According ot Mashable, the latest World of Warcraft expansion has broke all previous sales records in its first 24 hours, not just for WoW but for all PC game titles.
Dubbed World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the game’s final count for copies sold is 3.3 million in the expansion’s first day. That means more than one out of four WoW subscribers bought the expansion within 24 hours of its release. This is loyalty.
The World of Warcraft Cataclysm is a way for the designers to revamp the pre-Outland leveling experience. Besides adding Goblins (the Horde race, with their capitol of Undermine) and the Worgen (the Alliance race, based in Gilneas), many zones have been partly or completely changed. The changes are sometimes minor, such as the completion of the bridge over Lake Everstill in Redridge, or major, like the sundering of the Barrens or the flooding of Darkshore.
World of Warcraft Quest hubs have been changed, and it is now possible to proceed through the 1-60 content by more than one path, making it possible to level multiple characters without needing to see the same quests over and over again. Your character can also travel all parts of the world, including the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, on a flying mount.
World of Warcraft Talent trees have been rearranged and simplified, and when you spec into a talent at level 10, you now receive an active and several passive abilities that will make your character feel like their spec from level 10 onwards. Tanks will feel like tanks, healers will feel like healers, and the whole experience of leveling as various specs will be different.
