Blizzard recently released information on the newest addition to World of Warcraft. The new expansion will be entitled ‘Cataclysm’ and will feature much awaited new content for World of Warcraft enthusiasts to explore. Among the many additions Blizzard has also released information on a new playable race.

The worgen were first introduced to players while exploring Silverpine Forest. This is most accurately associated with a werewolf type character. Characters wanting to explore new content with a worgen will be forced to choose the alliance faction. Adding the worgen to the Alliance faction furthers Blizzard’s point on there not being a good or evil faction in World of Warcraft. The worgen themselves tend to be an aggressive and frankly scary race. This new playable character will receive it’s own starting city, Gilneas. This starting city and outlaying zones will contain new content for worgen players to explore from levels 1-15. With the new expansion, previous restrictions on race/class combination will be removed. We can assume that the worgen will be aloud to choose from any of the current class selections.

While there is no release date on ‘Cataclysm’ as of yet, Blizzard has provided characters with some great information regarding the upcoming expansion. The level cap will be moved from 80 to 85. Previous expansions offered players 10 new levels to explore. Blizzard has commented that they would like to focus more on raid content in this expansion rather then to level increases. A new secondary profession is also being added. Players will now be able to become archeologists. This new profession will allow players to uncover lost and magical artifacts. One of the most sought after advances in the games coding will new allow players to fly in the old world content of Azeroth. All of these features are sure to satisfy new and old players alike.