World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

by Jason Sanders | November 6, 2008 at 11:07 am

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Obama's the next president and the newest expansion for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King, is coming out next week; the world is good. I know several people who've been biting at the bit in anticipation of this expansion, which should break a few game selling records TONIGHT!

***Update***

You can watch the Lich King on several ustream servers tonight.

Twitter's a buzz (AGAIN!) with some people playing the expansion, and others waiting impatiently for WotLK.

SkrillaK: World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King. I got mine 5 hrs early... Playin my ass off... less than a minute ago · Reply · View Tweet

arielsilva: "Congratulations! Your account is now upgraded to the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack!" Wooooooot!! 1 minute ago · Reply · View Tweet

fokgames: 1000 man aanwezig bij lancering Wrath of the Lich King: Vandaag is het dan zo ver, de nieuwe uitbreiding.. http://tinyurl.com/5hycnp (expand) 1 minute ago · Reply · View Tweet

kotakufeed: Pssst... Still Need A Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition? [World Of Warcraft] http://tinyurl.com/5vk4my (expand) 1 minute ago · Reply · View Tweet

linkie: Went to two 7-11s to see if they had Wrath of the Lich King early like other stores, they didn't. Fail. 2 minutes ago · Reply · View Tweet

WoWInsider: Post: Client patches for Wrath of the Lich King http://tinyurl.com/6byf5d (expand) 6 minutes ago · Reply · View Tweet

schnoggo: pretty much Xmas for me today... Sasuke season 21 on G4 tv tonight. Then off to pick up Wrath of the Lich King! 7 minutes ago · Reply · View Tweet

alkey29: anyone going to a midnight release for Lich king in SoCal Area? 7 minutes ago · Reply · View Tweet

kgoyette: I am ready for Wrath of the Lich King

Bizzard executives are hoping that this will boost their membership levels back to the 'old days' of their MMO monopoly, as most of their players have left to try out Age of Conan and Warhammer.

"To date, 68 percent of the players who listed Age of Conan as their reason for cancellation, and 46 percent of players who listed Warhammer as their reason for cancellation have reactivated their subscriptions to World of Warcraft."

Well, the buzz is definitely building as Twitter-ers are posting their 140 character love letters to the Lich King:

alexalbrecht: A week from Lich King, so excited I can't type, wait but I typed this? #haikuthursday begin ;)

DraconianOne: is quietly looking forward to Wrath of the Lich King expansion and getting my cold, undead hands on a Mechano-Hog

stealthbaz: My friend Dave has been talking about Wrath fo the Lich King. My ability to resist the hype is fading fast. At least I made it this far.

Blizzard's decided to add the Death Knight (bwahahaha), which -- if it's like any other new race/class -- will quickly become the most popular class in the game until Blizzard changes the stats to make him/her more fair (wimp). Level 80 is no longer a dream for grinders to pursue, but is now a virtual reality to attain in Northrend, the Lich King's home.

Here's a small list of other improvements and changes Blizzard will implement on November 14, 2008.

Learn the craft of spell augmentation with the new Inscription profession.

Engage in epic siege warfare, deploying mighty siege engines to lay waste to destructible buildings in your path.

Transform your hero's look with new character-customization options, including new hairstyles and dances.

Explore perilous new dungeons filled with some of the deadliest creatures -- and greatest treasures -- on Azeroth.

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Jarrett Martineau

at 11:10 on November 6th, 2008

The buzz is going to be big on this one!

koroth-98

at 12:52 on November 6th, 2008

WAR is PvP centric, so has a far smaller userbase to pull from, but it's not broken like Age of Conan (and I really wanted to play that game.) Also, few other game companies understand "fun games" in the way that Blizzard does. Until that change I don't think WoW will have any real competition.

mjthomas43

at 14:04 on November 6th, 2008

This is a staged screenshot of one my characters (now deleted) from the game World of Warcraft. The interesting thing about the game is that you can (but don't have to) play a very "role playing" kind of game with your character name, looks and behaviour. I liked the idea of running with the pride of the Blood Elves (as described in the "lore") and imagined a warrior (actually a paladin) that was very pompous and strove for his own beauty in everything he did.

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faithm

at 14:20 on November 6th, 2008

Ah those were the days. I don't play wow much at all anymore, but I look fondly back on it. (I'd be happier if it said Baldwin or Paul instead of Obama)

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kkaefer

at 14:32 on November 6th, 2008

It's strange... every time I hear in-game music, I want to play, but after having played for an hour, it gets pretty boring.

kizmar

at 15:45 on November 6th, 2008

Screen shot taken of the new Wrath of the Lich King login screen the day of the 3.0.1 patch.

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Rhonlynn (not verified)

at 16:21 on November 6th, 2008

Yes, the world is very good, and thanks for asking aobut my pohoto. I'd be happy for you to use it.

spykespyker

at 14:15 on November 7th, 2008

The Deathknight creation screen is one of the best parts in creating one you can make your character so awesome you will love ever part of them.

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judytuna

at 23:58 on November 9th, 2008

Wow, this is such an old screenshot. It's hard to remember a time BEFORE the dressing room feature existed, but I was really excited when they put it in because it gave us the opportunity for fantasy inside of our fantasy world. Haha. "Wouldn't my character look cool if ___?!?!?" Night elves can't be warlocks, and Felheart is a warlock-only set, and I thought it was the coolest thing to dress myself up. We play this game for so many reasons, cosmetic gear upgrades (which also show off your status in a raiding guild or as a pvp giant) being just one of them.

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Spidersilken Ai

at 18:04 on November 17th, 2008

This is a screen-shot of my sister's character Ozilynn from World of Warcraft. On the suramar server. She is a blood elf hunter. Level 36 or 37 currently.

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