There is a good chance that the next expansion to World of Warcraft will be announced at Blizzcon this week! some of the details of the new expansion have been released, so far none of this has been confirmed but sounds very promising!
That expansion pack is called World of Warcraft: Into the Maelstrom
The Maelstrom area of Azeroth will be opened up for play. Will
consist of various islands and Undermine will have a new neutral city.
The islands will include questing zones, raid dungeons, that city, and a new arena.
The level cap is being raised to 80 with the expansion but there will be no new talents.
Advancement after level 70 will be through Hero Classes rather than
talents. Hero classes will function as subclasses and each existing
class will have 3 of these hero classes to choose from. These hero
classes will not be limited by talent choices. Players will be able to
choose these new subclasses at trainers when ItM goes live.
Currently the Priest and Druid hero classes are complete and the Warrior and Mage are close to completion
Hero classes will be demonstrated at BlizzCon
When contacted, a Blizzard representative responded with, "we
haven't announced any details on a second expansion. We also can't
comment on rumors or speculation."
the source article came from: http://pc.ign.com/articles/809/809350p1.html
Keep an eye out for more info possibly coming in over this weekend!
**UPDATE**
Another quick update! I was searching around a bit more...and it sounds like possibly one of the hero classes for paladins will be called the Death Knight -- No real details except it sounds like it is going to be the section that will officially make Ret Pally's a viable class:) WOOHOO! that means my 64 Ret Pally hasn't been a waste!
**UPDATE 2**
Well it looks like my initial rumors were hit and miss, the best i can tell you is go to http://worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/ and browse a bit to find out numerous pages about the different info...what i will tell you is that it is called
Wrath of the Lich King
we'll be venturing to northrend
there will be death knights (1st hero class)
new profession
new skills etc...
new dungeons, PVP etc...
read IGN for more indepth news...
OH also BTW....Warcraft Movie...2009...thats what they're planning!
