The massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) king, World of Warcraft, is releasing their new expansion on 11/13/08. Wrath of the Lich King is arguably one of the most anticipated MMORPG expansions in history. Millions of gamers will get their first crack at the expansion tonight, starting at midnight. This new expansion includes a new class, new dungeons, new storylines, new environments, new factions, and more bestiary creatures.

I personally am not playing World of Warcraft right now, and have no plans too. Their success is linked with their ability to appeal to players who love the player versus environment portion of MMORPGs. I enjoy the player versus player aspect of MMORPGs more. I’m sure this will pull some players from the recently released Warhammer Online.

It will be interesting to see how the expansion affects other MMORPGs right now. There is always the initial ‘WOW’ factor (pun intended) when an expansion like this comes out. But for any gamer interested in player versus player combat it really adds little to the game. The bulk of WoW’s player versus player combat will still be arena-based and scenario-based. You can only do the same thing for so long in a game before your eyes start to bleed…