Talk about growing more and more connected through our MMORPGs! Today, Blizzard has just announced that a new feature will soon be coming to their Mobile Armory Application: Guild Chat! With this new app update, all World of Warcraft remote subscribers will gain the ability to chat with their guildmates from their mobile devices. Unfortunately, this does mean that you need to subscribe for the World of Warcraft Remote Auction House ($2.99 amonth), but the Guild Chat feature will not add on any additional expenses. This new Guild Chat feature will allow you to chat with your Guildmates via Guild Chat, Officer Chat and Whispers, so you'll never leave your guild hanging in the air when you're late for a raid again!

Blizzard has also noted that soon after the launch of the mobile version of this app, they are also planning on adding the ability for premium subscribers to use Guild Chat through any browser on the Armory website.

We hope you all enjoyed talking like a pirate for a day, but now it's time to drink like a dwarf! Brewfest has begun and runs through Oct. 5, so you have a little over two weeks to complete the achievements and earn prize tokens to spend on various items, from outfits to Blix's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles (warning: side effects may be less than desirable).

Our friends over at Wowhead have posted a helpful Brewfest guide that explains how to enjoy the event to its fullest. You can now queue up to battle Coren Direbrew using the Dungeon Finder for a chance at earning loot like item level 200 trinkets, the Tankard O' Terror and the epic Brewfest mounts.

So what will you focus on during this year's Brewfest? Do you want to complete all the achievements for the Brewmaster title? Will you keep running the Coren fight at the hopes of grabbing a mount? Or do you ignore in-game holidays?

Zarhym just confirmed on the official forums that Running Wild is the new racial "mount" for worgen. Zarhym says it best, so I'll let him do the talking:

"Ultimately, we feel Running Wild fits very well with the nature of the worgen race. Rather than getting a physical mount, they get down and sprint on all fours. When you're playing a worgen, it just feels awesome. :)"

So yeah, worgen are going to run really, really fast. Sounds like fun to me! Of course, this means other Alliance races won't have access to a worgen faction mount. What are your thoughts on running wild as a worgen?

The pirates have landed at Booty Bay, so it must be time for this year's Pirates' Day. They've taken over the bank and the Auction House, and there's celebration in the air! Rumor has it there will be costumes, drinking and an achievement; so you know you'll have to go check out the action on Sept. 19. Just be sure to save a pint for me, matey!

-someproteinguy

Blizzard just posted a preview of The Battle for Gilneas, the new level 85 battleground that is coming in Cataclysm. The 10 vs. 10 battleground is similar to Arathi Basin in that you must battle for control of three resource points. The first team to gather 2,000 resources wins!

You can read more details in the preview, which we've posted after the jump. What are your thoughts on The Battle for Gilneas? Will you be entering the queue once Cataclysm is live?

This week we’re featuring Land of Orcs which is written by our very own Allakhazam poster Hyolith. It’s a recently started blog but already has a number of articles including some about changing hunter mechanics in the Cataclysm expansion. Other topics include account security, preparing to raid, tier 11 concept art, as well as a featured ‘pet of the week.’  

Hyolith is looking for another writer who might want to help contribute articles to his blog, so feel free to contact him if you are interested.

As always, if you know of a blog you’d like to have featured in this space please let us know. You can e-mail us at zamfeaturedblogs@gmail.com or send a PM to someproteinguy on the Allakhazam forums.

-someproteinguy

One of the new additions in the Cataclysm expansion will be a new secondary profession: Archaeology.  Blizzard has recently posted some details about the new profession.  Even more exciting is the fact that they have decided to ask players to suggest artifacts that they would like to see in the game.

Lore is a great part of the game and takes what can otherwise become very repetitious and makes it interesting.  This gives players the opportunity to exercise their creativity, which I know ZAM has lots of.  User emmitsvenson has started a thread in the wow general forum, so drop by and share your thoughts.

Blizzard poster Slorkuz has posted a friendly reminder on the official World of Warcraft European forums that today marks the start of the Harvest Festival! The event runs until Sept. 23 and commemorates those who have sacrificed their lives to help their allies with feasts outside Orgrimmar and Ironforge.

September is actually a big month for in-game holidays. Pirates' Day will be held on Sept. 19 in honor of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and the Brewfest party kicks off the next day on Sept. 20 and runs through Oct. 6. And don't forget to mark Hallow's End on your calendars (even though Blizzard already did it for you). The Halloween event begins Oct. 18 and ends Oct. 31.

ZAM user FearXI has pointed out on our general forum that World of Warcraft Patch 4.0.1 is now available on the background downloader! Blizzard usually does this weeks before the release of a major content patch so players aren't stuck downloading it all on patch day.

The patch on the background downloader is currently about 1.58 GB in size, so be sure to set and and forget it and the download will be done before you know it. To change your download settings, open up the WoW Launcher and click options in the bottom left corner, and then click Downloader Preferences. You can set it to download the patch while you're playing and/or after you've exited the game.

Blizzard posted an informative look at the upcoming PvE/PvP currency changes yesterday, and they've fulfilled their promise of posting the conversion math today. It can get a little confusing, but here's the main idea straight from Nethaera: "Just know that our intent is to appropriately value each mark and provide a conversion we feel is fair."

As a reminder from yesterday's post, the upcoming 4.0 patch will convert Emblems of Triumph and Frost into Justice Points (PvE), and Arena Points, Honor Points, Battleground Marks of Honor, Stone Keeper's Shards, Venture Coins, and Spirit Shards into Honor Points (PvP). All PvE badges below Frost and Triumph will be converted into gold.

According to the math post, your Emblems of Heroism, Valor and Conquest will be converted to 5.5 gold each. Badges of Justice will be turned into 1.833 gold each. I'll leave it to Nethaera to explain exactly how many Justice Points and Honor Points you can expect to have once this change goes live. All the details can be found after the jump.