What to play this weekend: expanding your world
You've completed your quest to make it to another Friday, Watchers!
Here’s how Hunters can tame Aradan, the mighty Stormrook
Eagle-eyed players have figured out how to tame Aradan, the rare Stormrook Hunter pet that matches the Algarian Stormrider mount.
Blizzard Watch Podcast: The Nerub-ar Palace Race to World First has begun
Join us as we discuss the latest Race to World First news (as of the recording on Tuesday), if/when Blizzard will announce Mists of Pandaria Classic servers, the agony and the ecstasy of Delves, the bittersweet upcoming arrival of Arcane Season 2, and why we are convinced that the black blood of earth in WoW is cranberry flavored.
The Queue: A quiet day (to answer a few questions)
Yesterday seems to have been a rather quiet day (or perhaps a rather busy day) for the Queue, with a somewhat limited number of questions for perusal, but I’m working with it.
Let’s get questioning (or commenting), Queue.
Race to World First Day 3: Broodtwister Ovi’nax down… and now the race gets really difficult
Team Liquid claimed another world first by taking down Ovi'nax after 120 pulls — and as of this writing, the rest of the Nerub-ar Palace Race to World First is still progressing on this worm.
How to queue for the Story Mode Queen Ansurek fight in The War Within
Raiding in Nerub-ar Palace is in full swing at all levels of play in The War Within, from the Race to World First to LFR, but one difficulty is new: Story Mode, which allows anyone to enter a solo version of the Queen Ansurek fight with a party of NPC allies and see an abbreviated version of the encounter.
Ten things you could buy with $700 instead of a PS5 Pro
In case Sony didn't actually dispatch cyborg ninjas to inform you personally, we'd like to mention that the new PlayStation 5 Pro is going to be available as of September 26 -- well, at least you'll be able to pre-order them online via direct.playstation.com.
The Queue: I love Diablo 4
I’ve basically been singing I love Diablo 4 to the tune of Joan Jett and the Blackheart’s I love Rock and Roll. I do this while playing, you guessed it, Diablo 4. I have played a lot of ARPG’s over the years — Wolcen, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn, Darksiders Genesis — and while I think Darksiders may be one of the best ARPG’s ever created, I still seem to be absolutely in love with Diablo 4.
Anyway, yeah, been playing a lot of D4 this week.
Race to World First Day 2: No more world firsts, but much more competition
About twenty guilds have hit 4/8 Mythic in Nerub-ar Palace, but no one has killed Broodtwister Ovi'nax, the first boss these raid groups haven't steamrolled over.
Ranking the Nerub-ar Palace tier set looks from best to worst
With the second week of The War Within Season 1 upon us, it's time to once again don our fashion critic helms and evaluate the looks of the Nerub-ar Palace tier sets.



