A Whole New Continent To Explore

The madness that is BlizzCon 2007 opened with the announcement of the 2nd expansion to the World of Warcraft. The expansion, titled Wrath of the Lich King, will be launched in typical Blizzard fashion "When it's ready". Several of the zones have already been created though and much of the preliminary work done for the new continent.

For anyone who doesn't know, Northrend is the continent located in the far north of Azeroth. It is a cold and inhospitable area, only made worse by also housing the Lich King. The lich king is the once hero Arthas has who first turned into the evil Deathknight and then became Lich King at the end of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne.

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