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This week: is Quick Match getting weird? We do a post-mortem on the latest major patch: what worked and what didn't work and why? The new Ranked seasons started a little rough and we catch you up on what you might have missed. Balance patch dropped today and we cover the highlights! Part 2 of Escape from Nexeopardy! All that, your emails, and more, on this inappropriately ranked episode of CORE.

MERRY WINTER'S VEIL! Hanzo arrives in the Nexus to ring in the holiday and everyone's hands are that much cleaner! The 2018 Gameplay Update is LIVE and we give it one last review before diving in! We take a look at Performance-Based Matchmaking and celebrate the return of Nexeopardy! Or, shall we say, our Escape from Nexeopardy! Splood, Dungeon Runs, Simple Geometry, your emails, and more, on this handsome episode of CORE!

It's the calm before the patch here on CORE, but that doesn't stop us from setting our brawls to Heroic! We're also a week in from the great support nerfs of 2017, so what's the verdict? It's your last call before the season ends so let's dive in. #Splood

Damn, that brawl was good! Supportcalypse 2017 is upon us and WE NEED HEALING! Hanzo on PTR, Balance Patch notes, Reddit questions and answers, Politically Auto-Correct, SPLOOOOD!, your amazing e-mails, and more, on this blanket nerfed episode of CORE!

This week we begin speculating what kind of lore might be coming to our favorite game and what that could mean for its future, after which we do a deep dive on the major 2018 Gameplay Updates that have landed in the PTR! We also talk Black Friday sales, look at the Winter Veil skins that the community has uncovered, and pitch another ball at the "Loot Boxes as Gambling" debate running hot in the gaming zeitgeist. All that, your e-mails, Splood, and more, on this unrevealed, invisible, and stealthed episode of CORE!

This week we welcome Alexstrasza to the Nexus, check our temperatures on 2.0, take a look at Travis McGeathy's comments about performance-based MMR, and take a look at the eSports Rosterpocalypse. All that, Craw Scrimshank, your e-mails, and more, on this dragon-y fire-y green heal-y episode of CORE!

BlizzCon has come and gone! Settle in as we share our experiences about Heroes, the Con, Gatorade, Sylvanas statues, and recap all the crazy news and announcements that came out of the show -- but not before addressing Gemgate 2017!

Our Blizzcon 2017 dev Interview!

BLIZZCON BE NIGH! Hopefully we get there and back before that pesky siege Hero knocks our houses down! We talk what we're doing at BlizzCon, what we hope to see, and lament how Heroes got left out of gifting in the Blizzard Battle.Net Launcher™. All that, your emails, our Virtual Ticket giveaway, and more, on CORE!