According to Bloomberg, the title had been in development for three years and noted that a number of business disagreements were what eventually put the brakes on any more progress in that respect.

Additionally, over 100 developers assigned to the game, which was codenamed ‘Neptune’ according to the report, were let go from NetEase and an unknown number of devs were offered internal transfers.

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The premier of the raid, which is part of World of Warcraft’s new Shadowlands expansion, kicked off with servers in North America gaining access to the raid and Castle Natharia back on December 15th, and the viewership numbers have been stacking up ever since.

According to Esports Charts, the race helped boost World of Warcraft to more than 37 million hours watched on Twitch, with peak viewership coming on the final day of the event, which saw Complexity Limit and Echo come close to a World First kill, with Complexity Limit scoring the victory.

According to SullyGnome, the game had just under 380,000 viewers as the race to victory was closing out.

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According to a report from StreamElements and Arsenal.gg, the Just Chatting category topped all in terms of hours watched, beating out popular games such as League of Legends, Among Us, and Fortnite in the process.

Clocking in a whopping 228 million hours watched, the category surpasses second place League of Legends (116 million) by over 110 million hours.

The numbers are more impressive when considering that World of Warcraft released its Shadowlands expansion and Minecraft made its Star Wars DLC available, which saw those games see a marked increase in their numbers.

The numbers also showed that Twitch clocked another consecutive month with watch milestones, surpassing 1.5 billion after accomplishing the feat for the month of October 2020.

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According to DotEsports, in 20 minutes time following the launch of the expansion with more than 953,000 concurrent viewers.

Twitch streamer Asmongold was one of the most watched streamers that were streaming the game and saw more than 220,000 viewers at it’s peak during that first initial time.

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Blizzard is now paying their respects to one of it’s most devoted players, and members of the WOW community, with an NPC named Reckful in the Cathedral of Light in the human city of Stormwind, according to Kotaku.

It will be included the new expansion Shadowlands, which is set to arrive later this year and Blizzard provided beta access for this week.

Blizzard has paid tribute to Reckful by adding him as a Rogue Trainer NPC, located in the Cathedral of Light, in Shadowlands. #Warcrafthttps://t.co/tZLXDq3I4E pic.twitter.com/HdUYN6rE4V

— Wowhead (@Wowhead) August 6, 2020

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Uldir brings eight raid bosses with more wings opening over the next 30 days, give or take, and here is the schedule:

• September 11 – Mythic, Raid Finder Wing 1: Halls of Containment (Taloc, MOTHER, Zek’voz, Herald of N’zoth)
• September 25 – Raid Finder Wing 2: Crimson Descent (Fetid Devourer; Vectis; Zul; Reborn)
• October 9 – Raid Finder Wing 3: Heart of Corruption (Mythrax the Unraveler, G’huun)

Here is a list of the six new World bosses available across Zandalar and Kul Tiras.

• T’zane (Nazmir)
• Ji’arak (Zuldazar)
• Hailstone Construct (Drustvar)
• Azurethos, The Winged Typhoon (Kul Tiras)
• Warbringer Yenajz (Stormsong Valley)
• Dunegorger Kraulok (Vol’dun)

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A new battleground, hero (Yrel), and more tweaks are on the way.

“The conflict between the Horde and the Alliance rages on inside the Nexus with the upcoming Warcraft-event: Echoes of Alterac! Battle for glory on Alterac Pass, a new battleground inspired by the iconic World of Warcraft battleground, Alterac Valley. Choose a side, then complete a series of quests to unlock your faction’s a portrait, banner, and mount! And don’t forget to show your Azerothian spirit with new skins, mounts, sprays, and other cosmetic items—as well as an all new Warcraft hero, Yrel, the Light of Hope.”

Here are more details from Blizzard:

“The horns of war echo once again across the snowy slopes of Alterac. This time, something is different. Powerful Heroes join the Alliance and Horde, while the legendary generals Vanndar and Drek’Thar are infused with strange Nexus energies.”

Heroes of The Storm – Alterac Pass

• New Map Mechanic – Cavalry: Your Cavalry units have been captured by the enemy! Your goal is to break them out of Cages on the map while preventing the enemy team from doing so. Channel on the enemy Cage to gain control of it, then maintain control until your prisoner is freed. After a short delay, the winning team will spawn a Cavalry unit in each lane, boosting the movement speed and damage of nearby allies.
• Lay Siege to your Opponents: Standard cores have been replaced by Generals who will fight back when attacked! Generals can be attacked after one keep is destroyed, but they gain 20 armor from each keep that’s still intact—destroy all three enemy keeps to diminish their defenses.
• Destroy Keeps to Spawn Reavers: When a keep is destroyed, the enemy team will begin to spawn melee Reaver minions instead of catapults. Reavers lead your other minions into combat, and serve to tank the brunt of the enemy General’s attacks.

