Wow, back from the dead again
It’s not justStranger Thingsthat gets to star undead wizards this year.World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King Classicreleases on September 26th, Blizzard have revealed. Take a nostalgic trip back to Northrend to tackle the evil Lich King, Arthas Menethil, and check out what’s changed since the original. Watch the trailer below to refresh your memory from all the way back in 2008.
Thought I was watching the final season of Game Of Thrones there for a second. Blizzard are promising improvements to the classic WOW expansion, although they say it’ll still “thrill” people who played it the first time around too. World Of Warcraft’s first hero class, the Death Knight, is back, but won’t need to meet the traditional level 55 requirement the first time a player creates one on a server.
Wrath Of The Lich King Classic wasrevealedback in April along with modern World Of Warcraft’s next expansion, Dragonflight. Blizzardupdatedthe Battle.net store page for Dragonflight in June, which put the Lich King expansion’s release date as before the end of this year. Theyannouncedthe acquisition ofSpellbreakstudio Proletariat not long after that. Proletariat have quit working on Spellbreak to concentrate on further World Of Warcraft expansions.
Activision Blizzard are still contending withlegal challengesandreportsalleging an environment of discrimination and harrassment for workers. This is all whileMicrosoft are acquiring the company for $69 billion(£57.5 billion). Blizzard Entertainment headMike Ybarra expressed committment to fostering changeearlier this year, but Actvision Blizzard have still seenstaff walkouts over ongoing welfare concerns.
