InfaPlat, [one?] of your resident World of Warcraft nerds here. As much as I’d love to pretend that I’m writing this from BlizzCon, the harsh reality is that I’m penning the news from my desk in the I.T. dungeons.  Who cares though?! The fourth expansion to the world’s most popular Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game was announced at Blizzard’s opening ceremonies. Welcome to Mists of Pandaria.Here’s what we know:

• There has been a level cap increase. Players can now reach level 90
• The new continent is called Pandaria, and its design has a distinctly east Asian flair. It has been magically hidden since the Cataclysm. Pandaria will have five areas and is a single , unified continent. There will be no flying over Pandaria until max level, and the areas are huge.
• The Pandaren, a race of you guessed it, panda people, will be playable as either Alliance or Horde characters, a WoW first!
•  A new class has been added for this expansion; the Monk.  Monks will use chi as a resource (instead of energy or rage) and will have different ‘stances’.
• PVE “Scenarios” have been added. More on this later
• A ‘pet battle’ system has been added with details forthcoming. (Insert the obligatory Pokemon joke here)
• Lastly, a new “challenge mode” has been added for dungeons. It’s a race against the clock!

Here’s a trailer!

For more, see Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria page , and share your thoughts below!

Tags: Alliance, Blizzard, Blizzcon, Horde, monk, Pandaren, Pandaria, Warcraft, World of Warcraft

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Written by InfaPlat

As an avid writer, gamer, and dungeon master, it would be hard to classify Jessica Lynn as anything but a geek. Her favorite past times involve raining unholy fire upon her enemies, devising the next great way to kill her party, and figuring out just how far she can push a PC before it explodes. When not taking out her nerd rage on fantasy characters or inanimate objects, she can be found toiling away in the dungeon known as the IT department. If you’re wondering; InfaPlat is short for Infamous Platypus.

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