Blizzard Watch Podcast
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The Blizzard Watch Podcast is a weekly show covering the latest news on World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Overwatch, and other games by Blizzard Entertainment! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Tavern Watch Podcast: Talking to James Wyatt about D&D: World of Warcraft · 34 minWe've got a pretty special Tavern Watch episode for you today, folks. It's no secret that those of us who've gotten our hands on the D&D: World of Warcraft book have been pretty…
- World of Warcraft: Forever begins now · 1 h 3 min · Episode 606WoW: Forever begins now -- or a couple days ago? Time is immaterial to this podcast. But as it releases, the cohosts (and this week's guest host Cory) take a moment to chat about…
- A farewell to BioWare · 1 h 13 min · Episode 605Before we say our goodbyes, there was a lot of WoW stuff to discuss, including the Forever naming window, which did not go smoothly. Joe explains why this is actually a good…
- Cry for mercy; Hallow's End has come! · 1 h 8 min · Episode 604Hallow's End has begun in World of Warcraft, and with it comes all our old haunts, plus a ton of content for our Player Housing neighborhoods. After all, the best part of the…
- What we love (and hate) about World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5 · 1 h 8 min · Episode 603This week is patch 12.1.5 in World of Warcraft, which isn't a big patch but it has some story content we aren't happy about and Labyrinths that we are happy about. Plus huge…
- Dalaran attunements, and more Azerothian end game pastimes · 1 h 0 min · Episode 602This week the crew is joined by Lore Watch co-host Eric O'Dea, and it's great that he's here, because this week was all about end game. No, not raiding, though Sunder Armor is…
- WoW patch 12.1.5: It's not just snakes (now there are also bugs) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 601Fresh off a triumphant return last week, Cory is back to discuss Heroes of the Storm again. There's a bit more to discuss, as a new Hero also means fixes, but we started the show…
- The episode where Cory says I told you so · 1 h 8 min · Episode 600This week marks 600 episodes of the Blizzard Watch Podcast, so instead of just one guest host, Cory, Liz Patt, and Mitch all joined Liz Harper, Joe, and Matt to celebrate. One of…
- The BlizzCon mega episode · 2 h 1 min · Episode 599BlizzCon just wrapped, and so there is so much to talk about we couldn't pack it all into an hour. We spent around an hour on WoW Forever, the new Classic+ that was rumored and…
- Countdown to BlizzCon · 1 h 16 min · Episode 598This week we're counting it down til BlizzCon, which is happening any minute now. Editor-in-chief Liz talks a little strategy for our coverage, while we're mostly just excited…
- The BlizzCon schedule has been released. Start the wild speculation! · 1 h 9 min · Episode 597The BlizzCon schedule is now live! That means the podcast crew, joined by resident Diablo maven Liz Patt, are breaking it all down. We start with discussing the schedule itself…
- WoW's real end game (and boring end game) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 596We got a special treat this week as our Aussie columnist and player housing enthusiast Sara Hanson joined the podcast. She walked us through a lot of the very recent changes to…
- The Coiled Isle has too many snakes · 1 h 5 min · Episode 595Liz, a person who has a legitimate phobia of snakes, is rather emphatically not enjoying the Coiled Isle. Now that she's had time with the patch, she can confirm that she hates…
- Our favorites in WoW patch 12.1 (so far) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 594Our favorite things about World of Warcraft patch 12.1 are mostly related to Player Housing, if we're being for real. There are other things to look forward to — raids, delves…
- Player Housing makes us want to dye · 1 h 5 min · Episode 593There have been few hopes dashed harder than when Matt looked at our topics and thought for a brief, shining moment that maybe dyes were coming to transmog, and not just staying…
- WoW patch 12.1 release date, good. M+ cheating and spoilers, bad. · 1 h 5 min · Episode 592This week's podcast kicked off with the discussion that has been pinging around the World of Warcraft community this week: a GM cheating so a streamer could clear a M+23 dungeon…
