Over 2000 people waited in the cold outside a store in Oxford Street, London, last night to be one of the first to purchase the new expansion release to the World Or Warcraft series – Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack.
You can view the trailer here:
One chap had arrived at 6am yesterday morning and was first inline and wanted to be the first to buy the game but at midnight when they were allowed to come in to make the purchase he collapsed from exhaustion… The chap behind him was pretty happy to now be the first chap and even cracked an interview on BBC.
What does the new expansion pack offer?
- New continent of Northrend
- Level cap increased to 80
- New high-level Death Knight character class
- Introduction of “Inscription” profession
- New enemy: The undead armies of the Lich King
- Introduction of siege weapons
- New player-vs-player battlefields
Some more news, Blizzard is set to start updating the graphics engine for WoW to make it more realistic and less cartoon like.
For the all the prices from the SA retailers selling this new expansion click here. In the Uk this is retailing for around £24.99. In order to use this expansion you need to have the orginal game and the Burning Crusade expansion pack plus a monthly subscription of £8.99.
Users will also need to be a minimum of level 55 which will rule out novice and low level players.
