On the shores of the continent of Northrend, distant, unholy cries shatter the frozen silence. The Lich King's undead army stirs, bent on nothing less than the extinction of all life on Azeroth....

But they have to get through you first.

Welcome to Wrath of the Lich King.

I'm sure if you haven't already landed on the Howling Fjord or the Borean Tundra, you're probably keen to spend some time stocking up on information to better prepare you for the difficult road ahead. Hence, we've put together this article with the basic and the not-so-basic need to know info on World of Warcraft's second expansion from Blizzard Entertainment.

 

New System Specs/ Updated Graphics:

Are you taking a knife to a swordfight? This would be fine if you play a Rogue, but what I was actually referring to was the state of your computer and how updated it is.

It seems that Bliz is going to be revamping the graphics engine a little and adding stuff to keep the game reasonably fresh. Remember, this game's four years old now and it's starting to look its age with the release of stuff like Age of Conan.

The graphics updates will include: a new shader for certain areas in the game, i