Watching Blizzard: It's still all about Artifacts (Patreon)

It's a few days after Blizzard decided to max out everyone's Artifacts, and it's still all anyone's talking about. (And taking screenshots of.) But if you're a little behind on the news, here's the news: a quest chain in Silithus will let you max out your Artifact so you can go finish all of those last minute Legion goals, so get on that. (But put on your best transmog for screenshots first.)

And in other Artifact news...

• Scott thinks our every fear about Artifacts has come true... and if you don't think so now, see how you feel after the pre-patch, when all of our Artifact-related buffs and abilities will vanish. I know I'm going to feel a lot weaker when that happens.
• This post was originally published for our $5+ supporters, but now it's out there for everyone to enjoy. (Or not enjoy. That part's up to you.)

Hammond isn't the only thing happening in Overwatch

• While everyone's focused on our new hamster overlord, Sombra has become a lot sneakier with permanent stealth on the PTR. I can't wait to see how this shakes up competitive play.
• But, okay, Hammond is pretty exciting. Did you know he can attach himself to the payload and do a completely crazy smash everything move? Well, he can.

I need all of these Overwatch Nendoroids

• I'm not going to get them, because that would be expensive, but I want them.
• The latest to the party is this adorable, terrifying, and completely perfect Junkrat. You can pre-order him right now.

Put on your tin foil hats, Diablo fans

• We are all so desperate for Diablo content that we're literally making it up. In Know Your Lore, Rossi speculates about Trag’Oul, a cosmic force of balance that I'd somehow never heard of despite playing Diablo since the original game.

Filed under "what took you so long?"

• Hunters are getting more stable slots in Battle for Azeroth.
• And, honestly, what did take Blizzard so long?

Looking for something to watch this weekend?

• Pick your poison: Heroes of the Storm has HGC and Hearthstone has HCT, and both are running this weekend. Personally, I vote for HCT because Frodan has an amazing fashion game and I have to tune in to see what he's wearing.

And that's all for now my fellow Blizzard watchers. Until next time, this is Liz, signing out.