World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5 is already on the horizon, and will be launching on the PTR soon.

The Midnight Season 2 Race to World First is over, and Team Liquid claimed victory for the fifth raid tier in a row.

I’m trying to improve my perspective on the latest WoW patch, and looking for the positive side of cursed snake island. There has to be something good about this place, something to appreciate. I found this pleasant waterfall, which might be a nice place to sit with a picnic blanket. I don’t see a single snake.

But I do see giants, and there are some unfriendly beasties in the water, as well as insects flying around. Even without the snakes, this is hard to recommend as a vacation spot. I’ll keep trying to look on the bright side, but I haven’t found it yet.

So let’s get to the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I do my best to answer your questions. Let’s get to the comments.

Every week the Epic Games Store gives away a game or two for free.

The Trading Post outlet vendors make another return to World of Warcraft this September, setting up at a new location in Silvermoon City and at their old location at the Forgegrounds in Dornogal, and will sell a bunch of items from previous Trading Post inventories, including armor, weapons, mounts, pets, and toys.

The second week of the Race to World First is complete, and our top three guilds have fought their way to the last boss.

Only one force on Azeroth can stop Malygos and his Dark Flight in Hearthstone's The Power of Magic Tavern Brawl: the Magical Guardians!

Trust me, we’ll come back to this.

This week's Lore Watch kicks off with a question based on a datamined spoiler which will be revealed as we come to toward the end of patch 12.1, as we finally uncover the goal Xal'atath has been working toward since before she was besties with a nameless Shadow Priest (Mitch).

Now that we've all obtained plenty of experience sloshing through the glowing, venomous rivers of the Coiled Isle we're ready to step back and evaluate our initial thoughts on Midnight's patch 12.1, The Curse of Ula'tek.