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It's officially spooky season, but what if you want a little guidance to ease you into it? Like a therapist, maybe. Or a therapist who happens to bring their own holiday season flair by coincidentally being a vampire. But where in the indie game could we find something like a vampire therapist?

Ease yourself into the Halloween season with a therapist who happens to be a vampire in Vampire Therapist

I am a huge fan of all things horror, from brooding and creepy to extreme gore that borders on parody, but sometimes during Halloween month, you have to ea

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 7h

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Lore Watch Podcast: Is Dimensius the last of the Void Lords (and what does that mean for The Last Titan?)

The ultimate fight of The War Within, Dimensius is a hulking purple Void Lord, and several developer interviews have led us to believe he may be the last o

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This week's Tavern Brawl is Avianna's Night. It's a Constructed brawl, so we have your back with a few decklists to try out.

The decks you need to win Hearthstone’s Aviana’s Night Tavern Brawl

Let's party with a fallen demigod in the Hearthstone Aviana's Night Tavern Brawl. We'll have some high-flying fun with the wild god of Azeroth's birds and

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 11h

Saying something is "the last of" can be deceiving even when it's true. This week on the Lore Watch Podcast we talk about whether Dimensius is the last Void Lord (and throw in a N'Zoth mention for good measure).

The podcast is live right now! Listen to the whole episode for more discussion.

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 1d

We're going to be hanging a little cross stitch "Home Sweet Home" sampler and shredding vaguely threatening letters from the HOA before you know it.

How to buy your first player house in World of Warcraft: Midnight

The alpha for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Midnight, is upon us at last, and with our first look at the new expansion comes our first look at a hi

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All #WoW servers are now back online, so have fun storming the castle everybody. (The castle is Dalaran.)

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It's maintenance o'clock, and for retail realms it's a long one, as patch 11.2.5 launches. Classic lads, you're all set in the usual hour or so.

Are you playing Legion Remix first, or getting your weekly busywork out of the way?

It's time to settle down for a long Tuesday maintenance nap

Get ready for a long WoW maintenance today: while Classic servers should be back online within an hour, The War Within is scheduled to be down all day for

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We have some tips and pointers to help you get started on your journey in Legion Remix... when it comes up... any time now.....

The do's and don'ts of playing Legion Remix, launching today

Legion Remix starts on October 7 with the launch of patch 11.2.5, and though you may think you're ready to go after playing Mists of Pandaria Remix, there

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Pet Battles are changing in #Midnight, with new pets, but no new battles (but you can always go back and beat the old antagonists for fun and glory)

Pet Battles in the wild are no more in Midnight

As we started digging into the Midnight alpha, players started noticing something curious about wild battle pets -- namely, in the new zones, they don't re

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Blizzard Watch Podcast: How much more hardcore can WoW get?

This week our hosts Liz and Joe were joined by Nick, our WoW Classic expert. While they waited very impatiently for the next round of news about Midnight,

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If you, like us, are twiddling your thumbs while you wait for the #WoW retail servers to come back online, perhaps take this opportunity to tune in to some streamers and earn Lil' Coalee! Don't worry, Alpha is still up, and Classic realms are coming up.

Not to rub it in or anything.

Earn the Lil' Coalee pet in WoW by watching your favorite Twitch streamers

To celebrate the month of October, there's a new Twitch Drop to earn in World of Warcraft: Lil' Coalee! This adorable baby Pit Lord is available from Wedne

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It's maintenance o'clock, and for retail realms it's a long one, as patch 11.2.5 launches. Classic lads, you're all set in the usual hour or so.

Are you playing Legion Remix first, or getting your weekly busywork out of the way?

It's time to settle down for a long Tuesday maintenance nap

Get ready for a long WoW maintenance today: while Classic servers should be back online within an hour, The War Within is scheduled to be down all day for

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 1d

We're starting to wonder.. just how hardcore is too hardcore for #WoWClassic hardcore realms? There's apparently a limit, but it's definitely beyond our patience.

This and more on the latest Blizzard Watch Podcast, which is now live for the listening!

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How taming battle pets works in World of Warcraft #Midnight

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There won't be any new support specs in Midnight so unfortunately my Hunter still hasn't manifested a more glittery spec for herself yet. blizzardwatch.com/2025/10/06/d...

Don't expect new support specs in Midnight

More support specializations are something that the player base had asked for quite a bit and more vocally over the last few years, and we were finally giv

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Tavern Watch Plays Shadowdark, Episode 1: It was a dark and stormy night

It's spooky season here on Tavern Watch, so we're playing something appropriately spooky -- Shadowdark! But a spooky old-school-esque system isn't enough o

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It's October so it's time to fire up the spookiest of podcasts! This month Tavern Watch Plays ventures into Ravenloft, which means Liz has to figure out where exactly to sit at a vampire dinner party. You don't want to be too close and get bitten, but you don't want to be so far away as to offend...

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As usual we are on the cutting edge of reporting involving WoW End Game*, so it comes as no surprise that we continue our hard-hitting coverage of important hardcore features**.

*transmog is the true end game.
**player housing is transmog for buildings.

How to make dyes for your housing decor in Midnight

World of Warcraft Player Housing comes with the promise of near-infinite customization, including the ability to dye your furniture and decor items. Dyeing

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 3d

Most players in the #Midnight alpha are out exploring cutting-edge content new zones, new raids, and everything else we haven't seen before. But not me...

A gnome stands in the Oynxia's Lair raid in World of Warcraft, staring down at the black dragon.

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 5d

If you're having trouble logging in to #WoW this afternoon (like I am), this could be why.

BlizzardCS @support.blizzard.com · 5d

📢 We are currently aware of an issue causing some World of #Warcraft licenses to not appear in the #Bnet Desktop App. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore full functionality as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.

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Here's the full episode for you!

Blizzard Watch Podcast: How much more hardcore can WoW get?

This week our hosts Liz and Joe were joined by Nick, our WoW Classic expert. While they waited very impatiently for the next round of news about Midnight,

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Who could possibly resist a baby demon with uwu eyes? (In which Blizzard is trying to convince us to adopt a baby pit lord as a pet, but I'm not falling for it.)

This and more of the week's news on the Blizzard Watch Podcast, which is now live!

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We've known for a while that if you want to place 2 chairs in your Player Housing, you need 2 chair items -- you can't just place the same chair twice. But what if your goal is wall-to-wall Onyxia heads? We have some answers for how you'll get duplicates (tl;dr: it varies!)

How to earn more than one copy of decor items for World of Warcraft's Player Housing

This week brought another in-depth preview of all things Midnight, which means there are new details on quite a few aspects of Player Housing. We learned a

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 6d

Here's the full podcast for you!

Lore Watch from the Archives: What the elf expansion of our dreams would be

This week we're having a throwback episode from the Archives. Over a hundred episodes ago, Matt and Joe discussed what they would like to see from an elf-c

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 6d

We may be heading into a proper elf expansion in #Midnight, and we have a lot to say about elves working together in the latest Lore Watch Podcast, which is now live.

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Blizzard Watch @blizzardwatch.com · 6d

As we head off into the Midnight #Alpha we promise to bring you only the most cutting edge and pertinent news.

We must now report that it is the year of our lord 2025 and auto loot is still not on by default.

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