflight Season 2 including the race to World First, the big change to Battlegrounds in Season 4 of Hearthstone, and our hopes and fears for the future of Diablo 4 development.Oleh Blizzard Watch

In the final episode of Into The Weirs: mysteries are revealed, dragons are fought, pirates are recruited, and lava is hot. Who lived? Who died? Who cried a little inside? The story may be ending, but the friendships are unbending. Hey, this rhyming ain’t hard. Can I play a bard?Oleh Blizzard Watch

Join us as we discuss the long leveling process to expect in Diablo 4, all the features in WoW Patch 10.1, and if there will be a WoW patch 10.3. All that plus plus changes to Mythic +, the upcoming Aberrus raid, and the burning question on all our minds: why don’t the Tuskarr have a wheel of fish?Oleh Blizzard Watch

Special guest Kurtis McCathern joins us this week to discuss breaking servers, elusive bugs, the pros and cons of the game’s stock UI, emergent gameplay, and what he’s playing these days.Oleh Blizzard Watch

Join us as we discuss our concern about the lack of features in WoW's cross-faction guild functionality, what feedback we hope the Diablo 4 developers will address from the open beta, and if we will ever see normal flying in the Dragon Isles for those that have accessibility issues with dragon riding.…

Join us as we discuss the new music-themed Hearthstone Festival of Legends expansion, the new space-opera-themed Overwatch reward track that arrives with the new hero, Lifeweaver, and hunting eggs during Noblegarden for a new toy for our dragonriding mount.Oleh Blizzard Watch

Join us as we discuss our experiences playing through the delightful new Zskera Vaults zone in WoW’s patch 10.0.7, our thoughts on the new Turbulent Timeways event which offers six weeks of Timewalking challenges with Heroic level rewards, and our additional impressions of Diablo 4 after participating in the open beta weekend.…

This week we discuss Diablo 4 after having played through the Early Access Weekend, the big Paladin rework coming in WoW patch 10.0.7., and going back to the Forbidden Reach.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the news that Dracthyr may get a support spec as well as new class choices in the future, our excitement for the Diablo 4 early access beta weekend, and the music-themed Festival of Legends Hearthstone expansion announcement that just dropped (the bass). Sorry, couldn’t resist.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the many, many new features coming to Dragonflight with the just announced 10.1 feature set, the 10.0.7 patch coming March 21 with its own new content, and let’s not forget the upcoming the Diablo 4 beta weekends!Oleh Blizzard Watch

In the penultimate episode of Into The Weirs, the party does the body swapping dance courtesy of a magical orb. Is there a better way to get through a combat encounter with a red dragon? We think not.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss what rewards we’re looking forward to from this month’s Trading Post, the Diablo 4 beta announcement (plus the fact that you can pet the dogs), and different specs we would like to see in WoW. Seriously, how much fun would a healing hunter, tanking shaman, or ranged rogue be??Oleh Blizzard Watch

As we begin to wrap up our homebrew D&D campaign, Into The Weirs, the party faces down a monstrosity composed of undead dragon babies, enters the dragon citadel that may hold the answers to all their questions, and encounters a foe whose slogan is “we bring death.”Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the two announced beta weekends for Diablo 4 coming up in March, the new talent system in Diablo 3 Season 28, and the Diablo Immortal patch that finally adds what the game has been missing all along: fishing. Also, WoW patch 10.0.7's possible release dates and the many wonderful cosmetics datamined for the Trading Post.…

This week, we discuss the possible future of major content updates to Diablo 3 after Diablo 4 launches in June, what the closure of the WoW Classic Season of Mastery realms could mean, and the impact of WoW’s removal of the Valor and Conquest caps.Oleh Blizzard Watch

In this month’s episode, though Wizards of the Coast has backed off on its controversial OGL changes, the damage is done. We discuss the ramifications as well as the response from content creators, TTRPG producers, and the TTRPG community.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week, we discuss how the monetization strategy behind Hearthstone’s Mercenaries might be the blueprint for the upcoming Blizzard mobile title, Warcraft Arclight Rumble. Also, will Diablo 2 & 3 continue to see development after the release of Diablo 4, the bugs in Overwatch 2, and the changes to the X-45 Heartbreaker mount in this year’s Love i…

This week, we discuss Overwatch 2 reviving a retired reward currency as a new way for players to acquire Legendary skins, WoW’s new reward currency for the Trading Post feature, and the new talent tree system coming in Diablo 3’s Season 28 where, to the surprise of no one, the currency to unlock it is sacrifice.…

This week, we discuss how many of Blizzard’s games are no longer available in China, the introduction of the Revival Catalyst in Dragonflight with patch 10.0.5 to upgrade gear, and which healing specs is the best (and worst) in today’s game.Oleh Blizzard Watch

In this month’s episode, we dive into the details of Wizard of the Coast’s controversial proposed update to its Open Gaming License that would allow it to control, prohibit, and seize the rights to third-party published content compatible with Dungeons & Dragons. Yep, the same content that has been fueling the game’s popularity over the last decade…

This week, we discuss if the speed of leveling in Dragonflight discourages exploration, the best addons for healers, and what we are looking forward to with next week’s 10.0.5 patch.Oleh Blizzard Watch

As we enter into the home stretch of our homebrew D&D campaign, Into The Weirs, the party sets off for an ancient citadel, but along the way meet a childlike dragon that may or may not be responsible for massive carnage. Now they must decide whether they are going to love it or leave it. Also, Creo gets a pegasus.Miss our earlier podcast kicking of…

