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| Pandaren female at lake dock in Valley of the Four Winds |
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Beginning on the evening of September 24, key retail partners in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and the region of Taiwan will welcome gamers who will be among the first to purchase and play the highly anticipated fourth expansion for the world’s most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
Members of the World of Warcraft development team will be on hand at many of the official launch events to meet players and sign their copies of the game.
In the UK, the launch event will take place in London:
Where: Cafe de Paris, in partnership with GAME
3-4 Coventry Street
London, W1D 6BL
When: 8:00pm BST on 24th September
Attendees will be treated to a stage presentation featuring an evening of activities, special guests, giveaways, and entertainment - including a Mists of Pandaria procession - before the expansion goes on sale at midnight. For further details on each of the global launch events, visit
www.blizzard.com/company/events/.
“We can’t wait to meet up with players around the world and celebrate with them at the official launch events,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “A lot of hard work and long hours went into making Mists of Pandaria a truly epic expansion, so we’re really looking forward to coming together and having some fun with the community before everyone takes off for the new continent.”
In addition to the official UK launch event, other retail locations around the country will open at midnight local time to support gamers eager to pick up the expansion as soon as it’s available. Check with local retailers for further details.
Attendees at the Mists of Pandaria launch events will be able to purchase the standard edition of the expansion (suggested retail price £29.99) as well as the retail exclusive Collector’s Edition (suggested retail price £59.99), which contains the following bonus items in addition to the game disc:
- A World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria behind-the-scenes DVD and Blu-ray two-disc set including over an hour of developer interviews and commentary
- The World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector’s Edition soundtrack CD
- The Art of Mists of Pandaria, a 208-page hardback tome including never-before-seen artwork from the development process
- World of Warcraft Imperial Quilen flying mount and Lucky Quilen Cub pet, StarCraft II Battle.net portraits, and Diablo III banner sigil and accent
- A special-edition World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria mouse pad featuring Chen Stormstout, the legendary pandaren brewmaster
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| Alliance group fighting Hozen in Stormstout Brewery |
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| Armsmaster Harlan in Scarlet Sanctuary in Scarlet Monastery |
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| Fishing Hozen on coastal islands in Krasarang |
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| Grummle on a path in Kun-Lai Summit |
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| Hozen at Camp Nooka Nooka in Jade Forest |
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| Hozen in Jade Forest |
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| Inner courtyard inside Jade Temple |
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| Jade Temple in Jade Forest landscape |
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| JingJiu Working at the Firewater Fields in Kun-Lai Summit |
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| Lava cave in STV Diamond Mine BG |
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| Nighttime outside The Temple of the Jade Serpent in Jade_Forest |
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| Pandaren Hunter with Turtle Pet in Wandering Isle |
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| Pandaren Monk in Jade Forest 2 |
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| Shen-zin Su turtle of the Wandering Isle |
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| Smoky Porcupine in Jade Forest |
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| Summoners and skeletons in Scholomance |
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| Tiger statues on bridge at Shado-pan hideout |
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| Uphill path through mountains in Wandering Isle |
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| White verming with explosives in Stormstout Brewery |
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| Yaungol in Kun-Lai Summit |
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.
