Blizzard Confirms WoW 'Cataclysm' Expansion

21.08.2009
The latest victim of , Blizzard revealed that those World of Warcraft 'Cataclysm' expansion rumors you'd been reading about are true during the inaugural moments of . BlizzCon is Blizzard's annual games convention (because if you made games with over 10 million subscribers, you'd have one all to yourself too) taking place today and tomorrow at the .

What else? James Cameron's partnered with Blizzard to bring upcoming film 's 3D tech to the expansion, and Deathwing the Dragon is back as a boss. Also: During closing ceremonies tomorrow, Ozzy Osbourne will perform live. Only one of these things isn't true.

What's 'Cataclysm'? Bad news for the lands of Azeroth, which translates as good news for gamers bored to tears with the status quo. Cataclysm will apparently shake things up in all of Azeroth's existing play zones. From the trailer:

And so on. (See the official trailer below for the rest.) Sounds pretty grim. I mean, try singing some of those lines like Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden: "Ancient lands have been torn asunder! Unleashing widespread destruction! At the heart of the ocean, the maelstrom churns endlessly!" Yeah, definitely Iron Maiden-y.

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