It’s a long Tuesday maintenance for World of Warcraft with the launch of patch 12.0.5 – All realms now online!
by Elizabeth Harper on April 21, 2026 at 4:55pm
The Queue: please say it’s time for bed
by Anna Bell on April 21, 2026 at 1:00pm
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.
Our best guess at the upcoming expansion timelines for each WoW Classic mode
by Nick Marino on April 21, 2026 at 11:00am
Abyss Anglers: A quick guide to the fun and perhaps profitable feature in WoW patch 12.0.5
by Anna Bell on April 20, 2026 at 2:00pm
The Queue: Olympus, I accept this message
by Cory Taylor on April 20, 2026 at 1:00pm @CoryjTaylor
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!
Blizzard Watch Weekly: Almost another patch day
by Elizabeth Harper on April 20, 2026 at 9:00am
The Queue: Weird Fishes
by Phil Xavier on April 17, 2026 at 1:00pm
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.
Blizzard Watch Podcast: Decor Duel, fishing, and transmog: The real end game
by Anna Bell on April 17, 2026 at 11:00am
Where is Xal’atath from, originally? Some tinfoil-hatted speculation
by Eric O'Dea on April 17, 2026 at 9:00am @Draygonia_42



