Blizzard Unveils Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic

Today at the Leipzig Games Convention, Blizzard released the opening cinematic for the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion to World of Warcraft. The cinematic is available on the official site via streaming video or the Blizzard downloader. There's a mirror over at 1Up. As with all Blizzard cinematics, it looks fantastic.

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Warcraft Cinematic

[GearheadX]

Previous trailers for WoW have been longer than this and showcased a bunch of different classes looking awesome.. but I daresay neither of them have been as awesome as this. This is the first serious Warcraft trailer I've seen for this game.

It focuses attention directly on the central figure of this expansion: Arthas the Lich King.

Arthas is your problem. Arthas is the central figure of the conflict. No matter who you are, your entry into this expansion's content will immediately involve Arthas meeting you at the front door and welcoming you to your untimely demise.

I love it.

Re:Unimpressed

[bigstrat2003]

Off the top of my head (I'm level 73 or 74 in the beta):

• Arthas
• The Cult of the Damned infiltrating an Alliance town
• Malygos, and his assault on magic
• The Ashbringer
• The continuation of Tirion Fordring's story
• The evolution of the Scarlet Crusade
• The continuation of the Infinite Dragonflight story (including the revelation of who their leader is)

...and that's just off the top of my head. WoW is chock full of story, you just have to pay attention. If all you really bother knowing about the story is what boss you're killing (which is all most players do), you've missed 80% of the story.