The Instance: Deep Dives for Gamers

The nature of holiday gaming with Blizzard games, and WoW in particular. Legendary Transmog coming and coming soon! Brutosaur going to Black Market! People are ticked. Guilds and Communities getting some love right now on the live server. WoW Classic honor issues are real, and Blizzard is on it. Deathwing is a gimmick dammit. Hitting 120 and watching Grey's Anatomy while you do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PVP honor and classic encounters came to Classic this week. Death Knights and Elves are losing their eyes. The real deal behind Diablo Immortal. Our series of quick looks at the new zones in Shadowlands! We start with Oribos! Around blizzard, your emails, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deep dive into Shadowlands from Blizzcon and beyond, plus everything we think about Diablo IV, the latest Blizz earnings call, and so much more. Get in here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick and Garrett talk Shadowlands D4 And OW2 First Impressions at Blizzcon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Instance 579: Blizzcon 2019 Commentary Day 1. With Scott and Jon and Beau! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick has a solution for all of Blizzards problems. We try and figure out what the fourth mystery slot is for in the panels next week. Still no bands. Did Fallout help Blizzard this week? That art in WIII Reforged is cool, at least we think so. How we avoid WoW burnout and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had a Blizz post since last week, and Patrick and Scott are here to talk about it a bit. Plus all our predictions for Blizzcon. Will they address the HK thing on stage? We speculate. World of Warcraft has lots of books for you this weekend. How we might see a world with three factions and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about the huge smelly elephant in the room, and are very much looking forward to your thoughts. We also hit the latest wow news and stuff as well, so tune in and enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A supplemental quick take on recent events. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go through all that is on offer for Blizzcon people and Virtual Ticket people at Blizzcon this year. No idea who the bands are yet. There's a 20 min cut of that Saurfang stuff. Classic DB vs WoWhead. Classic Phase 2 coming before the end of the year. And what that includes. New rad art book from Blizz. Our favorite tracks, and the chance that Sylvanas is going full Snape on us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to do between grinding rep! Also, we go DEEEP into the final cinematics released this week in WoW retail. So much to say here, but we will let you hear it all on the show! Classic updates and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with Jason Hayes, the creator of the WoW theme, and soooooo much great blizz music over the last almost 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Instance Bonus for Sept 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patch 8.2.5 brings some interesting new things to the retail table, including a sync feature we go in deep on. Also, classic servers and retail servers should get a break from DDOS attacks for now. We gotta get that bee mount. Don't abuse Classic layering bugs, or you might get banned. Did you get your shard? All that and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott is grinding dailies, Garrett is earning gold, and Patrick is still on the fence. PTR 8.2.5 hits and loads of cool stuff. The key art for Blizzcon holds a could secrets. Recruit a Friend is back and causing controversy. What if Classic was launched for Chromie and her pals? Moving characters for lower queues. Around blizzard and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More classic stuff to talk about, including the hit nature of it this week. They are bumping up server caps for people with long queues. Why no LFG addon in classic? We answer that. Blizzard is suing a company for ripping them off. And SO much more today, on The Instance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Classic is here, and we have a lot to say about our time in Old Azeroth. Queue times were not great, and neither was world servers, but mostly things are ok on the tech front. 1 million people watched twitch wow. Stock prices went up! Get in line for boars! And a lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will classic do things to WoW prime that we are not yet expecting? We go DEEP into this idea! Classic AMA coming next week. Did we get the names we want in Classic? Blizzard has earnings call with some interesting things therein. Sigma is out. Hearthstone has growth. Heroes is solid, and diablo makes room for the new kid. Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott and Garrett look deep into the eyes of Classic and see what you need to be ready for in a couple of weeks. Plus RP/PVP servers, reserving your names for Classic, and more! Also, Store Mounts cause another stir. New gobs and worgs look rad. Loot boxes days numbered? Qhira is awesome. HS gets a lot of new cards this week. Best music in WoW ever? And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have an important chat at the top of the show about recent events. Then we dive deep into why Frank Pearce is leaving and what he might do now that he's gone. Big expansion leaks happened, maybe, and we nitpick around with a few of the details we think might hold water. The story of the next exp is full of old gods and tentacles. Sigma seems cool, Qhira is awesome, and we talk about why no ads for classic yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WoW Classic beta news, and a look at all the hunter problems it seems to have, both real and imagined. And we backload the show today with a TON of your emails and live calls! Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Instance Bonus Show for June / July 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What might Mike Morhaime do next? We have some theories. Wan't movie props? They are selling a ton of it. WoW Classic enters a phase that puts it much closer to it's August release date. Hearthstone has a nutty new expansion coming. How the WoW companion app might work as a GPS based AR game server for Blizz and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott and Garrett dive in this week with a look at the patch! We have lots of thoughts, including what we think of the Thrall Jaina friendship refresh. Wanna pay for a mount or get it with 6 months of wow time? Mike Morhaime has LOTS to say now that his non-compete is up. Lots more so hop in and enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott has a beef with Blizzard on this AutoChess mess. Ashara is rising next Tuesday! We break down all the stuff you can expect on patch day. How gold farming will work in Classic. How to get more out of the WoW companion app and more! The whole crew is here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The starcraft game we will never get...again. Overwatch 2 is happening and we discuss it a bit. How blizzard might do games in future. WoW as a base sub to a larger Blizzard sub. Metzen wanted Naga. And loads more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Instance Bonus Show for June 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Turps and Garrett get another episode out the door with some more impressions of Classic, and some ideas about where it might go next. Loads of other odds and ends today as well, so give it a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a deep dive into our WoW Classic time this week. Talk about hanging out with much older men. Frosty the Snow Mage. How Thrall got his Groove back, and so much more today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about the Safe Haven cinematic at length. WoW Classic is live in beta, and we get the full game in August. We go deep on Classic stuff today as well. We get a little from J Allen Brack on the state of blizzard. 15 years means more ways to give your money to Warcraft. Around Blizzard and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have dates, details, and concerns about Blizzcon 2019. No Gamescom sadly this year. Blizz had an earnings call. How many characters can you have in WoW Classic? Get your PTR on with Nazjatar and Operation Mechagon. All around blizzard and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Instance Bonus Show Late April 2019, where Scott and Garrett talk about factions and how they can have their cake and eat it too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We SHOULD have heard about Blizzcon by now so we are left wondering a little. Crucible of Storms is out and seems good! Alpha internal testing starts for WoW Classic. 8.2 gets datamined hardcore. We have a new Thrall and we have speculation to go with it. Around Blizzard and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 3rd and final part of this most recent Chris Metzen interview series. Perhaps the most emotional and intense of the three, but with some very happy endings. Not to mention some great behind the scenes in StarCraft and Diablo III. Thank you everyone, and especially Chris, for making this series happen. More soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two in our multi-part interview series with Chris Metzen, video game legend, now retired. One part followup to our previous interviews and many parts look at the now and future of Chris, games, life and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Metzen interviews, and Azhshara rising! Plus more about the war campaign. The new Heart of Azeroth might just get it right. Flying unlocked and a giant wheel mount if you please. SOO Much more about the new summer content coming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part one in our multi-part interview series with Chris Metzen, video game legend, now retired. One part followup to our previous interviews and many parts look at the now and future of Chris, games, life and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More old Blizz games going to GoG. What to expect in Rise of Azshara. More classic updates from Blizzard. And way more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing Instance Loot! Corn dogs. AIE taking alliance applications. The results of the recent WoW Q&A livestream. Getting that beacon is all Scott wants. Around blizzard and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if 2019 is the best Blizzcon of all time? A breakdown of what we have seen in patch 8.1.5 including war campaign story, redone battlegrounds, and a little talk about PortalGate 2019. Hati is back for hunters btw. The WoW classic release plan is out there now. All the news around blizzard and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Break week, take a look at CORE! Back next friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No one wants my Azerite gear. We have a date with Trolls and Pirates! The art stream was really well done. Classic also got some news! A look around blizz and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come to Vegas and play with us! Also, Metzen wants your suggestions! Scott gets a nice mount without even trying! Get your troll and fat pirate soon! Wowhead knows how to make a nice tool. Everything Blizz does getting shaded by last week's layoffs? More about blizzard plus your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A DEEP dive into everything we saw and heard this week. The layoffs, the future of blizzard, and what an angry player base is talking about. This is one to listen to for sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Method has the method and gets it twice! Hunters can ride a pet soon and Hati fans are happy about it. Zandalari and Kul Tiran get starters. Some hot fixes and changes are here on the live server. Let the yearly Love Rocket Farming begin! Stuff brewing with Baine and Derek Proudmoore on the PTR. All around blizzard, your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your mythic and raid finder on this week. What do you do if you are just shy of i350? We will probably have to buy that pig. Wanna be Kul Tiran or Zandalari? Good, cause now we know what you have to do. Ion had some cool stuff to say about the state of the game in a german interview. Heroes is bumming us out. Diablo is scratching some itches again. Overwatch also has itch scratch happening with a new Paris map. Hearthstone gets hard nerfed. Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Battle of Dazar'alor is upon us, so get in there. We talk all about it, and some of story stuff it came with. We take a few points from the recent Q&A. Blizzard made a pretty big hire in January. Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raid testing, what Bungie leaving might mean for Blizzard, letting you do ANYTHING in old zones, and way more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott and Garrett try to make sense of the latest in Blizzard and WoW news, as well as think about the old days of Wrath Gate. Also, we kinda know what Second Dinner is up to now. And so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some deep talk about 8.1, and the cloud that currently hangs over blizzard at the moment. I think we hit some pretty thoughtful stuff so check it out. Also a look at games around blizz, and what the upcoming raid will do for WoW. And lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices