The fifth (and, deity of choice willing final) expansion for World of Warcraft is coming this year, and Blizzard’s seen fit to put the digital versions of the thing up for pre-order. You can pick up both the regular game and the digital deluxe edition from the Blizzard store. they’ve also revealed that the expansion will be out on or before December 20 this year. Brace yourselves.
It costs 45 Euros for the regular version, and 60 euros for the Digital Deluxe edition. With our currency in the toilet at the moment, that means about R670 for the regular edition, and nearly R900 for the digital deluxe. for those who prefer physical things, the expac will be hitting retail shelves later in the year with even more lthings, like art books and CD’s and shame.
Interestingly, either version will allow you to boost a single character to level 90 in an instant. Blizzard’s also revealed earlier this year that you can now pay to level your characters to level 90 with a few clicks – at a cost of $60.
Here’s what Blizzard has to say about Warlords of Draenor:
The Iron Horde must be stopped. Garrosh Hellscream has escaped to the past and united with his father Grommash, fierce leader of Warsong clan. Together they are forging the orc clans of Draenor into a savage war machine. It falls to you to crush the Iron Horde before the Dark Portal is completed and the invasion begins. Travel to the Draenor of the past: a world of giants and monsters, a world the fearsome and legendary orc chieftains call home. Face the dangers of this untamable world and bring down the Iron Horde — before both the past and the future are lost forever.
The Digital Deluxe Edition includes extra things like "a Dread Raven mount and Dread Hatchling pet to accompany you in World of Warcraft, Grommash Hellscream and Blackhand Battle.net portraits to intimidate your foes with in”
I honestly have no idea what any of that means, but Blizzard also says that each of the classic races has been given a bit of an art overhaul, with new animations making the positively ancient MMO feel a little fresher.
Last Updated: March 11, 2014
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:41
A game never got to play, but always wanted to try.
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 15:50
Just say No Tim !! Drugs are bad mmmmkay. (this is coming from a former WOW junkie)
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:51
but but, I like the way they make me feel. lol
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 15:53
Hahahaha , those drugs you speak aren’t even half as bad as WOW was.
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:54
I remember a show, second skin or something. Dude at Burger King all he cared about was WOW.
Norm
March 11, 2014 at 15:56
Can picture TiMsTeR1033 doing this if he started.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:03
Lol… I’d let him try kill my dk… but i know from experience that a lvl 1 can’t hurt a lvl 90 blood dk 😛
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 15:52
There is no addiction like a WoW addiction…
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 15:58
Ain’t that the truth !!
Tiaan Pat
March 12, 2014 at 11:24
It’s like a second life…. as much as I miss it I know that I have better things to do with my time…
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 15:51
I can send a recruitment e-mail to you 😛
But you can also play the trial which allows you to play quite a bit of the game. If you need install files, come visit 😛
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:54
Yeah and then I will get hooked and be sitting rocking myself to sleep at night mumbling “world, world, world, WARCRAFT!!” and twitch a little.
Norm
March 11, 2014 at 15:55
LOL
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 15:55
lol nah… it’ll be “gotta level, gotta level, need gear, need gear, GNOMES!!!”
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:57
I already do that with Dark Souls.. .>_< damn games and their leveling.
Norm
March 11, 2014 at 15:57
Then you punt the gnome!
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:58
what the gnomes for?
Norm
March 11, 2014 at 15:59
Kicking practice…
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:20
The only difference between a gnome and a trampoline is you take your shoes off before jumping on a trampoline…
Storm
March 12, 2014 at 08:22
God I am amped for this….I have been playing WoW since vanilla hahaha…
VampyreSquirrel
March 12, 2014 at 08:38
I’ve been playing since Wrath… with a coupla gaps of financial issues here and there 😛
Unavengedavo(aka. Bilbo)
March 11, 2014 at 15:42
Hopefully this brings back some allure to the franchise, but I highly doubt it. Think most people are either waiting for “Project Titan”(if it’s still alive) or moving over to other MMO’s
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:43
project titan?
Unavengedavo(aka. Bilbo)
March 11, 2014 at 15:45
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(Blizzard_Entertainment_project)
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 15:52
A lot of people that played WoW are moving away from MMO’s completely, or going the F2P route.
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 15:54
Some of us are just looking for a new MMO fix man , tried Guildwars 2 and DCUO but those didn’t quite give me the Fix I was looking for…..Wildstar on the other hand is all kinds of awesomeness !!
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 15:57
I’ve played a lot of Perfect World MMO’s, DCUO, SWTOR, TESO (Beta)… still wanna try Guildwars 2… but nothing really has the appeal for me that WoW has.
Norm
March 11, 2014 at 15:58
Or the lore.
Willem Swanepoel
March 11, 2014 at 16:00
my favourite character… Grom Hellscream is going to be in the expansion. Not sure if I will be able to resist this expansion.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:21
Very true
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:59
Don’t play GW2 you will loose your soul.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:20
Lost it to WoW years ago
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 16:03
I sadly have to agree with you there bud. I think it was mainly because we had a Huge guild with mainly South Africans in it (With some Europeans thrown in) , which made raiding that much more awesome.
I do miss those days , but I know that I could never go back .
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:23
I didn’t do much raid progression in Wrath (which is when I started on WoW)… only started with Cata through to Mists. My big issue with WoW is the price of game time… or I’d probably play a lot more than 0-2 months a year.
Kromas
March 11, 2014 at 16:01
I have moved on from WoW (and EvE) to SWTOR then it went F2P and I moved on to Guild Wars.Then that sucked and I moved to Final Fantasy:A Realm Reborn.(With several F2P MMO’s in the middle (Terra was not bad)).After TESO comes out I will be playing that till Wildstar arrives. 😛
Storm
March 12, 2014 at 08:27
Lets face it. WoW has always been the yardstick for all other MMOs to follow.
None of them will EVER be as good or have the same story complexity as World of Warcraft. The Lore is what gives the game the special feel that it has. Yes I have taken a few breaks from WoW thinking oh im over this shit now, but after a year i can say I really missed playing it. People can hate wow all they like, they need to face the facts. It is the best MMORPG ever created.
And the next best MMORPG will no doubt be from the exact same company.
Kromas
March 12, 2014 at 08:41
I can honestly disagree. SWTOR had more lore in the starter area than wow combined but that did not make it a great MMO. What WoW had was the perfect mix of both gameplay and story and a robust class system that was both unique (at the time) and refreshing. This has however changed a lot as they tried to pull in more and more “Casual” players. Every class is generic now and a Moonkin druid pretty much has the same capabilities as a Mage. Nothing is interesting anymore and only a major shift in this trend will make Project Titan (blizzards next project) even remotely okay. Many companies have tried to create something refreshing but almost all have failed. For now WoW will still be king but they are loosing players to other games. Wildstar looks like the top contender to divert subs at this point but I would in no ways call it a WoW killer.
Also by no means do I hate WoW. In fact my collectors is already pre-ordered for Warlords. I am just saying that the game will keep me occupied for 2 months max before I unsub again. At least we will have the Barrens chat.
Norm
March 11, 2014 at 15:43
If i had the money I would go back to playing this. I miss tanking.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 15:55
I love playing WoW, but at R250-300 for 60 days of game time, and expansions at these prices, Blizz can shove it in the same place as Diablo 3 for PC.
Very tempted to sell my Battle.net account 😛
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 15:55
Surely one can hack and play wow for free?
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 16:00
“Kind of”…..there was an offline version of WOW , tried it for about a week and realised what a crock of shit this was. You were the ONLY person on a server , gets kind of quiet….Tooo quiet
TiMsTeR1033
March 11, 2014 at 16:02
what about a lan version??
ElNicko
March 11, 2014 at 16:03
If memory servers correct , I think you could LAN it , though this was about 4-5 years back, and my memory ain’t what it used to be.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:06
I once setup a WoW Cata server on my pc… could LAN on that… but it’s normally bugged to hell and back.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:04
There are “free” servers… but they’re not as cool as the official ones.
Edit: and you can’t play with your official characters there.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 11, 2014 at 15:56
Those mounts & pets :/ It sounds…wait… wait for it… wait…. DREADFUL! mwuahhahaha.
Willem Swanepoel
March 11, 2014 at 15:57
If you followed the Lore in Warcraft then this expansion is pretty much an awesome one. You are going to experience the whole history of the horde. How they started to build their forces to attack Azeroth.
I followed the whole story and all my favourite heroes and baddies are going to be in the expansion… going to be hard to resist this one 😉
Kromas
March 11, 2014 at 15:59
Don’t play wow anymore and still have a Collectors Edition pre-ordered.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:37
My friend doesn’t play Diablo 3, but she has pre-ordered the expansion for the pet on WoW… how crazy is that one?
Kromas
March 11, 2014 at 16:39
Uhm … I already payed for mine just so I can get my mousepad and starcraft portraits. 😛
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:42
You’re about as bad as she is lol
She’s got the Heart of the Swarm mousepad, cataclysm mousepad and the MoP mouse lol
RinceIsIngwer
March 11, 2014 at 16:07
It must be because I have no soul, but never got hooked on this game, even when living in China with fuck all else to do. Now THEY were hooked on this, big time.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:23
They still are from what I hear.
Estian Hough
March 11, 2014 at 16:45
How I felt when I saw…
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:46
Totally agree there… that price is stupid!
Estian Hough
March 11, 2014 at 16:53
I hate them for making me love the game so much…
Sucks balls..
What sucks even more is when the release comes I’m probably going to buy it.
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:55
lol, yeah, most people will… I’m trying to stay off WoW, also trying to keep my wife off it too… going to TRY and make sure I don’t buy WoW:WoD.
b1nd3r
March 11, 2014 at 16:46
Zoe it isnt the last expansion, blizzard plans to release expansions eg expansion per a year :/ im wat you call the recovery lying to myself addict of wow
VampyreSquirrel
March 11, 2014 at 16:52
We just wish it was the last expansion so we wouldn’t be tempted to buy the new expansion and lose more of our lives to Azeroth and Outland… UUGH I HATE OUTLAND!
TheBrain
March 12, 2014 at 09:00
Fast track to level 90? What about the random dude / chick that has a bear / wolf / croc problem to be solved for *cough* money and XP? Those were the days . . .
Sk3tz0
March 12, 2014 at 10:18
Like a crack addict in rehab i’m glad to say i was able to kick my WoW addiction..
Phag got
May 16, 2014 at 21:13
game is garbage