Watching Blizzard: The calm after the con (Patreon)

It probably won't be calm for long, but today's been a quiet one. We'll see how long it takes to get back on the announcement wagon for all of Blizzard's games.

The new Hearthstone Arena, as decided by vote

• At BlizzCon, the crowd got to decide on new cards for the Hearthstone Arena. Because why not?

Changes are coming to Heroes of the Storm

• Loot is changing once again, with the cool launch-day skins for new heroes going gem-only.
• Though they aren't here yet, we'll see some serious changes to stealth  next year.
• And it's not exactly a change, but, hey, Pull Party is back!

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