Heroes of The Storm – Yrel

Trait

• Divine Purpose (D)
  • Activate to instantly charge Yrel’s next Basic Ability at no mana cost.
  • Passive: Yrel’s Abilities charge up over 1.5 seconds, increasing in effectiveness, but reducing her movement speed by 25%.
    • Cooldown: 10

Basic Abilities

• Vindication (Q)
  • Unleash holy energy around Yrel, dealing 38 damage to nearby enemies and healing her for 96.
    • Charging up this ability increases its damage up to 125, and healing up to 320.
      • Cost: 50
      • Cooldown: 6
• Righteous Hammer (W)
  • Her hammer deals 38 damage to enemies in front, or knocking them away.
    • Charging this Ability increases knockback distance, damage increased to 125.
    • Enemies hit at max charge are stunned for 0.75 seconds.
      • Cost: 50
      • Cooldown: 16
• Avenging Wrath (E)
  • Leap to a location, dealing 150 damage to enemies in an area and Slowing them by 50% for 1 second.
    • Charging this Ability increases its range.
      • Cost: 50
      • Cooldown: 6

Heroic Abilities

• Ardent Defender (R1)
  • Surround Yrel in a barrier for 3 seconds, absorbing all damage taken and healing her for 50% of the damage received.
    • Cost: 40
    • Cooldown: 100
• Sacred Ground (R2)
  • Yrel sanctifies the ground around her, gaining 40 Armor until she leaves the area.
    • Cost: 40
    • Cooldown: 100

In addition to the new battleground and character, the Echoes of Alterac event also features several quests that begin after players choose between, of course, the Horde or the Alliance. Either quest line features faction-themed rewards that include new portraits, banners, and a mount, all of which can be seen here. Here are the quests:

Echoes of Alterac Event Quests and Rewards

• Quest: Play four games as a Warcraft Hero. Reward: Warcraft Reinforcements Chest (Contains four item drops as usual, but one of them is guaranteed to be a Warcraft Hero from a pool of 28)
• Quest: Achieve 50 takedowns in winning games. Reward: Faction Portrait
• Quest: Play six games with friends. Reward: Faction Banner
• Quest: Win eight games as a Warcraft Hero. Reward: Faction Mount (Ram for the Alliance, Wolf for the Horde)

The Heroes of The Storm: Echoes of Alterac event runs June 12 all the way until July 9th. The new hero, Yrel, arrives first during the week of June 12, then Alterac Pass during the week of June 19.

Heroes of The Storm is now available for PC.

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But those nifty gifts aren’t exclusive to only StarCraft. In fact, Blizzard is giving away skins and in-game rewards for Diablo 3, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, StarCraft 2, Starcraft: Remastered and World of Warcraft.

Here is how you can earn the rewards:

• StarCraft: Remastered — Log in to StarCraft: Remastered after March 6 to receive a commemorative 20th Anniversary UI Skin for StarCraft: Remastered.
• StarCraft 2 — Log in to StarCraft 2 after March 6 to receive a special UI Skin for each race. Additionally, log in between March 6 and April 3 to receive a Portrait and Decal.
• Diablo 3 — Log in to Diablo 3 after March 6 to receive Dominion’s Revenge, a fearsome Battlecruiser-themed Pet.
• Overwatch — Log in to Overwatch between March 6 and April 3 to receive the Sarah Kerrigan Ghost skin for Widowmaker.
• World of Warcraft — Between March 31 and April 6, /salute one of the following StarCraft-themed companion pets — Zergling, Grunty, Mini Thor, Baneling, or Zeradar — to receive the “Salute to StarCraft” Feat of Strength.
• Heroes of the Storm — Log in to Heroes of the Storm between March 27 and April 7 to receive a 20th Anniversary Portrait for Protoss, Terran and Zerg.
• Hearthstone — Play a StarCraft-inspired Tavern Brawl between March 21 and 25 to receive three Kobolds & Catacombs packs!

Blizzard plans to host an anniversary stream on March 30 and 31, featuring popular StarCraft personalities on Twitch, followed by the release of a video feature on YouTube called StarCraft is Life: A Celebration, which will feature “StarCraft’s biggest fans” as they “look back on their favorite memories from the past 20 years.”

Ready to celebrate? Let’s get this party started.

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Players can expect a brand new seasonal boss, a new main quest line, and dailies to themed achievements and holiday items to collect.

The event lasts until February 16th! So stock up on those Love Tokens!

Here is a breakdown:

World of Warcraft Love is in the Air Event

Activities

• Seasonal Boss
  • Use the Dungeon Finder to participate in an encounter against Apothecary Hummel, granting a Heart-Shaped Box (which contains holiday loot) as a daily reward. This is now available to characters level 20 and above.
• Main Quest Line
  • The Steamwheedle Cartel suspects there’s something shady about the goblin newcomers of the Crown Chemical Company. Investigators have been hired to get to the bottom of things—with your help.
• Daily Quests
  • Complete special daily quests to obtain experience, gold, and Love Tokens to purchase holiday items. For detailed information about the quests, check out the Love Is in the Air guide on Wowhead.

Achievements

• 17 Achievements to Choose From (see gallery below for guidelines)

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