Big News of the Week
Major 4.2 Previews hit, just in time for 4.1 to be yesterday’s news. We’ve got the hot points. We also talk about Scott’s issues with the game since the patch. Kind of a nightmare!

Rumors & Scuttlebut
A look at Teir 12 ladies and gentlemen. Direct X 11 and a few other signs, that 4.1 is the precursor to some graphical upgrades! According to Bit Gamer, “We haven’t tried it ourselves yet, but judging by the comparison screenshots the new graphical effects offered within WoW aren’t spectacular. Spells and characters now cause reflections in lava and water – that’s about it. That said, Cataclysm is still in beta, so hopefully we’ll see some further updates in the future – as well as the quashing of the few graphical bugs that DX 11 mode can currently cause in WoW.” Do we expect WoW to evolve to catch up to newer hardware? Do we care about this at all? Is wow just fine as it is?

Tom’s Hardware dot come did a direct comparison of Dx9 and 11 to see what the differnces are, and they are pretty significant when it comes to framerate. (None of this has much to do with Mac clients, but expect more there as well.)

Drop of the Week
Blizzcast 16 – The best preview we will probably get out of blizzard for months on this upcoming content explosion.

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Big News of the Week
Turns out wow makes Blizzard an ass load of money! Let’s read Activision Blizzard’s 2010 10-K annual report. We talk about what it means. Patch 4.1 may just enter your world on Tuesday! We highlight all the big stuff just in case you’re behind. New Lore: Council of Three Hammers Story Available!

Rumors & Scuttlebut
Today we have yet another model from Patch 4.2, the Fire Cat form of Fandral Staghelm! There be issues with them there remote armory apps! Plus, we take a few minutes to see what is going on in the blogs with Greg Ghostcrawler Street.

Drop of the Week
Mathew Oxely’s “LFG” video. It’s pretty great!

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Scott starts us off with an EPIC tale of 10 man bravery and guild perking. Blizzcon ticket sales dates announced. You ready to order? Warlocks getting a gender choice with demons coming soon! We hash that out a bit for good measure.

Rumors & Scuttlebut
Could there be yet another game in development over at Blizzard that we’ve not year heard about? Well, a few rumors say yes to that question. Also, a dude dinged 85 without killing a single mob, or turning in a single quest. The armory data tells the tale. Plus, we tackle a big bunch of talk regarding achievement enhancements coming our way from Blizz, and possibly soon!

Drop of the Week
“Clique” (addon for casters, but great for healers)
Clique is a simple addon that enables powerful click-casting and hover-casting on your unit frames and in the 3D game world. You can bind virtually any mouse or keyboard combination to a spell or macro. In it’s normal configuration this enables you to use the bindings over your unit frames in order to cast spells directly on that unit. This allows you to more quickly select both the spell to cast, and the target of the spell without requiring an extra click.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you remote guild chat! Using their iPhone, iPod or Android device, players will soon be able to access guild chat, officer chat, and send whispers to guild members without ever logging into the game! This in addition to the auction house functionality, already present in the game. We predicted this eventuality a long time ago!

Blizzard wants better LFG. You wan’t better stuff. Boy do we have a deal for you! And a little bit of clarification as well.

Rumors & Scuttlebut
The “maze” of the Wailing Caverns has been removed, that’s basically half of the instance. Ask the Devs – Answers #4: Armor and Weapons. Some big talk from the big man: Ghostcrawler, regarding gear and stats. We talk all about it.

Drop of the Week
World of Warcraft Hockey Jerseys Now Available! Check out the announcement on Blizzard’s site, and head to Swagdog for more!

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