Funcom releases Age of Conan 3.1 update

Update 3.1 includes many improvements and updates to the Dreamworld Technology which should improve both server and client performance on various levels.  There are also various fixes to Classes Raids and Quests.

See Official Update Notes

USA Today reports that Bigpoint (Battlestar Galactica Online) is developing a free-to-play Game of Thrones massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the best selling George R.R. Martin book. 

http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/story/2011-11-07/game-of-thrones/51116740/1

Although many people are excited about seeing a Game of Thrones MMO, many are reserved about the choice of developer.  Bigpoint is well known for selling in-game advantages (pay to win) in their free-to-play MMOs

Turbine announces November 9th to be the release date of Update 12. This new update indroduces the challenge system, a set of adventures that can be enjoyed by various level players due to their unique dynamic difficulty scaling.

Turbine announces Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 12: Vaults of the Artificers, which features Challenges (timed instance quests) that scale to the character’s level, similar to the previously released Crystal Cove Challenge. Also new in Update 12 Artificer Class can now be earned as a favour reward. As part of their announcement Turbine has released a detailed Dev Diary that explains some more details about the new update.

Blizzard announces that Mists of Pandaria is going to be the next World of Warcraft expansion.  Many initially thought Mists of Pandaria was a joke, due to the previous April Fool’s Day Panderan incident in Warcraft III and the inherent cuteness of Panda bears. Blizzard is also reworking the talent system and introducing a Monk class.

Here are some official Preview Trailers