It's been about a week since the 3.1 PTR dropped, and we've already had one small PTR Update and a couple more patch note updates. We haven't seen any major earthshattering new patches yet, but hey, we've had more than enough juicy new stuff to mull over anyway. We're expecting a new round of class changes to hit the PTR soon, but this morning, it's sort of quiet, especially on the live server side, where all we have is a few rolling restarts. Yeah, but anyway, on with the topic of the week, and likely of the next few weeks, patch 3.1. You'll want to keep our guide to 3.1 bookmarked if you haven't already, and after the break, you can check out a list of some the best articles from the past week, both 3.1-related and otherwise.

Tomorrow's downtime should be minimal, with only rolling restarts announced for the morning starting at 5:00 AM PST. Realms should be down, they say, no longer than 15 minutes, so hopefully that will prove true!

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has been nominated for yet another award -- this time, Wrath has received a nod for Best Game of the Year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Videogame awards. UK residents can vote for the game right now over on their site, and a nice set of prizes, including a big TV, a Playstation 3, and copies of all ten nominated games going to one lucky voter. Voting is closed on March 9th, and the winners should be announced soon after that. And in case you've been wondering about the AIAS nominations we mentioned a little while ago, Blizzard is going about 33%. While they did win the award for best MMO game of the year (beating out Warhammer Online), Wrath of the Lich King lost its other two categories -- Left 4 Dead was awarded Best Computer Game, and Metal Gear Solid 4 won for Best Music over the Lich King's silky tones.

Higher Learning is one of the most peaceful achievements in the game (all you have to do are read a few books that spawn around Dalaran), but it's no less desirable for that -- the achievement grants a miniature Arcane Elemental pet that looks awesome. Teniblue over on WoW Ladies has a few good tips if you're trying to get all edumacated in Dalaran -- she's got links to two addons (including the perfectly-named Dalaran University) to use to help you track spawn times, and she's got a link to Breanni's great guide over on WarcraftPets.com (which our own Allison R. touched on briefly in a recent OverAchiever post).

The official World of Warcraft community site has added a couple more galleries of the cool Wrath of the Lich King mounts for those of you who love a little eye candy now and then. You might recall that they posted a gallery of the Hog/Chopper mounts last week or so, and this week they've continued that trend with a gallery for Flying Carpets and a gallery for Proto-Drakes.

Completely remastered to take full advantage of the Sony PSP Portable

All-New story focus means a new experience and all new ending

Geo Cubes can turn a battle in a moment, use them well or have them used against you

All-new multiplayer modes - Battle, Defeat the Leader & Capture the Flag

Pick up and play wherever you go

Experience the dangerous life of a pirate in this action-adventure game

Play a Pirate Captain in the 17th century Caribbean, amassing fortune and fame

Engage in fierce naval battles; battle, overtake, and command 27 ship types

Explore the high seas and exotic ports in a richly detailed 3-D world

Multiple quests through non-linear, open life timeline; enhanced sound effects

Strategic Combat-Choose to take out your enemies with quiet kills or massive firepower

Intense Dino Combat-Battle vicious dinosaurs or lure them to attack your enemies

Explosive Weapons-Choose from 13 weapons with most featuring a secondary function

Intelligent A.I.-Enemy soldiers advance to flank and dinosaurs react in unpredictable predatory and defensive behavior

Multiplayer Action-Take the fight on-line with intense action for up to 16 players on dinosaur-infested maps

The King of the Netherworld is dead and his son, Laharl, has awakened from a coma to find demons scheming for supremacy. Laharl must now defeat these pretenders and take his rightful place on the throne!

Develop an unholy army with over 150 different characters and monsters

Unleash 100 deadly spells that destroy all your enemies

Incredible new gameplay system lets you adjust your combat strategies on the fly, and use new Geo Panels to achieve all-new tactical advantages

Open a portal to the Item World to increase the power of your weapons

Combines all the elements of the Half-Life online universe, with new single and multiplayer content

Half-Life 2 brings you exciting new game modes and new firearms for a more complete gaming experience

Go all-out for battles where it's every man for himself, in Deathmatch

New animations with more menacing monsters than ever

Incredibly advanced AI as enemies adapt, plan, improvise and respond