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The War Returns to Warcraft: Despite some shiny new PvE options, there is new PvP content in Cataclysm as well. Blizzard's goal for the expansion is to have three new battlegrounds, but they only mentioned one, the Battle for Gilneas (Gilneas being the Worgen homeland). It will feature combat in the streets of the city of Gilneas, with players taking control of districts to claim victory. Rated Battlegrounds will be making a debut, allowing players access to the gear and ranks from Arenas without being confined to the deathmatch system.
After the incredibly popular Wintergrasp battlefield in Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard is continuing that theme with Tol Barad, an island off the coast of the Eastern Kingdoms with a prison that both the Horde and Alliance want to control. It melds the idea of Wintergrasp with Burning Crusade's Isle of Quel'Danas - when it's not in conflict, it's a daily hub - the main daily hub for the expansion. When the battle rolls around, though, both factions will fight for control, and victory will give access to the Tol Barad prison as well as bonus, "extra-profitable" dailies.
There's a ton of new information and content coming in this literally earthshattering expansion - and even in three parts, we couldn't cover it all. I'll be taking a look at the Worgen and Goblin starting areas here on the BlizzCon show floor (and that's not even getting into Diablo III and StarCraft II...)
