Realm Maintenance

The first episode of 2024 is here! After an unplanned hiatus, we are back to talk about everything that has gone down this year - massive layoffs, a new Phase in Season of Discovery, Year of the Pegasus announced, and a complete overhaul of Overwatch 2’s ranked system.

But wait there's more! We also have an interview with Logan LHP64D! You can find that interview starting at 1:16:45.

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our guest Logan online:

• Twitter: LHP64D
• Twitch: LHP64D
• YouTube: LHP64D

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• A WORD ON WORLD OF WARCRAFT
• SEASON OF DISCOVERY PHASE 2 IS NOW LIVE!
• THIS WEEK IN WOW: FEBRUARY 12, 2024
• GET AN EARLY LOOK AT HERO TALENTS FOR DRUID, HUNTER, MAGE, AND PRIEST

OVERWATCH

• REVITALIZING THE OVERWATCH 2 EXPERIENCE
• DIRECTOR’S TAKE – BUILDING ON FEEDBACK
• RISE AS A CHAMPION IN OVERWATCH 2 — SEASON 9

HEARTHSTONE

• WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE PEGASUS
• YEAR OF THE PEGASUS CORE SET UPDATE

HEROES OF THE STORM

• PATCH NOTES - FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The last episode of 2023 is here! We talk Hero Talents, Esports, and winter Holiday events. And yes, we recorded this episode just before the WoW Roadmap for 2024 dropped. So you won't hear anything about that in this episode.

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• GET AN EARLY LOOK AT HERO TALENTS IN THE WAR WITHIN
• UNVEILING AWC & MDI IN 2024!
• GET THE BURDEN OF UNRELENTING JUSTICE TRANSMOG SET
• DON YOUR HOLIDAY APPAREL—THE FEAST OF WINTER VEIL HAS BEGUN!

OVERWATCH

• A FLURRY OF FUN RETURNS TO OVERWATCH® 2 – WINTER WONDERLAND BEGINS DECEMBER 19
• MAKING MAUGA: DIVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LATEST, LARGER-THAN-LIFE TANK HERO WITH TEAM 4
• SVB’s Interview with Jared Neuss on the Group Up! Podcast

HEARTHSTONE

• THE 2023 MASTERS TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IS HERE!

Three new Seasons: WoW: Classic Season of Discovery, Overwatch 2 Season 8, and Hearthstone's Battlegrounds Season 6. That's the news this week.

We also had the pleasure of chatting with MeggoArt (interview starts at 55:35), illustrator, designer and creator of the WoW Interlude Comic Anthology! They just released their second volume, Stories of Azeroth Feasting, and Meggo is here to tell us all about it.

Find Meggo, her comics, Interlude and the Anthology itself through the following links:

• @MeggoArt on Twitter
• meganjamesart.com
• @WoWComicAnth on Twitter
• interludecomicanthology.carrd.co

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• WORLD OF WARCRAFT® CLASSIC SEASON OF DISCOVERY IS NOW LIVE!
• CHECK OUT SEASON OF DISCOVERY AND WHAT’S NEXT
• IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR THE VARIETY SHOW TO ENTER WOW® CLASSIC!

OVERWATCH

• SEASON 8: CALL OF THE HUNT BEGINS DECEMBER 5
• DIRECTOR’S TAKE – BALANCE PREVIEW FOR SEASON 8
• THE OVERWATCH 2® TWITCH SUPPORT-A-STREAMER IS BACK!

DIABLO

• RAIN BLOOD IN ABATTOIR OF ZIR
• DIABLO IV PATCH NOTES
• CATCH UP ON THE LATEST CAMPFIRE CHAT

HEARTHSTONE

• ANNOUNCING BATTLEGROUNDS SEASON 6!

It's a quieter week in Blizzard land, but that will soon change. Season of Discovery is launching Thursday November 30th, and you can bet we talked about it!

We also had some podcast news: two new WoW podcasts (WoW LoreDumps & A WoW Podcast, Obviously), and an Overwatch show that's going on hiatus (Ready Set Pwn).

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• THIS WEEK IN WOW: NOVEMBER 27, 2023

DIABLO

• TUNE IN TO OUR NEXT CAMPFIRE CHAT

Season 3 in Dragonflight is here, with M+ and RWF in full swing. The Holidays are picking up in Overwatch 2, the Showdown has begun in the Badlands for Hearthstone, and even Heroes of the Storm got some love. We cover it all.

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• DRAGONFLIGHT SEASON 3 IS NOW LIVE!
• IN DEVELOPMENT: SEEDS OF RENEWAL
• CELEBRATE 19 YEARS OF WORLD OF WARCRAFT!

OVERWATCH 2

• DECORATE THE 2023 OVERWATCH COMMUNITY HOLIDAY TREE!
• DIRECTOR’S TAKE – RETROSPECTIVE FROM BLIZZCON 2023
• Free Pumpkin Pie charm in shop

DIABLO

• MOTHER’S BLESSING RETURNS TO SANCTUARY

HEARTHSTONE

• SHOWDOWN IN THE BADLANDS IS NOW LIVE!

