For some time now, massively multiplayer games have let players create their own characters to adventure in a persistent world alongside hundreds, even thousands, of other online players to fight monsters, acquire treasure, and gain experience levels. And for some time now, players have been awaiting the release of World of Warcraft, the online game that will take place in Blizzard's fantasy-themed Warcraft universe, which is populated with humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and undead creatures, among others. The game is still in a beta-test state, and we've continued to follow its progress as a number of changes have been introduced recently. The new changes include both major and minor additions and tweaks.