{"id":14962,"date":"2011-10-22T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/14962-world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-unveiled","title":{"rendered":"World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard Entertainment has revealed their plans for the fourth expansion to World of Warcraft &#8211; Mists of Pandaria. The expansion introduces a mysterious long-lost continent that has been newly rediscovered following <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/8933-World-WarCraft-Cataclysm-before-and-after.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"the events of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm\">the events of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the continent are the elusive Pandaren, originally seen in Warcraft III &ndash; adding a playable race and a new player class: the martial-arts-focused Monk. Level cap will also be raised to 90.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Players have been asking to see the pandaren in World of Warcraft since the game&rsquo;s launch, and we&rsquo;re excited to finally be able to give them a proper re-introduction to Azeroth,&rdquo; said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. &ldquo;In addition to the new playable race and class, Mists of Pandaria contains a huge amount of new content, and we&rsquo;re looking forward to sharing more information about all of it at BlizzCon and beyond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>About Mists of Pandaria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Players will be able to explore the long-lost continent of Pandaria, which has remained hidden from the world since the sundering of Azeroth over ten thousand years ago. In the aftermath of the Cataclysm, Pandaria&rsquo;s heroes are emerging from their land&rsquo;s lush forests and cloud-ringed mountains to choose sides in the escalating war between the Alliance and the Horde and to share the extraordinary secrets of their ancient martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions between the factions near a breaking point following the discovery of this new world, players will be called upon to explore Pandaria&rsquo;s exotic expanses, make contact with its strange indigenous creatures, and unlock the world-changing secrets that have been hiding in the mists for millennia.<\/p>\n<p>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nyeZ8khSEC0?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nyeZ8khSEC0?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>New features<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Playable Race &#8212; Pandaren: Adventure through Azeroth as World of Warcraft&#8217;s first neutral race and decide whether to side with the Alliance or the Horde.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Playable Class &#8212; Monk: Unlock the secrets of pandaren martial arts and do battle as a damage dealer, healer, or tank.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Level Cap Increased to 90: Learn potent new spells and abilities while exploring uncharted zones and taking on challenging new content.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Zones: Explore the lush Jade Forest, treacherous Kun-Lai Summit, and other exotic areas of Pandaria designed for high-level characters, and uncover the mystery of the Wandering Isle.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scenarios: Join up with some friends to achieve a common goal, such as mounting a defense against invading monsters, in a flexible new type of PvE challenge.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dungeon &ldquo;Challenge&rdquo; Modes: Master the ultimate five-player time trial to earn prestige rewards in a new dungeon mode that will put your resolve and coordination to the test.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pet Battles: Challenge other players&rsquo; companion pets with your own collection in a new tactical mini-game, and find out who&#8217;s king or queen of the pint-sized battlefield.<br \/>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Talent System: Customize your character to suit your play style with the newly overhauled and improved talent system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eu.battle.net\/blizzcon\/en\/blog\/3167714\/World_of_Warcraft_Mists_of_Pandaria_Revealed-21_10_2011#blog\" target=\"_self\" title=\"World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria official website\">World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria official website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/19328-World-of-WarCraft-Mists-of-Pandaria-expansion-pack-unveiled\" target=\"_self\" title=\"World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria unveiled at BlizzCon\"><strong>World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria unveiled at BlizzCon<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard to add the mysterious Pandaren race to World of WarCraft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}