Why we should expect an expansion announcement at Blizzcon

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We're almost six months into Wrath's lifespan. Patch 3.1 is just around the corner, and before too long we'll be talking about 3.2. I anticipate 3.2 will come out quicker than most content patches and that 3.3 will be on its way soon after. After that, I'm willing to put good money on an expansion following it.

Why, you ask?

Recently, Blizzard invited a number of prominent bloggers and theorycrafters to the Irvine campus for sneak previews and testing. They're under NDA, but some are a little more forthcoming than others.

Ferarro runs the Paladin Schmaladin blog, and recently posted this to her twitter:

"I know what the next expansion is, but I don't know what the 3.2 raid is going to be. Something seems backwards."

This surprised me a little, because I knew that there was a preview going on for Algalon and Yoggy, but not for the third expansion. The more I think about it, though, the more I can see how they'd be ready to do a show and tell. I think we'll get an expansion in less than a year's time.

Here's what we know.



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