It’s weird, because I really, truly hated (and honestly on a gut level still hate) the monetization changes to Hearthstone‘s Battlegrounds, and yet now I find myself playing them more than ever before. I know I have a tendency to respond very strongly to external pressure — the even simple and completely arbitrary leaderboards on Duolingo lights my competitive streak, and I will learn French quicker than FirstnameBunchanumbers progresses through German. Even though the rewards track didn’t compel me to play before, now that the rewards are confined to Battlegrounds, and especially because they’re all cosmetic, I’m fighting tooth and claw to get them.

Also, weirdly, now that they got rid of SI:Sefin and added in Toxfin, I’m no longer calling for nerfs, while I’m also trying for the quest that lets me trigger as many Battlecries as possible. So much fairer! No, not because I’m the one playing it. Other reasons.

This is The Queue, where you ask us questions, and we’ll answer them right after this game.

The latest Hearthstone mini-set Maw & Disorder arrives September 27 -- today -- and brings with it 35 new cards themed around the trial of Sylvanas for her many crimes, although specifically this time it's for anima theft.

This may sound kind of weird, but I can't play World of Warcraft with the sound off, and having to set it low so I can hear someone talking on Discord or what have you is extremely painful for me.

The first major update to Diablo Immortal is Forgotten Nightmares, an expansive patch with a new dungeon (Silent Monastery), major updates to Warbands (including a guild housing in Castle Cyranger), a new Helliquary raid boss (Izilech the Misshapen), a new event (Scouring the Darkness), as well as another new Battle Pass season, complete with new themed cosmetics. But the most interesting thing in this update is the fact that there's a new way to get Legendary Crests without spending real cash.

If you're bored of farming the same bosses over and over Diablo 2 Resurrected, you'll probably want to try out Terror Zones, which offer a new way to level to 99 in patch 2.5 — now live.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic is coming today, so as I did with Burning Crusade, I’m going to look at some of my favorite and least-favorite encounters of the expansion, and we can all go down memory lane together.

Sometimes it’s just word salad that got stuck in my head. Not always… not even often… but sometimes.

Hi, all. I’m your emergency Cory this week, as he broke the glass and informed me he needed a fill in for the Queue. I don’t know if it’s an earworm or not, but I’m listening to Switchback by Celldweller.

In this month's episode, we deep dive into One D&D, the upcoming massive update coming to our favorite RPG.

I tend to be a "deep-dive binge" kind of gamer.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic is now live, and with it comes a brand new set of gems created by the Jewelcrafting profession, which was introduced in Burning Crusade Classic. Gems and Jewelcrafting work much as they did in BCC, but you'll find a whole new selection of cuts to socket in your gear.