World of WarCraft Mists of Pandaria will be released on SEPTEMBER 25th 2012!


The proof:

The blue post:
Land, ho! Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®: Mists of Pandaria™, the fourth expansion set for the world’s most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, will be available in stores and online starting from September 25, 2012. Upon the expansion’s release, intrepid explorers of the Alliance and the Horde will be able to set foot upon the shores of the long-lost continent of Pandaria and embark on a perilous journey to uncover its ancient mysteries.

Mists of Pandaria will be available on DVD-ROM for Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 and Macintosh® at a suggested retail price of 34.99 € / £29.99. The expansion will also be available digitally directly from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft website (www.WorldofWarcraft.com), also priced at 34.99 € / £29.99.

A special Collector’s Edition packed with bonus items will be available exclusively in retail stores for a suggested retail price of 69.99 € / £59.99. In addition, for the first time, World of Warcraft players have the option to purchase a special Digital Deluxe version of the expansion containing the in-game bonus items from the Collector’s Edition. The Digital Deluxe version is available to download directly from Blizzard via www.WorldofWarcraft.com for 49.99 € / £39.99. Players who purchase the standard edition digitally or at retail will have the option to upgrade to the Digital Deluxe version at any time (for as long as the standalone Digital Deluxe version remains available) for an additional 15 € / £10.

Presales for the standard digital and Digital Deluxe versions of Mists of Pandaria are now live. Players who would like to purchase either version and be ready to play the moment the expansion launches can do so now by visiting www.WorldofWarcraft.com. The expansion content will automatically be digitally delivered to pre-purchasers via World of Warcraft’s streaming launcher prior to the release of Mists of Pandaria. Players who would like to preorder the standard box or the retail-exclusive Collector’s Edition can do so by visiting their local retailer.

“Mists of Pandaria contains the biggest variety of new content we’ve ever created for a World of Warcraft expansion, with features that will appeal to new players, veterans, and everyone in between,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’ve received a lot of great feedback from players during our most extensive beta test yet, and we hope they enjoy exploring everything Pandaria has to offer when the expansion comes out in September.”

The Digital Deluxe version of Mists of Pandaria includes a full digital copy of the expansion along with the following exclusive in-game bonus items:

World of Warcraft In-Game Mount: Take to the skies of Azeroth astride the mystical Imperial Quilen flying mount.
World of Warcraft In-Game Pet: Journey across Pandaria with the Lucky Quilen Cub at your side.
StarCraft® II Battle.net® Portraits: Bring the Horde and Alliance rivalry to the far reaches of the Koprulu sector with exclusive Infested Orc and Night Elf Templar Battle.net portraits.
Diablo® III Banner Sigil and Accent: Display your status as a hero of Pandaria with the iconic markings of World of Warcraft’s newest playable race, the pandaren.

The Collector’s Edition of Mists of Pandaria includes the full version of the game on DVD-ROM and contains the following exclusive bonus items, in addition to the in-game content from the Digital Deluxe version:

Behind-the-Scenes DVD and Blu-Ray: Learn about the creation of Pandaria with this two-disc set featuring over an hour of commentary, insider interviews, and developer roundtables.
Collector’s Edition Soundtrack CD: Experience 20 orchestral pieces from Mists of Pandaria.
The Art of Mists of Pandaria Book: Explore this 208-page hardcover tome featuring never-before-seen pieces from the expansion, from early concepts to final 3D renderings.
Chen Stormstout Mouse Pad: Equip your desk with this special-edition mouse pad featuring the legendary pandaren brewmaster.

In World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, warships of the Alliance and Horde clash off the coast of a long-lost continent, signaling the start of a new era of discovery and conquest in the history of Azeroth. As players storm the shores of this exotic new frontier and begin to explore its mysteries, they’ll encounter brave new allies, unearth ancient secrets, and play their part in reigniting the long-brewing conflict between the Horde and Alliance on a strange battlefield far from home.

Mists of Pandaria offers a wide variety of content for new and returning World of Warcraft players. Features include a new playable race (the pandaren) with its own starting zone and quests, a new character class (the monk), and an expansive new continent for players to explore as they adventure to the new level cap of 90. The expansion also includes a host of new gameplay elements designed to give players even more ways to enjoy the game, including scenarios -- a flexible new kind of cooperative PvE trial; challenge modes, which offer high-prestige rewards for mastering Mists of Pandaria’s 5-player dungeons; and an all-new pet battle system.

In addition to the English version, Mists of Pandaria will be fully localized into Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, European Spanish, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and for the first time with a World of Warcraft expansion launch, Italian. Availability of Mists of Pandaria in mainland China will be announced at a later date.

To learn more about World of Warcraft and Mists of Pandaria, please visit the official website at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com. To set up a Battle.net account and to opt-in to Blizzard Entertainment beta tests, please visit the official Battle.net website at http://www.battle.net. With multiple games in development, Blizzard Entertainment has numerous positions currently available -- visit http://jobs.blizzard.com for more information and to learn how to apply.

