Watching Blizzard: The vicious war that is Noblegarden (Patreon)

Noblegarden has begun, and that means it is time for the annual War of the Egg. For the week, the game's starting cities will be blanketed in brightly colored eggs, while the denizens of Azeroth will fight tooth and claw to collect their holiday chocolate. Eggs spawn in set locations and once one person clicks an egg, it vanishes. It's like you're farming for your favorite gathering profession, except the things you need are only in a small area in a few cities in Azeroth. And every player in the game is there trying to get the exact same thing.

I'm telling you, war is hell.

Welcome to Noblegarden.

And here's a guide in case you want to put yourself in that hell

• There are pets to collect (100+ eggs)! And transmog (25+ eggs)! And a mount (500 eggs)!  And Mages can learn how to polymorph people into adorable bunnies (100 eggs)! How could you resist? Go forth hunt for eggs, noble warriors of Azeroth.

The raid race is now official

• Legion's raid race may be over, but Blizzard is already prepping for Battle for Azeroth's raid race. In the alpha, there's a new Hall of Fame for the first hundred guilds who defeat Mythic G’huun. The raid race is official and it's on.

Retribution is coming... but what is it?

• We know that Overwatch's Uprising event is coming back this month, but...
• ...rumors are swirling about Overwatch Retribution, which could include a new Venice map.

That Hanzo rework is coming soon

• Scatter Arrow is out, Rapid Fire is in.

And, yes, we have yet more Hearthstone cards

• And today the Hearthstone team released my favorite card to date: Dollmaster Dorian.
• We don't have a specific schedule of card releases anymore, but that doesn't mean the card releases are over. We only know about half of the Witchwood cards so far, and Blizzard is keeping up a rapid release schedule.

And that's everything for now. Once again, this is Liz, signing out.