- Hasta la vista, Decor Duels · 57 min · Episode 591We hope you got your fill of both the gameplay and the Player Housing rewards from Decor Duels, because they're going away in World of Warcraft patch 12.1. Well, you may be able…
- Snobby six month moth mount (and more WoW tonguetwisters) · 1 h 1 min · Episode 590We kick off this week's show talking about the new Corrosive items coming in WoW patch 12.1, and reminiscing about the good ol days when our buddies would stack insane amounts of…
- Summer Games Done Quick and some depressing industry news · 1 h 0 min · Episode 589The new Zul'jan quest line just went live, so we're looking forward to World of Warcraft patch 12.1, which includes a new Player Housing exterior. Maybe. We hope. And we're not…
- The Timeways are Turbulent and BlizzCon is closing in · 1 h 2 min · Episode 588We are jumping right in to Turbulent Timeways this week, which have returned until August. It's a great time to level an alt, before we roll into patch 12.1 and all its trolly…
- Move over void purple! WoW patch 12.1 is snakes green. · 1 h 0 min · Episode 587Do you remember how last week we were talking about how voidy and purple the Midnight expansion has been? Well, hold on to your shorts, because patch 12.1 has been announced and…
- Void Squabbles, Void Conflicts, Void Rap Battles, and more! · 57 min · Episode 586If you thought the purplest expansion couldn't get purpler, patch 12.0.7 of World of Warcraft proves us all wrong with yet another Void-themed event. When do all these void…
- Blizzard news and Summer Game Fest clip show · 1 h 4 min · Episode 585We start off this week's podcast talking about a few upcoming things we've already sort of discussed -- WoW patch 12.0.7 is coming next week, as is the next season of Overwatch…
- Currency changes and gaming announcements · 1 h 5 min · Episode 584Because of the Blizzard Watch Site Curse, the day after we recorded the podcast, the release date for patch 12.0.7 was announced, because that's just how that works. It's June…
- Time marches toward WoW patch 12.0.7 (and new transmog) · 1 h 9 min · Episode 583We start off this week's show with a shoutout to much of the Wowhead content team, who were laid off from ZAM. We have a lot of fond memories with them, not to mention their…
- Good riddance, Midnight crest caps! · 1 h 0 min · Episode 582This week we tell Crest Caps to rest in pieces as Blizzard lifts them a bit early in this opening section of Midnight. Joe gets salacious about addons and new functionality on…
- Ascendant Voidcores, Guardian Druids, and more bug fixes · 1 h 16 min · Episode 581Because Cory has the courage to say that, quote, "bugs are bad. I'm glad they got fixed," that is the theme of this week's Blizzard Watch Podcast. Well, not all of them are…
- Microtransactions, and other cruel gaming indignities · 1 h 5 min · Episode 580We're speculating on WoW patch 12.0.7 and beyond, now that the preview for said patch has been released. That leads us to a certain ominous island off the coast of Zul'Aman that…
- Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, and other junk we have to talk about · 1 h 6 min · Episode 579This week, Matt, Joe, Liz, and our special guest host Six, are all waiting patiently to talk about Lord of Hatred, the new expansion for Diablo 4 which came out earlier this…
- Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred waiting room · 1 h 1 min · Episode 578Liz Patt joins Liz Harper in lifting the embargo on the upcoming Diablo 4 expansion Lord of Hatred. From discussions on balance and the weirdly enchanting land of Skovos to an…
- Decor Duel, fishing, and transmog: The real World of Warcraft end game · 1 h 6 min · Episode 577This week our hosts mostly focused on everything that's coming soon in WoW and a few other games. Patch 12.0.5 got a release date -- April 21 -- so our cohosts discussed all the…
- Happy Easter L'ura, and more Race to World First discussion · 1 h 5 min · Episode 576We're all about Easter, with both the Noblegarden festival and the Race to World First this week. Liz starts off recounting the epic Race to World First, which started off a…
- The side quests of Quel'Danas · 1 h 8 min · Episode 575As we begin the March of Quel'Danas this week, we also noted that there seems to be a whole lot of side quests to set the stage for the new raid and its counterpart in Harandar…
