World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King  beta realms recently updated to build 8719. While the Death Knight's promised disease mechanics revamps are still not up, several changes were reported for this latest update. More details are available in the full article.

Has a particular World of Warcaft NPC been getting on your nerves lately? Then why not have that NPC taken out? That's right. Blizzard forum member Zefiris (aka Kre) is an assassin who accepts player requests for WoW NPC assassinations. Interested? Find out more about this killing business after the jump.

It's sometimes funny how WoW machinima vids can reflect the state of the game so keenly. A new video produced by Tyre on the Dragonmaw server explores what goes on among Kael's troops as they try to stem the tide of adventurers coming from the mainland in the latest content of World of Warcraft's patch 2.4. You can view this amusing video in our full article after the jump.

We've got more questions-slash-suggestions from WoW Forums members. This time it's about the Arena Tournament and a theoretical addition of practice NPCs which would really eliminate the trash talk, among other things. You'll find Blizzard poster Bornakk's response at the full article.

Long time World of Warcraft players have been asking Blizzard for more diverse instances in Wrath of the Lich King. By diverse, they mean multiple paths of progression and more NPC interaction. Community Manager Bornakk replied to these gamers, to find out what he had to say, head on over to the full article.

Some people on the World of Warcraft forums have been questioning the mechanics behind the NPC Guards' AI behavior on the PvP servers. The NPCs tended to punish the victim of a PvP attack more often than the actual aggressor. Read about Blizzard's response to this in our full article.

After Blizzard's previous announcement of its plans to add several new vendors across World of Warcraft's TTR, Drysc has finally listed the locations where these NPCs can be found. New characters will especially find this useful in helping out their starting adventures on the new test realm. You can read the entire list of locations in the full article after the jump.

Looking to score some epic gems in their rawest, purest form in World of Warcraft? Then you'd better stock up on badges, as NPC Shaani's item list has been updated to sell gems of all sorts for only fifteen badges each. This comes from the guys playing on the PTRs of World of Warcraft. Bang for your badges? Definitely. Check out all the details in the full article.

Blizzard QA Hortus has released an updated issues list for the World of Warcraft Public Test Realm. Those testing patch 2.4 should go over this list so they don't end up wasting time reporting what the developers are already in the process of fixing. To see the list, head on over to the full article.

There's a bug on the World of Warcraft Public Test Realm and it's pretty hard to miss. Well, would you miss a giant Smolderweb Carrier or Zergling? Check out the full article for Hortus' explanation.