Blizzard announces World of Warcraft's next 3 expansions: 'We ain't screwin' around,' declares Chris Metzen
Chris Metzen made a full-throated return to the World of Warcraft spotlight today, commanding the BlizzCon 2023 stage to announce not just one World of Warcraft expansion, but three expansions that will make up the «Worldsoul Saga.»
The next three World of Warcraft expansions, as revealed by Metzen, will be:
«When it comes to WoW's storytelling, we ain't screwin' around,» boomed Metzen to the crowd of BlizzCon attendees. «We are playing for all the marbles. We are working to establish a thundering heartbeat for this franchise.
»Whether you are a current player… or maybe you jumped off the WoW train a few expansions ago, now is the time to come home. Now is the time to pull on your boots, pick up your broadsword or favorite glowy staff, and get in this fight."
Metzen then cued up a cinematic trailer for The War Within, embedded above. In a press release, Blizzard provided more context for that first Worldsoul Saga expansion, which is releasing next year.
The War Within will add four zones: «the surface-level Isle of Dorn, the industrial Ringing Deeps, the unexpectedly bright and lush Hallowfall, and Azj-kahet, a pinnacle of nerubian society.»
«Deep beneath the surface, an ancient nerubian civilization is rising to power, aided by Xal'atath, the Harbinger of the Void first introduced in the Legion expansion,» says Blizzard. «Players will need to enlist the aid of the Earthen, a new allied race available to both Horde and Alliance players, as they make their way deeper and discover an entirely new world that has existed for centuries and whose denizens are preparing for conflicts that loom on the horizon.»
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