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The story up of WoW: The Burning Crusade has just been added to the official site, we are putting it here for you to read if you haven't done so yet.

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Features

An increase in the level cap to 70

Two new playable races: Blood Elves & Draenei

The entire new continent of Outland

New flying mounts in Outland

Many new zones and high-level dungeons

Hundreds of new monsters, quests, and items

A new profession: Jewelcrafting

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Additional Info

In order to experience the new features of the expansion you will have to purchase it. Blizzard announced that they will be releasing a major patch prior to the release of the expansion which will enable all the new items and race models but you will only be able to see them which means you won't be able to create a character from one of the two new races (Draenei and Bloos Elves) if you don't have the expansion installed. New dungeons will have scalable difficulty levels. This is the so-called "Heroic Mode". To access a dungeon using that mode you will need to become revered with the faction related to it and purchase a key which will enable you to change the difficulty. Blizzard is considering adding this feature to currently existing dungeons but has no plans to implement them yet. The level cap has been increased to 70 and new talents have been added to the talent trees of each class, you will also be able to acquire new spells through trainers as you level up above lv 60. Unlike before new spells will be available after each level you gain and not every 2 levels the way it is before 60. There are new lands to explore, new instances and a new battleground (Eye of the Storm).

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Release Info

The first World of Warcraft expansion was released on the 16th of January. This happened simultaneously in Europe and North America with thousands of people waiting more than 10 hours to get their hands on the Collector's Edition. Blizzard's official page has both a video and a picture gallery that cover the event in some locations.

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European Gallery

American Gallery (California)

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System Requirements

OS: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4); Windows XP (Service Pack 2) Processor: Intel Pentium3 800MHz or AMD Duron 800MHz Memory: 512 MB RAM, 1GB RAM is recommended Video: Minimum: 32MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above. Recommended: 64MB VRAM 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above. Sound: DirectX compatible sound card Install Size: 10 Gigabytes of free Hard Disk space. Mac System Requirements OS: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer required Processor: 933MHz G4/G5 processor, 1.8GHz G5/Intel or better recommended RAM: 512MB RAM, 1GB DDR RAM is recommended Video: NVIDIA or ATI graphics processor with 32MB VRAM, 64MB VRAM recommended For a complete list of supported 3D card, please visit: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/ Controls: A keyboard and mouse are required. Input devices other than a mouse and keyboard are not supported Install Size: 10 Gigabytes of free Hard Disk space All Platforms Connectivity: You must have an active broadband internet connection to play. Mouse: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended. Note: System Requirements are subject to change.

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