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Blizzard has begun giving previews for the class changes that will be coming with the Cataclysm expansion. Further posts will come as the previews are released, currently Shaman and Warlock with a tiny bomb dropped on Death Knights. The schedule they are following can be found after the jump.

Blizzard recently previewed the upcoming features that Battle.net will provide. "Fully integrated, user-friendly, and fast, the all-new Battle.net makes it easy to find and play games, opening the world of online gaming to generations of players." The preview was tailored to StarCraft II, however they mention how it will affect all of the current and future games, certainly Diablo III. Key features touched on were an "always-connected experience" that will allow players to chat with friends, unlock achievements, and receive game updates (think Steam); Arena matchmaking that will make more sense than World of Warcraft's system; A social network that will span all games on Battle.net; Support for community-created addons.

Since the inception of World of Warcraft, and MMOs in general, finding a group to run dungeons has been the bane of the majority of players, with the exception of tanks and healers. Although Patch 3.3.0 has been live since early December, only until now have I been able to use it extensively. Despite this I will give a brief explanation of the new system. The major feature is the cross-realm instancing, which works exactly like cross-realm battlegrounds. Players queue up as one or more roles (tank, healer, dps) and should they choose, as the dungeon guide (party leader).

update: servers are becoming more or less, available.

Likely to be the last major content patch of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, except perhaps a pre-Cataclysm event patch, 3.3 adds new features and content. Largest on the list are the Icecrown Citadel dungeons, namely the Frozen Throne raid dungeon with the now standard 10/10(Heroic)/25/25(Heroic) versions. Also added are three five man dungeons: The Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron and Halls of Reflection, all with heroic mode versions of course.

Major feature additions are cross-realm dungeons, which work exactly like cross-realm battlegrounds, and greatly improved quest tracking. And like all patches there are numerous tweaks, nerfs, buffs, bug fixes and so on.

Electric Arts has officially announced their new Medal of Honor game which will take place in the present, which sadly means no Nazis but also, thankfully, no "Banzai" yelling Japanese.

The Medal of Honor series is one of my favorites, despite some of the latest installments. I remember when I played the first Medal of Honor, my computer could not handle it so I went out and bought a video card that same day, it really was that good. The multiplayer was exceptionally fun, however I expect this was mainly due to the specific server I played on which ran a great config.

World of Warcraft faction changes are now live! The fee will be $30.00 USD with a 60-day cooldown. Sadly this service does NOT include a server transfer, yet Blizzard does point out that the restriction for having characters on both factions on PvP servers has been lifted.

There is an extensive FAQ and Translation Table on the World of Warcraft website that details this service.