Azeroth will never be the same again.  Blizzard kicked their BlizzCon 09 keynote off with a bang by announcing their third expansion for the most popular MMO in history.  World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will not simply add a new continent but instead will drastically change the landscape of the existing continents Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms.  Lava has spilled across the two continents, thus destroying some zones, changing others and revealing new areas for players to explore.

Also, as we reported before the Goblins and the Worgen will join the Horde and Alliance respectfully and on top of all that new race/class combos have been added such as Human Hunter and Tauren Paladin.

All in all new content is never a bad thing for this gaming juggernaut so we expect it to be as epic as always.  We’ll definitely be keeping our eyes on this for the 11 million users out there.  Also in true Blizzard fashion there is no release date for this expansion so expect it to be soon.

Hit the jump for a full list of goodies.

For everything that had been announced so far, take a look at the list supplied by WoWWiki:

• Zones are destroyed in lava in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. The Barrens has been split into two, and is full of canyons of lava. Wetlands is destroyed, Ashenvale hit as well. The Maelstrom churns.
• The Goblins are driven from their homes on Kezan. They shipwrecked upon the Lost Isles, and have now accepted an alliance with the Horde.
• The Greymane Wall has been shattered and the gate to Gilneas opened. Those within have undergone the transformation into Worgen. Under siege by the Forsaken, the Worgen have joined the Alliance
• New Race/class combinations. For the Alliance: gnome priests, night elf mages, human hunters, dwarf mages, dwarf shamans. For the Horde: blood elf warriors, troll druids, tauren priests, tauren paladins, orc mages and undead hunters
• New monsters.
• Unearthed “Bastions of Antiquity”. More dungeons than ever before.
• Classic zones forever changed by the Cataclysm.
• Ability to fly anywhere due to the Azeroth revamp.
• Guild leveling system.
• Path of the Titans character progression.
• Ragnaros was banished, but has now returned…
• Malfurion Stormrage is back from the Emerald Dream, or at least present.
• There will be heroic Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep.
• Level cap increased to 85.
• “Hundreds of new quests” and a new secondary profession, archaeology.