The folks over at WOW Insider have posted the some information (that still has not been confirmed by Blizzard) regarding the next expansion for the juggernaut that is World of Warcraft.  Wrath of the Lich King is the name being thrown out there after some details were extracted from the German version of the ESRB.  The latest news (linked above) involves a leaked FAQ that documents some details about the expansion.  Confirmation regarding how much of this information is accurate will be coming at Blizzcon later this week.  The highlights which were also documented by WOW Insider are:

• Death Knight is the first hero class that will be made available after certain criteria are met.  The FAQ indicates that the class is made available as a new character that begins play at a "high experience level".  This hero class will be available to both Alliance and Horde.    
• Level cap set to 80 - start your grinding engines...
• The addition of a new profession
• The location for the expansion is in Northrend which is to be as big as Outland, and will require a similar time investment.
• Players will have the chance to take on Arthas.

It will be interesting to see if the information turns out to be true.  The timing for the expansion's release will also be interesting since I believe most folks are reaching the end of the Outland content.  I know some of our friends have burned out on WOW again, and this would be the shot in the arm to keep people engaged. 

Posted by Tim at Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 2:47 PM | TrackBack (0) | Category: World of Warcraft | © 2007 Gaming Signal

Tim, you have no time for WoW. You're playing LOTRO. Silly rabbit.

Posted by tditto on Wednesday August 01, 2007 at 4:29 PM

Just offering up the news to the addicted and dedicated. BTW, where in the heck have you been in LOTRO? We have needs darned it!!!!

Posted by Tim on Wednesday August 01, 2007 at 5:11 PM

I've been XBOXING lately. I take breaks from MMO land so I don't burn out.

Posted by tditto on Thursday August 02, 2007 at 11:20 AM

Not sure if this is for real but apparently, you can crash a realm in a few easy steps:

1. Be lvl 70 with an arena team
2. Invite somebody to the arena Team
3. LOG OUT
4. Make them accept the arena team invite AFTER you have logged out

If it works, I'm sure it will result in a banning -- with two accounts and an unstoppable addiction, it's very tempting to do ...

Posted by Anonymous on Monday August 27, 2007 at 4:56 PM