Anne Stickney

The Battle for Azeroth pre-patch has waved goodbye to an old standard -- the World of Warcraft Battle Chest.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

It took over 40-some-odd tries, but I finally managed to get the Outlaw Mage Tower challenge appearance just under the wire. I don’t actually play Outlaw on my Rogue — the last time I saw that spec it was called Combat and I was raiding Icecrown Citadel. But it’s easily the prettiest out of all of the Rogue weapon appearances, so I’m glad I got my hands on it, even if I had to drop a chunk of gold on flasks, elixirs, and food in the process. Thanks, Legion. If I ever get around to picking up swords again, I know what I’m using for transmog.

In a really big in-case-you-missed-it, everyone's got enough Wakening Essences in their Mythic chests for a free legendary as of Tuesday's patch.

My addons are broken.

Overwatch's latest hero has officially been announced and...he's a hamster. A space hamster.

Those pesky servers are still down -- catch up on all that Battle for Azeroth-related story with another encore Know Your Lore!

Looks like those reputation requirements for Allied Races won't be easing up anytime soon, if at all.

Today's the day!

What makes Azerite so alluring for both sides in Battle for Azeroth? Why exactly is it so valuable – and what other strange minerals does Azeroth hold?

It's happening -- Battle for Azeroth is just around the corner, and Blizzard is releasing a new set of animated shorts for the next expansion.