HEROES OF THE STORM

• HEROES OF THE STORM PATCH NOTES

The news are cooling off after BlizzCon, but there's plenty to talk about in WoW, Overwatch 2 and even a little bit of Diablo 4. WoW's patch 10.2 and the Emerald Dream takes the big prize, but Roadhog's refresh in Overwatch 2 gets some love too!

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

After four long years BlizzCon finally returned.

And what a return! Battleground Duos in Hearthstone, Vessel of Hatred is the first expansion for Diablo 4, Mauga is the newest hero in Overwatch 2, Warcraft Rumble is live, StarCraft got name dropped by Phil Spencer, and both World of Warcraft AND Classic got THREE (3!) title announcements! Buckle in folks, there's lots to talk about.

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Blizzcon 2023 is mere days away - and Blizzard still thinks it's a good idea to release a ton of news?! They never stop.

Either way, this episode quickly covers those news, and then Ease and Paacreek dive into their predictions for Blizzcon. We also have a few other podcaster friends "drop by" to deliver their spiciest predictions!

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @EaseBRP on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

In a week where Blizzard continues to drop news (even 10 days from Blizzcon?!), Paacreek is already Tracer, and Ease has lost the ability to speak properly. It's an episode. And it's a long one.

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @TweetsWithEase on Twitter, @EaseBRP on Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• DEVELOPER INSIGHT: UNIVERSAL UPGRADE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR DRAGONFLIGHT SEASON 3
• THIS WEEK IN WOW: OCTOBER 23, 2023
• CHILL TO WOW SYNTHWAVE BEATS: JOURNEY TO BLIZZCON®
• TAKE FLIGHT IN THE EMERALD DREAM WITH DRAGONRIDING UPDATES
• GUARDIANS OF THE DREAM: GROW SEEDS TO SAPLINGS IN NEW PUBLIC EVENTS
• THE HORSEMAN RIDES: HALLOW’S END IS NIGH!

OVERWATCH 2

• DIRECTOR’S TAKE – LOOKING AHEAD INTO SEASON 7 AND BLIZZCON
• OVERWATCH® 2 AND LE SSERAFIM® TEAM UP IN A NEW COLLAB EVENT!

DIABLO

• DONATE TO THE BLOOD HARVEST—EARN IN-GAME REWARDS
• https://www.diablobloodharvest.com/ 

HEARTHSTONE

• ANNOUNCING SHOWDOWN IN THE BADLANDS, HEARTHSTONE’S NEXT EXPANSION!
• WELCOME TO THE PLAYERS' TAVERN

WARCRAFT RUMBLE

• MINI MONDAYS: HORDE 3D PRINTER BLUEPRINTS

HEROES OF THE STORM

• PTR PATCH NOTES - OCTOBER 23, 2023

Lots of news this week. Microsoft's acquisition of ABK has been approved, we have a release date for patch 10.2 for World of Warcraft Dragonflight, Wrath Classic is going hard with the Fall of the Lich King patch, Overwatch 2 just started its 7th season (with the first ever Blizzard crossover game mode!), and Season of Blood in Diablo 4 starts today, October 17th!

Whew, that was a long sentence. And it's a long episode! Tune in to hear all the details.

As always, you can find the Weekly Blizzard Podcast Roundup in written form at bonusroll.gg.

Find our hosts online:

• Ease: @TweetsWithEase on Twitter, @EaseBRP on Threads and Bluesky, https://www.youtube.com/GamingWithEase
• Paacreek: @Paacreek on Twitter and on beacons.ai/paacreek

You can find Realm Maintenance @RealmPodcast Twitter. If you want to support us and all the other shows produced by Bonus Roll Productions, head on over to patreon.com/BonusRollGG.

You can find the podcast directory, this show and many more on BonusRoll.gg. And as always, thanks for listening.

Articles we covered:

BLIZZARD

• The Microsoft Acquisition has been approved!
• THE BLIZZCON® COLLECTION IS ON SALE NOW
• BLIZZCON® 2023: ENSURING AN ENJOYABLE LIVE EXPERIENCE

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

• AMIRDRASSIL, THE DREAM’S HOPE RAID OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULE
• CHILL TO WOW LOFI BEATS: WAITING FOR BLIZZCON®
• THANK YOU! SUNNY AND FLURKY RAISE 1.5 MILLION FOR BLUECHECK UKRAINE!

WRATH CLASSIC

• WRATH OF THE LICH KING CLASSIC: FALL OF THE LICH KING IS NOW LIVE!
• WRATH OF THE LICH KING CLASSIC: THE WAY INTO THE ICECROWN CITADEL IS OPEN!

OVERWATCH 2

• OVERWATCH 2 – SEASON 7: RISE OF DARKNESS BEGINS OCTOBER 10!
• FIGHT IN THE TRIALS OF SANCTUARY – NOW LIVE WITH HALLOWEEN TERROR 2023!

DIABLO

• CATCH UP ON OUR LATEST CAMPFIRE CHAT
• MASTER YOUR POWER IN SEASON OF BLOOD
• SEASON OF BLOOD TWITCH DROPS: EARN THE ORICHALCUM COLLECTION

WARCRAFT RUMBLE

• MINI MONDAYS: BLACKROCK 3D PRINTER BLUEPRINTS