World of Warcraft: Legion release date set

Blizzard has set August 30th, 2016 as the launch date of World of Warcraft: Legion, the sixth expansion for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

In this expansion chronicling the events following Warlords of Draenor, all hellfire breaks loose when the warlock Gul'dan, betrayer of the orcs and servant of the Burning Legion, unleashes a demonic invasion force upon Azeroth. To save their world from annihilation, heroes must unlock the mysteries of the mythic Broken Isles, master powerful Artifact weapons, and strike a forbidden pact with the Demon Hunters of the Illidari—vengeful disciples of the dreaded Illidan Stormrage.

World of Warcraft: Legion will be available in a Standard Edition (physical and digital versions available; SRP $49.99). Players also have the option to upgrade their pre-purchase to the Digital Deluxe Edition (SRP $69.99), which contains in-game bonuses for a variety of Blizzard games, including an Illidari Felstalker mount and pet for World of Warcraft, a Felstalker mount for Heroes of the Storm, a helm transmog and wings for Diablo III, and a pair of fel-infused StarCraft II portraits.

Players who pre-purchase either the digital Standard Edition or Digital Deluxe Edition will be able to immediately boost one character to level 100.

World of Warcraft: Legion will also be available in a retail-only Collector's Edition (SRP $89.99), which includes the digital bonuses from the Digital Deluxe Edition along with a full-color hardcover art book, a behind-the-scenes two-disc Blu-ray/DVD set, a CD soundtrack, and a Legion mouse pad.

World of Warcraft: Legion will be available on PC, and requires the base game to play.

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