The Black Empire is coming. Again. There’s an enormous multi-tentacled creature blotting out the sun, and he comes to bring you love. Or death, I dunno.

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where the only question that truly matters is: who is the best Old God?

This week is patch 12.1.5 in World of Warcraft, which isn’t a big patch but it has some story content we aren’t happy about and Labyrinths that we are happy about. Plus huge improvements to crafting decor (you don’t need nearly as much lumber now), store transmog sets with hair under hats, the strange state...

World of Warcraft: Forever has thoroughly embraced the “some changes” ethos, and First Aid has gotten some big improvements. All Forever professions have been updated with new recipes and features to help along your adventures, but First Aid has gotten a particular glow up with the addition of healing potions for quick and easy healing....

It’s already time to talk about World of Warcraft patch 12.1.7: Echoes of the Worldcore. Blizzard has wasted no time in propelling Midnight along to its inevitable conclusion by announcing patch 12.1.7 (some of which we already knew about from BlizzCon), a light-weight patch that adds new story quests, the Talebound gameplay mode, more Lorewalking...

The Skyborne elves, the new race added in World of Warcraft: Forever, are getting visual updates to their in-game character models to better fit the game’s classic art style. The first update will focus on reworks to the current high definition (HD) in-game models and is set to arrive in the near future, while a...

It’s patch week in World of Warcraft, for better and for worse, and I’m just checking in to see how everyone is doing out there. Hitting up the new raid? Checking out the Labyrinths? Experiencing perfectly wonderful new content that does nothing but spark joy?

…no? Well, we’ll have to work on that. Maybe while writing angry fanfic and waiting for the latest round of hotfixes.

But that’s the patch cycle for you. Ups and downs and downs and ups. The world keeps rolling onward regardless.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I, Lizdormi, attempt to answer your questions with what wisdom of the Dragonflights I may have. It’s not always much, but let’s get to it anyway.

Every week the Epic Games Store gives away a game or two for free. This week, they’re giving us two games with retro art styles and literally nothing else in common. Agent A:  A puzzle in disguise Release Date: August 30, 2019 Game Type: Puzzle POV: 3rd person Party: Single Player DLC: None Agent A...

With the release of World of Warcraft: Forever rapidly approaching, I am starting to think ahead about what classes and races I’m going to play first so I don’t spend precious gaming time staring at the character creation screen on launch night. One of the stickiest questions is: what naming scheme will I use for...

Hearthstone is getting its next expansion, Reign of the Black Empire, next week, on October 20, and as usual the pre-release Hearthstone Tavern Brawl arrives just before launch day. If you already have any Reign of the Black Empire packs — whether you got them for free, from drops or rewards, or you pre-ordered the...

Playlist I have made. Song 2 I have chosen as start. Song 2 is best to start.

Is early, no caffeine, am not actually Yoda. Am very smol birb.

One of the most interesting things about World of Warcraft: Forever is the possibility for new story development, and that’s how we got tangled up in the question of an NPC named Shadowsong in the beta. Is it one of those Shadowsongs? Probably not. (It’s a common name.) But could we see new stories about...

If you’re just starting a new Skyborne character in WoW: Forever and, for whatever reason, don’t want to level on Zephras Isle or just plain want to set up your newest bank alt, you’re gonna want to head to your faction’s capital city. And while veteran WoW players can probably find their way to Stormwind...

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the questions and sometimes we have some answers but sometimes the questions are just out there, man.

It’s patch day for Midnight servers, and that means extended maintenance for World of Warcraft. Modern players face a full eight hours of downtime for the rollout of patch 12.1.5, but WoW Classic players are safe with just the standard hour of downtime. Here’s the WoW maintenance schedule for Tuesday, October 13: Midnight: Offline from...

Like a snake, or maybe like a raid full of snakes, time slithers ever-forward — and with the march of time, comes a new patch for World of Warcraft. No sooner had Midnight patch 12.1 and its treasure trove of scaly goodies dropped into our lap like a bundle of joy horror than it was...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m thankful for the amount of turkey and gravy I was able to eat. I’m also thankful for all of you here reading this right now! You all rock.

While I go take a post-turkey nap, it’s time for our daily question-and-answer column — The Queue!

World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5 launches this week, and I’m looking forward to checking out the first Labyrinth, the Troll tomb Kindo’jan, when it goes live on Tuesday. Even though this is a “minor” patch, it’s pretty packed with new features, including a new one-boss raid (interesting), a new invasion (yawn), a new story chapter...

The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary realms are finally getting the next phase of content on October 22, 2026 at 3pm pacific (6pm eastern). Phase 3.5 is more of a mini-phase but it still features a new raid, Zul’Aman, and updates to previously released raids and dungeons as well as updates to some gameplay systems. Here’s everything...

With WoW Forever entering the discussion, people have started calling Retail WoW “Modern WoW” now. The questions, then, become: will you play Modern WoW forever? Is WoW Forever modern enough for you?

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we ponder our orbs and try to create future plans on the spot while the Old Gods laugh.

This week the crew is joined by Lore Watch co-host Eric O’Dea, and it’s great that he’s here, because this week was all about end game. No, not raiding, though Sunder Armor is back in Forever, which gives us a quick nostalgia hit. Instead we’re talking about the transmogs from this month’s Trading Post (a little...