This week, we discuss our thoughts on the renown system in Dragonflight, our feelings on the new content coming for Wrath Classic, and our prayers for those playing Diablo 1 in Diablo 3’s annual Darkening of Tristram event.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week, we discuss the pros and cons of the Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, and Hearthstone battle passes, the shift to “some changes” with the launch of Wrath Classic, and the World of Warcraft 2023 Dragonflight road map of more frequent content updates to the game.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week, we discuss the ramped up content roll out for WoW promised by Blizzard for 2023, why we are enjoying Dragonflight so much, and, most importantly, the discovery of the otter mount earned through fishing that wears sunglasses.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week, we discuss the 10.0.5 patch on the WoW PTR that includes the new Trading Post as an alternate way of earning cosmetics (and more!), our take on how the new crafting system is playing out since launch, and a deep dive into the highlights and challenges of the still in-progress Race to World First.…

This week, we discuss the sheer amount of content that has arrived in Dragonflight with the start of Season 1. From the new Vault of the Incarnates raid to Primal Storms and their rewards to new World Bosses to a new dungeon rotation to new seasonal affix to a new PvP season. Oh yeah, did we mention the Race to World First?…

In honor of recording the 400th episode of the Blizzard Watch Podcast, Matt, Joe, and Liz are joined by Mitch, Rachelle, Dan, Flan, and our two newest writers, Nick and Renee to discuss the history of the site (just how did it end up as wow.com?), our favorite moments from our time with the site, and how Liz tried to fire pretty much everyone at on…

This week we discuss our first few days in the Dragonflight expansion including the shift in tone towards the factions working together again, as well as the pros and cons of Dragonriding. Plus, Happy Duck!Oleh Blizzard Watch

In this single session TTRPG adventure, DM Matt Rossi takes Liz Harper, Liz Patt, Joe Perez, and Nick Marino into a world of high mythic fantasy where they role play champions of the Unconquered Sun, the peerless warrior kings and queens of Creation itself. As you can imagine with this bunch, hilarity ensues.…

This week we discuss Blizzard’s announcement that it will be pulling almost all of its games off the Chinese market in January, the new hero Ramattra arriving with Overwatch 2’s Season 2, and how we didn't get invited to Lor'themar and Thalyssra's wedding.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss all the new features that have arrived with phase 2 of the Dragonflight prepatch including the new playable race/class, the Dracthyr.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the easy gear drops and generous experience buffs that are available with the WoW Anniversary event, the second phase of the Dragonflight pre-patch event kicking off on November 15th, and our favorite games for destressing.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss balance changes to classes in Dragonflight, the new Death Knight-focused Hearthstone expansion, and ridable murlocs. You heard me right.Oleh Blizzard Watch

DM Liz Harper's Wild Beyond The Witchlight D&D adventure continues as our intrepid adventurers enter the realm of the hag Skabatha Nightshade to face curses, ghosts, and a disastrous encounter of dragon vs. hot air balloon.Keep up on all the episodes as they air or catch up on earlier sessions with this playlist: https://soundcloud.com/blizzardwatc…

This week we discuss that massive talent system revamp that arrived with this week’s Dragonflight prepatch, the implications of the new Galakrond animated short, and if the Classic servers have become the “what if” version of original WoW.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the two-part Dragonflight prepatch that rolls out on October 25, the launch of the new digital card battler Marvel SNAP, and which games stay in beta/early access too long.Oleh Blizzard Watch

In this month's episode, we discuss the recent One D&D playtest changes to Bards, Rangers, and Rogues, as well as the addition of rules for handling more social, less combat oriented campaigns. We also cover Vox Machina, the Critical Role Campaign 1 animated series that is debuting its second season in January and the Avatar TTRPG that is now shipp…

DM Liz Harper's Wild Beyond The Witchlight D&D adventure continues as ex-Blizzard Watch lore master extraordinaire Anne Stickney hops aboard the crazy train playing the violence-prone Fairy Key. The band of adventurers then incite a Bullywug civil war, recover a sack full of ponies, and pit King Gallup XIX and Illig, Baron of Muckstump against each…

This week we discuss the probably launch date of the Dragonflight prepatch, Overwatch 2’s launch still being super buggy, and the implications of tagging mobs no longer being faction restricted. Plus, what games we want to play during spooky system.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the Overwatch 2 launch, Dragonflight’s newly announced release date, the return of the need/greed looting system to WoW, and the problem of battle passes.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the Wrath Classic launch as well as ideas for future Classic servers, the new Hearthstone mini-set allowing ranked play against AI opponents, the new leveling-friendly Terror Zones in Diablo 2 Resurrected, the Legendary Crest update in Diablo Immortal, and the upcoming launch of Overwatch 2 that comes with a new anti-toxicity f…

In the latest play session of our homebrew D&D campaign, Into The Weirs, the party gets an unpleasant surprise courtesy of the Deck of Many Things leading to a battle against an Elder Brain Dragon, a horrible aberration that spews tadpoles that can turn you into a mind flayer. No, really.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we sit down with ex-Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode to talk about his new mobile card game, Marvel Snap, how to make a great grilled cheese sandwich, and, most importantly, when his next rap will be released.Oleh Blizzard Watch

In this month's episode, we deep dive into One D&D, the upcoming massive update coming to our favorite RPG. We explore the changes to character backgrounds, feats, and more from the current playtests.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss Blizzard’s efforts to break up its overwhelming server populations for Wrath Classic, Diablo 2 Resurrected adding new features, and the frustrations of deck building in Hearthstone.Oleh Blizzard Watch

In the latest play session of our homebrew D&D campaign, Into The Weirs, the party find a local whose innards have been harvested and this leads them down a trail to an unexpected confrontation.Oleh Blizzard Watch

This week we discuss the announcement of select Activision-Blizzard games being added to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, the zombie pre-patch event in Wrath Classic, and if beta players have an unfair advantage when an expansion launches.Oleh Blizzard Watch