The 2007 games convention in Leipzig Germany will have a lot of neat content to showcase this year, including a playable version of World of Warcraft's next expansion.
The convention is open to the public on Thursday the 23rd of August until the following Sunday. Those in attendance may get some hands on play with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. The expansion, recently announced at BlizzCon, is going to feature level 80 content, new areas and an unlockable class.
We're not sure what you'll be able to explore in the new wasteland of Northrend at the Leipzig conference but it does give us some idea of the completeness in the expansion. Blizzard apparently has enough content done to showcase without fear of bad press or "buggy code," which makes us wonder when they plan to release this awesome new expansion which will keep level 70 gamers playing (paying) for months to come.
Press Release
Blizzard Entertainment® Showcases Playable Titles at Leipzig Games Convention
Games Convention attendees to be among the first in Europe to play World of Warcraft®: Wrath of the Lich KingTM and StarCraft® II
READING, UK – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. revealed today that World of Warcraft®: Wrath of the Lich King™, the second expansion for World of Warcraft, and StarCraft® II, Blizzard’s highly-anticipated real-time strategy game, will be playable at the 2007 Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. The Games Convention opens for the trade on Wednesday, 22nd August and is open to the public from Thursday the 23rd to Sunday the 26th of August.
Recently unveiled at the company’s BlizzCon™ gaming festival, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King opens the forbidding wasteland of Northrend to exploration by the hardiest adventurers. European players will be able to adventure in the Howling Fjord region of Northrend and test their mettle in Utgarde Keep, a five-person dungeon located there. In StarCraft II’s first European appearance, attendees will be able to experience the recently revealed new units of the Terran race and play as either the Terrans or the Protoss in single-player skirmishes and in multiplayer battles on six different maps.
Members from the development teams will be on hand to give live demonstrations of the games over the course of the event, in addition to presentations and interview sessions for the press.
