ANAHEIM, Calif. — August 3, 2007 — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for the second expansion to World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Unveiled at the company’s BlizzCon™ gaming festival before an audience of more than 8,000 gamers, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King™ will open the forbidding wasteland of Northrend to exploration by the hardiest adventurers. New levels of power, challenging new dungeons and encounters, an exciting new character profession, and the game’s first hero class are just some of the new features awaiting players in Wrath of the Lich King.

“This expansion will add some of the most infamous characters and settings from the Warcraft® universe to World of Warcraft,” said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. “In addition to new story content, Wrath of the Lich King will introduce a number of features specifically requested by players over the past couple of years. We’re looking forward to sharing further details with everyone as development progresses.”

Players last visited Northrend in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne™, when Arthas Menethil fused with the spirit of Ner’zhul to become the Lich King, one of the most powerful beings in the Warcraft universe. He now broods atop the Frozen Throne deep in Icecrown Citadel, clutching the rune blade Frostmourne and marshaling the undead armies of the Scourge. In Wrath of the Lich King, the forces of the Alliance and the Horde will venture into battle against the Scourge amid Northrend’s howling winds and fields of jagged ice.

Building on the foundation established in World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King will add a rich variety of content to an already massive game. New features coming with the game’s second expansion include:

  • Death Knight Hero Class: Create a high-level Death Knight character — the game’s first hero class — once certain challenges have been met.
  • Increased Level Cap: Advance to level 80 and gain potent new talents and abilities along the way.
  • Northrend: Explore the harsh new continent of Northrend, packed with new zones, quests, dungeons, monsters, and items — and do battle with the undead armies of the Lich King.
  • “Inscription” Profession: Learn this exciting new profession and gain unique ways to permanently enhance spells and abilities in the game.
  • Siege Weapons and Destructible Buildings: Take the battle to another level with new player-vs.-player game mechanics and new battlefields to wage war on.
  • New Character Customization: Change how characters look and express themselves, with different hairstyles and dance animations.

Since launching in November 2004, World of Warcraft has become the world’s most popular MMORPG, with a subscriber base of more than 9 million players. The game’s first expansion, The Burning Crusade, broke PC-game sales records in North America and Europe by selling nearly 2.4 million copies in its first 24 hours of availability and approximately 3.5 million copies in its first month. World of Warcraft is available in seven different languages and, in addition to North America and Europe, is played in mainland China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

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  1. XZeeR, ur a mega Lame human, u hate the patches due to the fact that ur lame, and ur the only one left with a 128K ADSL, and why u have a 128K, cause ur lame , and thats why ur afraid of downloading the patch, m3 eno u can downloaded it all the night long, if u wanna loose ur “lame” 😛
    WoW kicks conquers a$$ any time, bekafi what u said conquers is the 3rd game.. meen el first
    WoW got a story, a game strategy , a nice AI, nice game play, nice concept , and most IMP nice looks and feel, that makes u feel ur playing a real game, mesh a 2D 1990s lame ass no AI, NO thinking NO story,lame looks No good, and a game for losers like conquers , where it requires no skills at all , dont start defending conquers, cuz if its good, its gonna be no. 1., or at least no. 2 , so a lame ass like that needs a lame ass like u
    so stop ur bi*c*en, and download the patch, and play the Real Game ….and get a 1 MB NOW :@

  2. and one more thing
    did cartman play conquer ???
    NO .. Hell NO !
    and When Hitler rose to power, there were a lot of people who just didnt download the patch, and played conquer offline. You know who those people were? The French. Are you French, XZeeR?
    Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, XZeeR? !!

    or maybe ur Butters, and then , am gonna straight u UP like a Rod, OK poonchkins, so move ur ass and start dwnloading, and dont waste the 10 days that Elune gave u :@

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