I was previously an employee of the OGaming Network (2003), and IncGamers (2008-2010). I have interviewed book writers and Blizzard game developers. I post news about World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard Careers, and the Warcraft film.īlizzplanet is a leading fansite covering news about upcoming Blizzard Entertainment licensed products. Please, support Blizzplanet on Patreon, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch for daily Blizzard games news updates. WORLD OF WARCRAFT: BATTLE FOR AZEROTH PANEL TRANSCRIPT Let’s take a look at the zones of Kul’Tiras. Lastly, Kul’Tiras is broken up into three main regions: we have Tiragarde Sound in the middle, the Drustvar in the southwest, and Stormsong Valley in the north. Today, Kul’Tiras is ruled by 4 houses, which we will find out are in a bit of trouble and before we can get the Kul’Tirans to join our side, we are going to need to help them with their problems. A navy that the Alliance really, really wants. Never in the course of the next 25,000 years, the Kul’Tirans built the most powerful navy on Azeroth. They came upon this cold, mountainous island, rich in natural resources, and decided to settle in. Kul’Tiras was founded 3,000 years ago when a group of Gilneans left the old empire to explore the Great Sea. We fight for our faction’s survival, and our place in this world and to win this war, we are going to need all that help we can get - which leads us to find new and old allies alike and THAT… takes us to Kul’Tiras and Zandalar which opens up two new continents to the game which we are going to take a look at right now.Īlright, starting with Kul’Tiras for the Alliance. Now with the world divided, we seek out lost territories, and new powerful resources and with no external threats, we turn our fury to each other. It is both factions strike at each other’s hearts. So to recap: the Alliance and the Horde are in an all-out war. It is our duty as Alliance, as Horde, to defend our people, our families, and our homes. Let me leave you with this thought: no matter who fired the first shot, we are in an all-out war.
Coincidentally, both of these nations have extremely powerful navys which we are going to need to span that great sea. In our quest for victory, we will seek out the Kul’Tirans as the Alliance, and the Zandalari as the Horde. Think about this: the stage is set for an Alliance-controlled Eastern Kingdoms, and a Horde-controlled Kalimdor with one great big sea separating the two continents - which leads us to our search for allies. We are from the get-go: battle lines are drawn, and what I like best about that cinematic (and it does so many things, so well) is that it reinforces the foundations of Warcraft because whether we are fighting the Burning Legion, the Scourge, Old gods, Dragon Aspects, Elemental Lords, or yes… timetraveling Orcs, our hearts and minds are with our factions.ĭid Teldrassil fall first, and lead to the attack of Undercity or was the burning of Teldrassil a response to the bold Alliance attack on Lordaeron? You will find out. Right now, we have all seen that incredible cinematic.
We are here today, to talk about the Battle for Azeroth, and prepare you for the coming war. So without further ado, let me introduce our creative director Alex Afrasiabi to tell you about the world of Battle for Azeroth.Īlex: Thank you, Ion. The setting, the story, the characters, the features, the systems, and more. So I know you have a lot of questions after what you have seen, and so we are going to try to walk you through a whirlwind tour of what this expansion has to offer. I couldn’t be more excited, on behalf of the entire World of Warcraft team, to share with you what we have been working on pretty much since the moment Legion came out: The next chapter in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth.Īnd I know, every BlizzCon is special, and I am a bit biased here, but there is something particularly special about WoW expansion announcements at BlizzCon.
Ion: Hello, BlizzCon! It’s such an honor to be here with all of you.