World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Previews

Both IGN PC and gameSlave have taken a closer look at Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion pack. An excerpt from IGN PC’s article:

South of the battle-scarred blasted lands lies the Dark Portal, a gateway to a torn world that will be reopened with a massive world event culminating in the unlocking of Outland, the brand spankin’ new continent. Stepping into the swirling abyss puts you face to face with the armies of both the Horde and the Alliance just barely holding the expansive army of the Burning Legion at bay. You’ve just entered the scarred and broken lands of Hellfire Peninsula; a fiery, jutting landscape that makes The Burning Steppes look like a holiday resort.

And an excerpt from gameSlave’s article:

Zangarmarsh is a swamp area which is quite dark and is surrounded by giant mushroom trees. The area has quests from about Level 62+, you can also ride across the water making getting around much easier. There’s a Neutral base there called ‘Cenarion Refuge’ and along side of that each faction has their own base. There are plenty of quests in each town – certainly much more than my quest log could hold, even with the increased capacity to hold 25 quests instead of 20. The monsters in Zangarmarsh consisted of some floating stringrays and some very tall insect creatures as well as some familiar mobs, Naga’s and of course a lot more. There is an instance located in Zangramarsh called ‘The Underbog.’ We didn’t get to experience this instance since it was level 63 and upwards, but the main theme is flying sting rays and Lurkers (which look like Loatheb in Naxxrammas). There are 2 Stadiums and 1 graveyard which are in close proximity to each other; a PVP quest is also included where you have to capture each point. Once you have captured each point you can hand your quest in and you will get 5x Mark Of Honour, which are of course used to buy items from your faction vendor. The PVP vendor item rewards are all very good with their stat allocations, and of course you get some fun along the way.