So, since 3 days I've started recording my World of WarCraft games. I find it quite fun to share my point of view when it comes to gaming. I'm planning on recording MoP, Diablo III and SC2 as well.


The first 3 videos uploaded are the following:

You can find my channel right here.

It's almost time for Mists of Pandaria! The Pre-Expansion patch 5.0.1 will soon hit live servers, which means that a lot of new features from MoP will be added to the live game (such as the new talent system, new spells, pet battle, etc.). However, you will not be able to enter any new areas from Mists of Pandaria.

The confirmation of Patch 5.0.1 came via this blue post today:

We will soon begin public testing of patch 5.0.1 of World of Warcraft, a patch that will precede the Mists of Pandaria release, and includes many features and functions that are new to the game.
We encourage all players who wish to test patch 5.0.1 with us to take careful note of the following:

• It will not be possible to access the 5.0.1 PTR realms with a game account that accesses the Mists of Pandaria Beta.

• If a game account has been flagged with a Mists of Pandaria Beta license, it can only be used to enter Beta realms.

• This limitation is on each World of Warcraft license, and is not Battle.net account-based.

• While testing 5.0.1, players will not be able to access zones or content that is a part of the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

Thank you for your continued support of our testing and tuning process. We look forward to seeing you in-game.

World of WarCraft has an option to transfer your toons to another server. While normaly this is fine, I recommend currently not doing this because of some factors.

I started playing Diablo since yesterday (I know, rather late..) and I discovered some big differences between World of WarCraft and Diablo III in playstyle. Here are five tips for those WoW players out there, who are (like me) new to Diablo.
Diablo III is made by Blizzard Entertainment, the same company which created World of WarCraft. Diablo III is called a hack and slash game, while World of WarCraft is called a MMORPG. But because the game is of the same creators, there are some similarities between the two. I stumbled upon these 5 things, which you should be aware of as a World of WarCraft player.

1. You move by clicking, not WSAD!
The first major difference between Diablo III and WoW is moving around in the world. I'm used to using the W, S, D and A buttons on my keyboard. However, in Diablo III, you have to click in order to move to a certain point.

2. Hold your mouse if you're moving to one direction
This is something I first did wrong, but thanks to a tip I can prefend a mouse arm. HOLD YOUR MOUSE when you're moving to one direction! Stop clicking to every point you have to move, because you'll only get pain in your arm and neck. Just hold your mouse, it makes moving much easier in Diablo.

3. Attacks are done by clicking and 1-2-3-4
You don't use 1 till 9 for your basic attacks. Instead, your main attacks will be your left and right click buttons on your mouse. You'll get special abilities for buttons 1 to 4, which are used sometimes. Oh, and also important to remember: your health potion is on Q.

4. Don't click the tips away like in WoW
When creating a new character in World of WarCraft, you'll click through the tips as much as possible, or you've disabled them in the menus. However, if you're new in Diablo III, read all the tips so that you know what to do later. They're really helpful and provide basic information on for example talents or skills.

5. Keep walking, you'll find the quest eventually
Sometimes, the map will help you with your quests with a moving circle so that you know you have to move there. However, this isn't always the case. Read the quest objective and make sure you run the whole dungeon. And if you really can't find it, keep walking because you will get there eventually. Once you're there, doing it again will be much easier.

I haven't been familiar with the Diablo franchise untill Diablo III was released. I purchased the World of WarCraft annual pass, and so I received Diablo III for free. Here's my first impression fo the dark and awesome game.


I've been playing WoW for some time now, so I'm used to using WSAD to move around. This was the first big new thing for me in Diablo III, you have to move with your mouse. At first, I clicked for every step I had to make. If I were to still do that, I would have a mousearm. Thankfully, someone gave the tip to hold the mouse so that your character moves in that direction. That helped a lot.


Secondly, the interface looks quite different than what I'm used too. There are many new things to discover in Diablo III for a WoW player, such as the skill tree or the achievements. Some things quite look like World of WarCraft, but other things are really strange or hard to find. I also have to get used to the fact that looting absolutely EVERYTHING isn't helpfull for your inventory. I'm just not used to having a full bag every 15 minutes since leveling my first WoW character.

I love the game already, because it's different and fun. I'm currently leveling a monk, which I enjoy because the fighting is quite active and it requires a lot of special moves. Fighting is another point for me to get used to, because I'm used to 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Now, you have to click left or right for attacks, and sometimes you use 1-2-3-4. But so far I like Diablo III.

20 Days of WoW Blogging Challenge: Day 7» The reason behind my blogs name


Sorry that I missed a couple of days, I passed my examens so I had some celebrating to do! Today's topic on the 20 Days of WoW Blogging Challenge is the reason behind my blogs name.

I can be real quick about this one, because my blog is called 'My Gaming World'. In this blog, you're going to read about my world, my gaming world. I share as much as possible of the games I play, which include StarCraft II, Diablo III, World of WarCraft Cataclysm/MoP (beta), and more in the future.