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WoW: Cataclysm Expansion Pack Announced
Techtree News Staff, Aug 24, 2009 1820 hrs ISTThe third expansion pack after Wrath of Lich King
At the BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard unveiled expansion pack dubbed 'Cataclysm' for popular MMORPG World of WarCraft game. This is the third expansion pack after Wrath of Lich King which was released last year in August. As many expected, Cataclysm expansion will revamp of the existing Azeroth zones. Two new playable races will join to add more in the adventure that offers more challenging quests, achieve new levels of power and dungeons.
Azeroth will be altered in Cataclysm wherein Goblins form a new Horde race while Were-wolf like Worgens form Alliance race. The Dragon boss Deathwing will return to kindle the war for devastating Azeroth while the Hordes and Alliance join from the epicenter of Cataclysm.
Based on the foundation deeply rooted by the first two World of Warcraft expansions, entirely new content experience is promised by Blizzard for players to 'rediscover' Azeroth and enjoy the game with different perspective.
The major new features that will be integrated in the expansion pack are:
- Two New Playable Races: Adventure as the cursed worgen with the Alliance or the resourceful goblins with the Horde.
- Increased Level Cap: Advance to level 85 and earn new abilities, tap into new talents, and progress through the path system, a new way for players to customize characters.
- Classic Zones Remade: Quest to level 60 as you never have before. Familiar zones across the original continents of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been reforged by the cataclysm and updated with new quests and content.
- Flying Mounts in Azeroth: Explore Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms from a whole new perspective.
- Guild Advancement: Progress as a guild to earn guild levels and guild achievements.
- New High-Level Content: Explore newly opened parts of the world, including Uldum, Grim Batol, and the great sunken city of Vashj'ir beneath the sea, and enjoy even more high-level raid content than in previous expansions.
- New PvP Zone & Rated Battlegrounds: Take on PvP objectives and daily quests on Tol Barad Island, a new Wintergrasp-like zone, and wage war in all-new rated Battlegrounds.
- Archaeology: Master a new secondary profession to unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.
- New Race and Class Combinations: Explore Azeroth as a gnome priest, blood elf warrior, or one of the other never-before-available race and class combinations.
This expansion pack will also raise the level cap to 85 along with more dungeons and several achievements to be unlocked for Guild leveling. With several zones to come in the expansion pack, starting zones Gilneas (Worgen-Alliance race) and The Lost Isles (Goblins - Horde race) will be level 1-15.
Read more about Cataclysm in the FAQ listed here.
Blizzard expects to release Cataclysm expansion pack by 2010.
Azeroth will be altered in Cataclysm wherein Goblins form a new Horde race while Were-wolf like Worgens form Alliance race. The Dragon boss Deathwing will return to kindle the war for devastating Azeroth while the Hordes and Alliance join from the epicenter of Cataclysm.
Based on the foundation deeply rooted by the first two World of Warcraft expansions, entirely new content experience is promised by Blizzard for players to 'rediscover' Azeroth and enjoy the game with different perspective.
The major new features that will be integrated in the expansion pack are:
- Two New Playable Races: Adventure as the cursed worgen with the Alliance or the resourceful goblins with the Horde.
- Increased Level Cap: Advance to level 85 and earn new abilities, tap into new talents, and progress through the path system, a new way for players to customize characters.
- Classic Zones Remade: Quest to level 60 as you never have before. Familiar zones across the original continents of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been reforged by the cataclysm and updated with new quests and content.
- Flying Mounts in Azeroth: Explore Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms from a whole new perspective.
- Guild Advancement: Progress as a guild to earn guild levels and guild achievements.
- New High-Level Content: Explore newly opened parts of the world, including Uldum, Grim Batol, and the great sunken city of Vashj'ir beneath the sea, and enjoy even more high-level raid content than in previous expansions.
- New PvP Zone & Rated Battlegrounds: Take on PvP objectives and daily quests on Tol Barad Island, a new Wintergrasp-like zone, and wage war in all-new rated Battlegrounds.
- Archaeology: Master a new secondary profession to unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.
- New Race and Class Combinations: Explore Azeroth as a gnome priest, blood elf warrior, or one of the other never-before-available race and class combinations.
This expansion pack will also raise the level cap to 85 along with more dungeons and several achievements to be unlocked for Guild leveling. With several zones to come in the expansion pack, starting zones Gilneas (Worgen-Alliance race) and The Lost Isles (Goblins - Horde race) will be level 1-15.
Read more about Cataclysm in the FAQ listed here.
Blizzard expects to release Cataclysm expansion pack by 2010.
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