Those who are a fan of Blizzard Entertainment’s highly played MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) World of Warcraft (WoW) will be excited to know that the newest expansion set World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria will be available for beta soon.

This pack features a brand new continent called Pandaria, which inhabits new monsters, quests, and more — including a brand new Monk class and an increased level cap of 90.

This is the 4th expansion pack for WoW, with the previous ones being:

— The Burning Crusade
— Wrath of the Lich King
— Cataclysm

Those who are familiar with the movie and TV series called “Kung Fu Panda” will notice some similarities between the Panda associated with this expansion pack. No — Blizzard did not copy the movie Kung Fu Panda when creating Mists of Pandaria. Anyone who has played Warcraft games or is familiar with their lore will know this to be true. There was in fact a Panda hero available in Warcraft 3 after all.

Here’s a video of the Wandering Isle.

This expansion pack promises to offer a lot of new features so participate in the beta testing if interested. So…to summarize…

The new features:

— Brand new continent (maps: Jade Forest, Kun-Lai Summit, etc)
— Higher level cap of 90
— New enemies
— New race: Pandaren
— New glyphs
— New Class: Monk (capable of healing)
— Achievements
— Pet battles
— New abilities (hunters at level 87 get stampede ability to bring out pets in stable)
— Raid Finder’s loot system updated
— New items, weapons, armors, gear
— Misc UI updates (damage, buff trackers, talent system, character creation)
— And MORE!

These updates look to bring much excitement to the game.