On November 13, World of Warcraft fans are in for quite a treat. Blizzard has made the much expected announcement that the game’s new expansion “Wrath of the Lich King” will be available in stores in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Russia, followed by its release, one day later, in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

The expansion will come in both a standard edition, priced at $39.99 and a Collector’s Edition that will cost $69.99 and will include a 208-page book with images from the game that have never been seen before, an in-game pet named Frosty, a DVD featuring developer interviews, the 21-track official soundtrack CD, two „World of Warcraft Trading Card Game March of the Legion” starter decks and a mouse pad. The latter is said to feature the map of the new continent that „Wrath of the Lich King” will be introducing, called Northrend. Speaking of novelties, Blizzard has also stated that the level cap will be raised from 70 to 80, new character customization options and features will be available, as well as new weapons.

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which was first introduced by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994, when the company released „Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.” The game holds the Guiness World Record for the most popular MMORPG and is currently the largest one of its like in terms of monthly subscribers, with 10 million subscribers and also 62% of the massively multiplayer online game market in its hands.

WoW’s first expansion, „The Burning Crusade,” was released on January 16, 2007 and sold a number of 2.4 million copies throughout the U.S. and Europe within its first 24 hours on the market.