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

Turbulent Timeways has returned during World of Warcraft's patch 12.0.7, and is live through August 11.

A new Hearthstone expansion, Escape from Violet Hold, has just been released, and as is tradition, it's time for a new Tavern Brawl offering players a taste of the new deck recipes.

I must be stuck in a trap. That’s the only reason I can think of for still being here.

Look, that cheese was so appealing and delicious looking… Is it any wonder that I took just a small nibble? It’s not like I ate a bunch of pomegranate seeds or ate at a table in the Fae Court. That would be silly. I certainly haven’t been pushing on a door that’s clearly marked “Pull,” I haven’t made that mistake in so long.

While I contemplate gnawing off my own foot, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

The lore of the games from Remedy and how the two series Alan Wake and Control are linked is the topic of this week's Lore Watch Podcast.

After many years of cosmetic appearances tied to holidays that could only be applied at the proper time of year, World of Warcraft has leaned into the "fashion when you feel like it" outlook and included some truly epic year-round transmog in the last few seasonal celebrations.

A while ago, Hearthstone introduced pets, that could only be obtained by playing a gacha-style roulette game with terrible, terrible odds — which meant that, realistically, they ended up costing up to $158.

Hearthstone has a new expansion, Escape from Violet Hold, and this time VanVan — that's Vanessa VanCleef for you uninitiated — is commanding a daring prison break from the Violet Hold, now guarded by none other than Maiev Shadowsong.

My son accidentally microwaved ramen without adding water yesterday and thereby started a small fire. It wasn’t a huge deal, except now everything in my house smells vaguely smoky. The fix would ordinarily be to open the windows and run fans, but it’s approximately a billion degrees outside and humid, so that had to be short-lived. I’m going to wait til the end of the day to wipe down the walls and launder all the launderable fabric, then change the HVAC filter and pretend everything is fine.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we’ll let you find out yourself so it’s a teachable moment. Life lesson, if you will.

Today's WoW maintenance is is actually extremely short in length for most of the realms, only being an hour long or so.