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Blizzard has posted a roundup of this week's blue posts and developer discussions, including more War Within Hero Talents revealed, Cross-Realm Mythic opening, and the launch of Season of Discovery Phase 2!

The War Within expansion introduces Hero Talents as a new update to World of Warcraft classes. They are an evergreen form of character progression for each class specialization that introduces new powers and class fantasies. Feedback is critical to us as a part of creating an impactful and fun addition to the game, so we are sharing our goals for Hero Talents with the community to get first impressions of them and learn how well we’re meeting those goals.

The studio behind Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2, Acquire, has been acquired by none other than Kadokawa Corporation. In effect, this means that Octopath Traveler and Dark Souls are now under the same umbrella, as Kadokawa also owns From Software, for one.

Have you ever played Loop Hero on PC or consoles? Well, the awesome roguelike RPG is finally making its way to mobile! Yes, Playdigious is bringing Loop Hero mobile to Android and iOS. It’s expected to drop on April 30th, and pre-registrations are now live.

The Walt Disney Company has announced it's acquiring a $1.5bn USD stake in Epic Games as it launches a multi-year partnership to create an «expansive and open games and entertainment universe connected to Fortnite».

FromSoftware owner Kadokawa Corporation has acquired Octopath Traveler developer Acquire for an undisclosed sum.

Portal para Dalaran interviewed combat design leads Jade Martin and Rodney Pare about the upcoming Frostfire Hero Talent tree. New Hero Talent Reveals — Priest, Hunter, Druid, Mage

FromSoftware's parent company Kadokawa Corporation has bought Octopath Traveler developer Acquire for an undisclosed sum.

Blizzard has revealed the new Hero Talents for Priest, Hunter, Mage and Druid which includes the Priest Tree *tripling* down on a Power Infusion-like spell!

We've uploaded all 4 new Hero Talent Trees onto Wowhead! Preview Dark Ranger Hunter, Frostfire Mage, Oracle Priest, and Keeper of the Grove Druid now. All Revealed Hero Talent Trees Note: All icons seen in the Talent Trees below are placeholders as Blizzard has not provided any.

Among the ideas fans have come up with for new Overwatch 2 heroes, one fan’s concept for a botany-themed support character really takes the cake for the way this hypothetical hero would shake up the game’s meta. While plenty of fans have tried their hand at imagining new additions to the roster, this one in particular goes the extra mile with a unique moveset so detailed and realized one could easily imagine them being added to Overwatch 2 for real in the near future.

A good deal of RPG protagonists tend to be on the dark and broody side, if they’re not altogether silent. That’s usually justified — they tend to go through circumstances that uproot their lives at best and, at worst, irrevocably ruin them. It would only be natural for that to have an impact on their overall demeanor.