- How we're feeling about Midnight now that we're playing it · 59 min · Episode 574This was the first week of Midnight Season 1, so we started off talking about the new dungeons and raids -- and what we got in our first Great Vault of Midnight. Our hosts that…
- An Abundance of WoW content · 1 h 14 min · Episode 573Liz Patt took a spin in the hosting chair for the first time this week, with Joe and Liz and Cory on board to keep her on her toes. The raid schedule for Midnight is enough to…
- Our first impressions of WoW's Midnight expansion · 1 h 6 min · Episode 572Midnight released last week, so this week our podcast crew shared their first impressions of the expansion. While most of their experiences have been positive, there were a few…
- At the stroke of Midnight · 1 h 9 min · Episode 571Midnight, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, released this week, so that's most of our discussion. We tried to keep it spoiler free, but it's kind of hard when you just…
- Midnight waiting room · 1 h 2 min · Episode 570Midnight releases into early access later this week, and then full release next week, so for now the crew is pretty much just in waiting mode. Even if you didn't get early…
- It's Diablorama week for Blizzard games · 1 h 2 min · Episode 569There's always a lot of news to discuss, but this week there was specifically a lot of news to discuss for all the very best Diablo games: Diablo 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal…
- Overwatch is aggressively mid, and more roadmap discussion · 1 h 0 min · Episode 568This week we have a lot to say about the Overwatch (not two!) yearly overview. Much of it is negative, and a lot of it is tinged with incredulity, like the moment Liz found out…
- Following the WoW 2026 roadmap · 1 h 8 min · Episode 567This week we're all about the WoW roadmap which came out last week, for both Retail and Classic eras. We'll discuss the newly announced game features Labyrinth and Prop Hunt, and…
- Endeavoring to do Neighborhood Endeavors · 1 h 3 min · Episode 566This week we started off discussing the announcement of an announcement which has now been actually announced by the time the podcast was produced and published, as a part of…
- Neighborhood Endeavors: How do they work? · 1 h 6 min · Episode 565Midnight's prepatch kicked off this week, and we're talking Player Housing Neighborhood Endeavors -- in part because we hadn't seen much of them until now. We'll give you the…
- This is your addon update reminder podcast · 1 h 9 min · Episode 564We're waiting on a whole lot this week -- servers to come up for the Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary realms pre-patch, and for the Midnight pre-patch next week, and all the…
- New year for us, new year for gaming · 1 h 1 min · Episode 563It's 2026, and the more things change, the more they stay the same. We start off with a new Hearthstone gatcha promotion, and follow it up with yet another splinter version of…
- Bye, 2025: All the stuff we loved this year (not just player housing) · 1 h 13 min · Episode 562This week we're looking back at the events of 2025, with our special guest Phil Ulrich. Rather than going at it chronologically, Matt consults a D8, which means we discuss one of…
- The spirits of WoW expansions past, present, and future · 1 h 10 min · Episode 561Santa Rossi is visiting us this week with player housing-related delights, like the upcoming Night Elf and Blood Elf house exteriors! But beware, if you're naughty, Joe will tell…
- The Lord of Hatred is coming to Diablo 4 (and more scary holiday stories) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 560This week our usual hosts were joined by our Diablo Maven Liz Patt to talk about the announcement of Lord of Hatred, the next Diablo 4 expansion. Lord of Hatred was announced at…
- Lumber is terrible, and more Player Housing news · 1 h 11 min · Episode 559This week we're still immersed in Player Housing, but just a little bit of the shine has worn off, mostly as we've tried to chop down enough trees to decorate the houses of our…
- The most important WoW patch of all time · 1 h 9 min · Episode 558We very wisely started off the podcast this week with all the other news. There's a new Hearthstone Battlegrounds season that just started, with a fun new mechanic which is…
