It will be a big day for 8 million World of Warcraft players, the first expansion of WOW : Burning Crusade is now avaiable in the store.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is now available at a store near you! You can read the full press release here. Featuring a massive new world, two new races, several new instanced dungeons, and hundreds of unique new quests, The Burning Crusade provides countless hours of exciting solo and group content. And if you want to go toe-to-toe with human opponents, the expansion?s Arena PvP System and the redesigned PvP Honor System will provide the thrills and excitement you seek. There are both a standard and a collector?s edition available for The Burning Crusade; you can learn more about the latter in our detailed Burning Crusade Collector?s Edition Preview. If you want to learn more about the expansion and all its features, we suggest you check out the Burning Crusade Features Page and also take a look at the Burning Crusade Expansion FAQ.

During installation of the expansion, you?ll be able to upgrade your World of Warcraft account access to The Burning Crusade. Alternatively, you can click here to upgrade as well.

A generation has passed since the Dark Portal opened for the first time, unleashing the Orcish Horde upon Azeroth. The wars that followed changed the face of the world forever. Now, the portal between the worlds has been reopened, and the people of Azeroth find themselves in the direct path of the Burning Legion once more. To save the world from destruction, you must do what only few have ever done before: cross through the Dark Portal into the shattered realm of Outland. Prepare for the greatest challenge yet — the fate of not just one world, but of two, now rests in the hands of mortal heroes.

Beyond the Swamp of Sorrows, deep within the Blasted Lands, the Dark Portal beckons — and destiny awaits… 

The World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade have been on the shelf. And there is no more new information about this first expansion. Players are putting their eyes on the next expansion for World of Warcraft. In WOW forum, Players are discussing this topic. However, Blizzard poster on the World of Warcraft forumgave a assured answer: They are working on the second expansion, but no more info about the 2nd expansion now!

Below are the details in WOW forum:

Do you guys (Blizzard Ent.) have any preliminary plans for the expansion after The Burning Crusade? Possibly a delve into Northrend? Opening up Hyjal?s current zone? Exploring a 3rd faction comprised of neutrals, i.e. Ogres, Goblins and the like; which would open up the possibility of exploring Undermine? Expanding the second seemingly obscure instance entrance in Stormwind? Allowing the general populous into the Emerald Dream? Opening Uldam in Tenaris? Hero Classes?

Ideas from Tegras of Argent Dawn

Q u o t e:
-Player Housing
-Guild halls
-Guild Banks
-Barbershops
-Seige Weapons
-Destructable buildings
-A new class

Also, if there are plans, do you think it might be slated for less than a years time; faster than the current expansion which from original release is looking like a little more than 2 years to become available? I really love this game and love seeing it grow, just a bit curious as to what we might see after we conquer Outland.
If curiosity killed the cat, I?m already dead 😛
/tar Kitty
/cast Rebirth

Edit: Ty Nethaera for your response, its fueled a lot of discussion 🙂

Here is the answer from the Blizzard Poster

Yes, we are working on plans. No, I can?t tell you what they are, how far they are or what timeline we are looking at. Sorry. 🙁

Please don?t let the kitty die! 

Is World of Warcraft coming to consoles? It could be the biggest question of 2008. the website of Gameplayer released a report from Chris Ansell regarding the potential future of World of Warcraft on consoles.

Ever since Blizzard’s mighty MMO burst onto the scene in 2004 it has taken the planet by storm, surging into the homes of millions, turning the epidermis of entire communities into a seedy shade of white and increasing global obesity by an estimated 5%*. It’s the ultimate in escapism, transporting close to 10,000,000 users to the fantasy land of Azeroth where they can forget their day jobs as schoolteachers and plumbers to become all-powerful Warlocks taking down fiery beasts in the depths of active volcanoes. To date, it is an experience only enjoyed by PC gamers.

Until now…

A bigwig with connections to the highest levels of Vivendi management has seemingly confirmed that World of Warcraft is coming to consoles.

“…we have to make sure we support it. Because next-gen consoles demand it. We have to be online. Obviously it’s gonna get more and more like what WoW are doing, with thousands of players on consoles, eventually. Which is pretty exciting. I can’t wait for that. It’ll be pretty fun.”