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BlizzCon 09: Blizzard Announces New WoW Expansion
Say hello to Cataclysm.
by Jason Ocampo
August 21, 2009 - Blizzard just made millions of World of Warcraft players happy with the announcement of the third expansion for the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will "change the face of Azeroth" as Chris Metzen, Blizzard vice president of creative development, described it.
In the reveal trailer, the narrator explains how the landscape of the world has changed due to some kind of cataclysmic event. There are scenes of volcanoes erupting and huge lava fields. Resources are rarer, causing the factions to battle over them. Meanwhile, refugee species fleeing the upheaval have flooded the existing lands.
The expansion will have two new playable factions: The goblins for the Horde, and the Worgen, who were formerly human but have been transformed into humanoid creatures. The expansion will have new race combinations, new monsters, new dungeons and raids, flying mounts, hundreds of new quests, a new archeology skill, new battlegrounds, and a level cap increase to 85.
During the WoW Cataclysm panel, Chris Metzen revealed additional details about the expansion pack, starting with the inclusion of Deathwing into the game. He started out by stating that while Illidan was a great threat during Burning Crusade, many people didn't know who he was if they were new to the WarCraft universe. As a result, they intentionally tried to make the Lich King seem like an everpresent threat. Deathwing will be even more of a threat to the world. The leader of the black dragonflight, Deathwing (who made his debut in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal) was the earth warder of Azeroth, which allowed he and his followers to wield fire and magma. Unfortunately, Deathwing was susceptible to the whispers of the Old Gods, and was driven mad. His body was ripped apart and iron plates fused to his body. As time went on, his desire to crush the humanoid races and subjugate the other dragonflights became much more more immediate.
When Deathwing breaches the physical realm, the cataclysm begins, with tidal waves, earthquakes and incredibly destructive changes to the face of the world. Not only is Deathwing everpresent, but his actions affect everyone be it Horde or Alliance. For instance, the elemental planes designed to keep the four elements of the world in check have been brought to the lands of Azeroth as well, meaning that players will find elemental threats as well as new monsters roaming the lands.
BlizzCon 09: Blizzard Announces New WoW Expansion
Say hello to Cataclysm.
by Jason Ocampo
August 21, 2009 - Blizzard just made millions of World of Warcraft players happy with the announcement of the third expansion for the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will "change the face of Azeroth" as Chris Metzen, Blizzard vice president of creative development, described it.
In the reveal trailer, the narrator explains how the landscape of the world has changed due to some kind of cataclysmic event. There are scenes of volcanoes erupting and huge lava fields. Resources are rarer, causing the factions to battle over them. Meanwhile, refugee species fleeing the upheaval have flooded the existing lands.
The expansion will have two new playable factions: The goblins for the Horde, and the Worgen, who were formerly human but have been transformed into humanoid creatures. The expansion will have new race combinations, new monsters, new dungeons and raids, flying mounts, hundreds of new quests, a new archeology skill, new battlegrounds, and a level cap increase to 85.
During the WoW Cataclysm panel, Chris Metzen revealed additional details about the expansion pack, starting with the inclusion of Deathwing into the game. He started out by stating that while Illidan was a great threat during Burning Crusade, many people didn't know who he was if they were new to the WarCraft universe. As a result, they intentionally tried to make the Lich King seem like an everpresent threat. Deathwing will be even more of a threat to the world. The leader of the black dragonflight, Deathwing (who made his debut in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal) was the earth warder of Azeroth, which allowed he and his followers to wield fire and magma. Unfortunately, Deathwing was susceptible to the whispers of the Old Gods, and was driven mad. His body was ripped apart and iron plates fused to his body. As time went on, his desire to crush the humanoid races and subjugate the other dragonflights became much more more immediate.
When Deathwing breaches the physical realm, the cataclysm begins, with tidal waves, earthquakes and incredibly destructive changes to the face of the world. Not only is Deathwing everpresent, but his actions affect everyone be it Horde or Alliance. For instance, the elemental planes designed to keep the four elements of the world in check have been brought to the lands of Azeroth as well, meaning that players will find elemental threats as well as new monsters roaming the lands.