Hands on with the Burning Crusade expansion

By Jennie Lees

We know pictures speak louder than words — the image above is from the E3 teaser video –so we've the following screenshots from The Burning Crusade expansion for you to pore over. Gameplay-wise, the expansion demonstrated at E3 is identical to the current version of WoW; it ran smoothly on the demonstration Macs.

We explored both the Draenei and Blood Elf starting areas, but we'll have more impressions later when we speak to Blizzard — any comments or questions you leave in the next two hours may be passed on. In the meantime, enjoy these shots.
Hellfire Peninsula:

Draenei dancing:

Azuremyst Isle (Draenei starting area):

Draenei racials:

The racials for the new Draenei race are:

  • Blessing of the Naaru – heals the target of 50 damage over 15 sec
  • Gemcutting – Jewelcrafting skill increased by 15
  • Inspiring Presence – Increases chance to hit with spells by 1% for all party members within 30 yards
  • Shadow Resistance – increased by 10

Blood Elf dancing:

Ghostlands:

Blood Elf racials:

The Blood Elf racials (as announced at Blizzcon) are:

  • Arcane Affinity – Enchanting increased by 15
  • Arcane Torrent – Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you gain 20 Energy, Mana or Rage for each Mana Tap charge currently affecting you.
  • Magic Resistance – All resistances increased by 5
  • Mana Tap – Drains 50 mana from your target and charges you with Arcane energy until cancelled. This effect stacks up to 3 times.

Tranquillien and Silvermoon City reputations:

Newly created Blood Elf on Sunstrider Isle:

Finally, a still from the teaser video, which describes "hundreds of epic quests", "uncharted dungeons", flying mounts, jewelcrafting, socketed items, a level cap of 70 and new spells and abilities:

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