If things go the way they did in 2008, we could be playing Cataclysm before the end of the year.
Blizzard announced Wednesday that it has begun beta testing the third expansion to World of Warcraft. Cataclysm will bring the requisite new lands, playable races, and high-level content to its wildly successful online game. But the forthcoming expansion is particularly interesting for the way it dramatically alters the virtual world that has been so familiar to gamers since the MMO's 2004 debut.
The timing behind the opening of this beta test is meaningful. In 2008, the beta test for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion also began in July. Come November, the expansion was on store shelves.
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