World of Warcraft Expansion Playable at BlizzCon
The World of Warcraft development team has confirmed that BlizzCon attendees will be able to go hands-on with a playable
sneak peek of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion. For those who won't be able to attend BlizzCon, please note that
gaming magazines hitting newsstands in different regions of the world around the time of the event will feature in-depth
previews on the new content we have in store.
Click here to learn more about BlizzCon.
We have recently placed some exhibit-only BlizzCon tickets on sale, for those of you who are interested in attending BlizzCon
and trying out the World of Warcraft expansion set. See the
recent announcement for more information
about this limited
supply of exhibit-only tickets.
Public Test Realms Now Available
The Public Test Realms are live! Players can now experience, and help us test, all the changes and additions coming in
patch 1.8, including four outdoor raid dragons, completely revamped Silithus, Druid talent improvements, and many other
exciting features.
Click here to view the patch 1.8 test-realm patch
notes to learn more!
Players can participate in the test realms by creating a character or by copying their characters from existing realms
to the test realms. Those who have previously copied their characters to the test realms will need to do so again, as
all previous characters have been removed from the previous test realms. To copy your character, visit our
Test
Realm Character Copy page. The test build is available to download for the
PC and
Mac.
During the first week of testing, only players who created their
accounts before August 2 will be able to login to the public test
realms. Also, players will not be able to log in to the public test
realms if they have changed their password since August 16. All players
will be able to access the test realms after next week's maintenance.
Please be aware that the test realms are there to allow us to test major content patches before the patch goes public.
Therefore, some changes may be introduced to the public test realms before a patch goes live, and some changes may be
introduced to the patch after the test realms have closed. To read more about the test realms, please review the
Test Realm FAQ. We truly appreciate our players taking the time to help us test the
latest changes to the game; thank you all!
