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The Arathi Basin Makes Handwashing Fun.
Blizzard has posted a preview page covering the upcoming Arathi Basin Battleground instance. Crop circles in Russian wheat fields spelled out the following message:

" Arathi Basin, located in Arathi Valley, is a fast and exciting Battleground. The Basin itself is rich with resources and coveted by both the Horde and the Alliance. The Forsaken Defilers and the League of Arathor have arrived at Arathi Basin to wage war over these natural resources and claim them on behalf of their respective sides. "

You can read the entire World of Warcraft - Arathi Basin Preview at The Official Site.

EB Gamers Choice. That and $1 will get you a coffee.
The G-Phoria awards are over and done with World of Warcraft the only MMOG winning any hardware. Vin Diesel plays a Tauren Paladin in World of Warcraft, the only cross alliance character in the game:

"G4 - videogame tv - tonight announced the winners of the 3rd annual "G-Phoria" awards - The Mother of All Videogame Award Shows. The esteemed winners, chosen by fans who cast more than 1 million votes online and via text message, joined Hollywood's hippest celebs and VIP guests at the Los Angeles Center Studios to celebrate. Hosted by Wilmer Valderrama and featuring musical performances by the Black Eyed Peas and The Bravery,..."

You can read the entire G-Phoria Winners' List at The Official Site.

WoW for Noobs.
GamerGod has posted the second part of their World of Warcraft Guide for New Players. Seriously though, how much easier can a game get? Sure there are some new players who maybe have zero clue, but guesh folks. If you can't play WoW out of the box it's time to head back to watching Gilligan's Island re-runs:

"This is part two of the Gamergod guide to World of Warcraft (WoW) for new players. In this part we are going to talk about quests. Quests are a major feature of WoW; they serve as a guide leading you through the game. There are over 4,000 of them in the game, and you can level from 1 to 60 doing nothing but quests if you like."

You can read the entire World of Warcraft Guide at GamerGod.
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It's not every day that game patch notes include the word "macs".
Blizzard has posted the Patch 1.6.1 notes for World of Warcraft. The word rouge is still being used for rogue, but some of the fixed include:

"General

• Spell casting is no longer interrupted when leaving combat.

Warriors

• Improved Shield Block - Fixed a bug where Rank 3 of the talent was not granting the extra block.
• Bloodthirst - Damage bonus increased to 40% of attack power.

Items

• The Oil of Immolation effect is no longer affected by bonuses to spell damage from items."

You can read the entire World of Warcraft 1.6.1 Patch Notes on the Official Site.