This past week has been big on news, but maybe not the news you want. Hearthstone officially launched. Heroes of the Storm opened its technical alpha. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is on the horizon. Warlords of Draenor is available for pre-order, the purchase of which includes an immediate level 90 character boost. However, there's no sign of a beta. Perhaps it's like a watched pot. If we keep waiting for it to boil over, it won't even simmer.

We have no server maintenance today, only rolling restarts, but let's get caught up on everything that happened last week anyway.

Most popular posts of the last week

• Heroes of the Storm alpha now active
• Boosting a level 90: Tips, tricks, and the PVP gearing method
• What needs to change in the 90 boost process?
• Get your Hearthsteed! Hearthstone has officially released
• Coping with the new raid realities of level 90 boosts

• Dominic Cooper talks about the Warcraft movie
• Honor hotfixes are live in a battleground near you
• Watcher on changes to raid soloing in patch 6.0
• Anaheim Convention Center expansion will be ready for BlizzCon 2016
• Troubleshooting your Hearthsteed woes (is this WoW news or Hearthstone news?)
• Video Games Live heads around the world on tour
• Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi continues looking back into Warcraft's past
• BlizzCon 2014 on the way?
• Blizzard unveils its PAX East plans

• Latest Hearthstone updates and patch notes
• Beware the Ancient Watcher
• Hearthstone demos iPad at CN Hearthstone Conference
• Should you be playing Hearthstone if you're playing WoW?
• Hearthstone heroes ranked not by power, but by lore

Heroes of the Storm

• Heroes of the Storm tech alpha walkthrough
• Meet Falstad Wildhammer
• Blizzard previews Tychus Findlay
• Heroes, gold, skins, mounts, and more

Features, editorials, and other goodies

• Our Rookie guide is here to help your newly boosted level 90
• The WoW Insider Show episode 335
• Know Your Lore: Draenei are not pacifists
• How much should an expansion cost?
• Warcraft as the anything-goes fantasy
• WoW Archivist: The battle for Hillsbrad
• Wrathion as the Fresh Prince (of Veiled Stair)
• Should level boosting become a default perk of new expansions?
• Know Your Lore: General Nazgrim

Machinima

• Back to BC
• Flappy Mounts
• Where are they now? Darion Mograine

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