Watching Blizzard: It’s an Overwatch League weekend

It's not only the weekend: it's the end of Overwatch League Stage 2. There are three more matches on Saturday starting at 3 p.m. CDT with title matches to follow on Sunday — a change from Stage 1, when the final Saturday matches followed by the title matches made for a long gaming day.

And Friday wrapped up with the last match of the Stage for the Shanghai Dragons, who were completely stomped by the London Spitfire. (Uh, sorry for those of you who were avoiding spoilers.) The crowd was hyped for the Dragons to eke out a win, but though they showed some signs of life, it's no real surprise they couldn't hold out against the Spitfire. Three of the team's new players are now in the U.S., though, with a fourth still to come. Let's hope Ado, Fearless, Geguri, and Sky can breathe some life into this tragic team... and that Diya and Undead, both back home in China, return for Stage 3. Until they're back (or the Dragons get some more new recruits), Ado is the only DPS player on the roster. Ouch.

So what else is in the news? Let's see.

The Battle for Azeroth alpha is packed with awesome customizations

• What? Blood Elves can now have golden eyes? Blood Elves can now have golden eyes! 
• Dark Iron Dwarves finally have a racial mount... and it's a core hound!
• Am I using too many exclamation points here? I think not.

This is what you need to know about Fenix

• Fenix is live on the Heroes PTR: here's the story behind the game's latest hero.

We're still fighting toxicity in gaming

• Toxicity isn't going anywhere any time soon, but Blizzard is committed to fighting it — and Twitch and a bunch of other gaming companies are in the fight, too.

Are you ready for Hearthstone's Witchwood expansion?

• Senior Game Designer Peter Whalen has given us some extra insight on the new Echo mechanic and reveals a few new cards.
• And don't forget: card reveals are starting on Monday, so be ready to tune in.

And that's it for the week. Have a happy weekend and we'll be back on Monday (with plenty of Hearthstone news). I'll see you then! This is Liz, signing out.