One of the more mysterious announcements in today's State of Azeroth livestream was a new standalone game mode that will go live with WoW patch 12.1.7 sometime this autumn.

With all this Player Housing stuff finally coming to WoW, adding a Prop Hunt mode where the player can become the decor is an obvious next step.

One of the most exciting pieces of news arriving in today's 2026 State of Azeroth content update for World of Warcraft was Labyrinths, a new, bigger format for Delves.

There sure is a lot going on right now all of a sudden, all of which I know the details of, because I definitely did not write this well in advance to be ready for an onslaught of news. Being prepared in advance does not sound at all like me.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we definitely know what the answers are gonna be?

If you've ever wanted to own a restaurant chain and work your way toward having a successful business, Epic Games Store does not have your back with their free game this week.

While there are a number of highly active Neighborhoods that have fully unlocked the Neighborhood Favor track already, one week into the first Endeavor cycle, Blizzard is speeding up Endeavor progression.

Don’t miss your chance to grab an oven-fresh World of Warcraft back transmog by completing a Discord quest before the window expires!

I never exactly planned to put a Dark Portal in my front yard, but now that I know I’ll be able to get one, of course I am going to put a Dark Portal in my front yard. There’s no greater status symbol than to show off to your neighbors that you have your own Dark Portal.

But then, of course, when all of my neighbors have a Dark Portal it’s not going to be cool anymore and I’ll have to find something else. But for this little slice of time, I will cherish this Dark Portal of my very own.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we answer your questions and get sentimental about pieces of Azerothian architecture. Let’s get to it!

Great scot, Marty!

As we make our way into the Midnight prepatch and beyond, Matt, Joe, and Eric take the opportunity to recap the lore of The War Within.