Patch 12.0.5 launched today in World of Warcraft, and while there were a lot of features players were excitedly looking forward to -- Decor Duels, Abyss Anglers, or even helping Decimus help us by finishing the Voidforge -- the patch also launched with one major thing players were not expecting or looking forward to: critical bugs that caused the Player Housing system to be disabled, at least in the US and Oceania.

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred is due out on April 28, but I've already had a chance to play through the game, and I loved it.

Though WoW patch 12.0.5 is just a minor patch, it's having a big impact on this week's maintenance schedule: modern WoW servers are scheduled to be offline all day, though WoW Classic just has an hour of downtime.

I have a ton of stuff going on both IRL and around the site, so of course this week I got sick and pulled like three muscles. It’s fine, everything’s fine.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and I’m just gonna sit here until I can go to bed.

There are many modes of World of Warcraft Classic and each them are in different expansions/points in time from overall World of Warcraft timeline.

Abyss Anglers is a new fishing activity coming to World of Warcraft in patch 12.0.5 that some have been comparing to indie game Dave the Diver (it was us; the whole thing seems suspiciously legally distinct).

I’ve been playing a bunch of HADES 2 this week, and it more than lives up to the hype. I knew it would, the first one was excellent, and I’ve loved everything else that Supergiant has put out. I even have the Bastion soundtrack on a CD around here somewhere!

I don’t know what it is about sending a godling to escape the underworld that is so compelling, but the “one more run, then I’ll go be productive” is super strong in this game. Maybe it’s the music, maybe it’s the art, maybe it’s the snappy combat. Whatever it is, I know that I can’t get enough of it. Seriously, they gave me a weapon that’s some big metal claws with wings, and the wings launch rockets at my enemies — sometimes, while I’m punching those very same enemies! Is it very accurate in history? Not particularly. Is it rad as heck? Definitely. Plus how do we know for sure that there wasn’t a god roaming around ancient Greece with some badass rocket launcher wings? Maybe all of their statues were blown up… y’know, in the incident.

While I go and try out the new version of those wings that come equipped with a frickin moon “laser”, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

Last week was quiet, but this week is packed with new things to do as World of Warcraft launches patch 12.0.5 and we gear up for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred's launch next week.

This is Bubbles. (The one standing next to her is some weird fish mage whose name doesn’t matter right now.)

Bubbles took a sabbatical for a couple years, but she’s back to fulfill her job of lobbing balls of water at fools with deadly force to help her master. Dutiful and unquestioning. Water Elementals are known for harmoniously agreeing with those who summoned them, rather than entering nebulous “contracts” or being employed against their wills (which usually leads to constantly plotting revenge, and that’s antithetical to good water flow).

We’re in The Queue, a daily Q&A column that delivers answers to questions day after day, with consistency and a dash of spunk.

This week our hosts mostly focused on everything that's coming soon in WoW and a few other games.