New Mists of Pandaria Battlegrounds: Temple of Kotmogu, Olivia Grace, WoW Insider, 8/15/12.

This new battleground is a powerball map featuring four different powerballs. It sounds really fun!

Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The whispers of Azeroth, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 8/12/12.

Have you ever noticed how WoW keeps telling the story of corruption and eventual failure? Maybe that’s because it’s the tale Sargeras over and over.

Fox Kit added to Tol Barad vendors in next patch, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 8/10/12.

Cute! It’ll be 200 tokens though.

Druid stag dance revealed!, Matt Low, WoW Insider, 8/15/12.

Breaking news: Stags are still super cute even while dancing.

Know Your Lore: The long game of the naaru, part 2, Matthew Rossi, WoW Insider, 8/15/12.

In this second part, Rossi continues to consider what’s happening (and what’s happened) with the naaru.

Blizzard security breach, no evidence that financial data was compromised, Chase Hasbrouck, WoW Insider, 8/9/12.

Most WoW players should already know about this, but Blizzard was hacked recently. It’s not very bad, but you should definitely read about it.

A brief history of reputation in WoW, Anne Stickney, WoW Insider, 8/10/12.

Reputations have gone from something that only the hardcore cared about to a central part of the game.

WoW Archivist: A fluffy history of companion pets, Scott Andrews, WoW Insider, 8/10/12.

If you’re interested in another history lesson, this time you could learn about pets.

Voodoo Hoodoo Remind me of the Babe, Bravetank, 8/15/12.

Because trolls are obviously the best race, you might want to read about voodoo.

Mists of Pandaria Beta: New training dummies make testing raid DPS more accurate, Dawn Moore, WoW Insider, 8/15/12.

The new training dummies in Shattrath (yes) are designed for entire raids. They can be killed, have a lot of health, and buff everyone close to it with a full set of raid buffs.