Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. It's been a surprisingly sluggish week for WoW news. This may be because the dev team is recovering from the San Diego Comic Con, or because they're playing too much Starcraft II. Myself, I'm thinking that they may have spent all their mojo making the Maelstrom as epic as possible. Whatever it is, they're giving a pass on server maintenance this week as well, so if you play in the early morning hours (or rather, what is early morning on the west coast of the USA), you're in the clear to keep on playing.

Of course, not everyone can play right now. Some of us are stuck at work or school. For all of you, we bring the usual round up of news from the past week, and there's some pretty good stuff in there, including screenshots of some never before seen Cataclysm zones! Check it out after the break.
Hot News and Features

• We have rare and never before screen shots of two unreleased Cataclysm zones: Uldum and Twilight Highlands!
• We have screenshots from the Throne of the Tides, one of the new Cataclysm dungeons.
• Invitations are going for the Cataclysm beta guild contest winners.
• Check out pictures of the newest WoW figurines, direct from the San Diego Comic Con.
• Some Cataclysm NPCs have received model updates, including Malfurion Stormrage.
• Phat Loot Phriday is feeling extra dapper.

Class News and Guides

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors looks at the warrior's journey from 1-60 in Cataclysm.
• Arcane Brilliance looks at the latest news on the Cataclysm fire mage.
• Scattered Shots looks at the latest Cataclysm beta changes for hunters.
• Blood Pact looks at the latest affliction tree changes in the Cataclysm beta.
• Lichborne looks at Festering Strike, the new death knight attack.
• The Light and How To Swing It looks at the latest on the holy paladin's new Cataclysm masteries.
• Spiritual Guidance looks at the latest beta builds for priests and shadow priest glyphs.
• Totem Talk looks at more of the coming element changes and leveling as restoration in Cataclysm.
• Shifting Perspectives looks at balance DoTs in Cataclysm, and continues to talk about pulling as a feral tank.
• Encrypted Text delves into Expose Armor.

Items, Dungeons, Professions, PvP, and More

• WoW Rookie rounds up the latest info about the changes coming for low and mid-level characters in Cataclysm.
• Insider Trader looks at enchantments coming with Cataclysm.
• Gold Capped raids the reader mailbag and checks out WoW Prospector and what to do when the Glyph market goes wonky.
• Raid Rx helps you dodge insane applicants.
• The OverAchiever continues counting down the 25 most entertaining achievements.
• The Art of War(craft) looks at World PvP in the new Azeroth.
• Blood Sport talks about 2 healer teams in the 5v5 arena.
• Officers' Quarters deals with a crazy guild leader.

Odds and Ends

• The Guild has a new music video: Game On!
• Check out last week's installment of Byron the Tauren Rogue.
• Blizzard continues to work on foiling hackers. Their latest steps include requiring email confirmation to add an authenticator.

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