New WOW race unveiled

By Paul Loughrey Published 10 May, 2006

And the winner is... The Draenei!

Blizzard has confirmed that the new Alliance race for World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade is in fact the Draenei, putting an end to the speculation, rumour and fervent debate on the subject.

The New York Times article which broke the news features a direct link to the relevant page on Blizzard's website, so we're taking it the truth has finally broken.

The Draenei are descendents of the demonic Eredar race, and form one of the three groups of inhabitants on Draenor (the place where most of the Burning Crusade action takes place) together with ogres and orcs.

Draenei are bitter enemies of the orcs, and are consumed by an unquenchable bloodlust whenever they sense their presence, so expect some pretty full on battles in the new expansion.

The article goes on to say that the Draenei race, along with the mountable Nether Drake flying beasts and Nexxramas, the next big dungeon in the game will all be on show at E3, so expect more comprehensive details once our LA team have got their hands on it.

Comments (11) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Dire #1 6 years ago

    woo.

  • Kami #2 6 years ago

    Can't say that was a surprise.

    Seriously. Thoroughly predictable... though the Worgen sounded kinda cool...

  • Khab #3 6 years ago

    Meh.

  • ave #4 6 years ago

    I didnt see this coming.

    I swear

  • Kami #5 6 years ago

    Well, there were many rumours and much speculation.

    A couple to note were the Worgen, rather like the Forsaken though, the alliance would have been more one of convenience than one of loyalty. I did like the idea of the Worgen, near-werewolflike, could have done some cool things with racial abilities and the like. Only question I had was how equipment would look on them...

    The other was the more ludicrous, the Mok'Nathal. THough one day I REALLY hope to be playing one of these guys - they're huge, they kick ass and they're half orc, half ogre. Again, plenty of sweet deals to be done on racial abilities there.

    I guess it is true though. We saw this one coming, which kind of spoiled the surprise a little. Doesn't mean they won't be bad-ass and won't tempt me to roll one on the side... but thoroughly predictable and somehow, I guess that's the real disappointment...

  • ave #6 6 years ago

    Well, what annoyed me is that as soon as they announce the draenei, they've already started changing their backstory, how they look, and fucking warcraft canon even more.

    I like WoW, but why do they have to continually rape the franchise just to fit what they think of as the ideal MMO.

  • jonnyreb #7 6 years ago

    Whatever race they chose there were going to be some people pissed off............If you have seen the pics they actually look awesome.

    I'm bored to death of WoW as it is today, so I'm really looking forward to this.

  • Madder-Max #8 6 years ago

    Is this that gay guild?

  • I_Have_The_Power #9 6 years ago

    "Well, what annoyed me is that as soon as they announce the draenei, they've already started changing their backstory, how they look, and fucking warcraft canon even more.

    I like WoW, but why do they have to continually rape the franchise just to fit what they think of as the ideal MMO"

    Its their lore and franchise so they can do with it what they like... after all they don't need your approval... who are you to moan?

  • jonnyreb #10 6 years ago

    .............and let's remember that the backstory isn't actually 'real' so they can basically do whatever they want - it's not as if they are changing history :p

  • I_Have_The_Power #11 6 years ago

    yes