Draenei confirmed as new Alliance race in magazine
by Jennie Lees 
Dec 28th 2005 at 6:30PM
Gaming Steve has
managed to get his hands on what appear to be scans from the February 2006 issue of Computer Games Magazine.
The leaked information discusses the Burning Crusade expansion, and contains this crucial text:"Alliance players will enjoy playing as Draenei, and the new Blood Elf race gives the Horde faction its first exercise in what humans perceive as sex appeal (even though those Troll females are pretty cute)."
While we've discussed the new race rumours before, this visitation of information from the mysterious future looks to confirm the most likely candidate as the new Alliance race, so it's entirely believable. Sorry, Pandaren fans. We don't have a copy of the magazine to confirm if the scans are real or not, so speculate away...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Orii Dec 28th 2005 9:38PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Why Blizzard, WHY?!? Actually, I dont mind. in fact, out of the 2 main competitors for the new race(Ogres and Draenei) I think the Draenei are pretty cool. They may look like mutant lobster people, but thier racial abilities must kickass. Personally though, I hope we get to play as non-mutated Draenei.
( "They were formerly very human-looking, with fair greenish skin, but the irradiation of the collapsing energies of the Dark Portal and the sundering of their world mutated them into the aged, weathered creatures they are today.") if they can make the Draenei just a tad...uhh...less horibly hidious, not elf pretty, but at least less ugly; I know I'll play one.
Silvertusk Dec 29th 2005 1:29AM
It's a real article in the magazine; however, it's such a small snippet, the writer could have easily just brushed over it or truly not care. Blizzard has specifically stated that they haven't released information on the new Alliance race to date. ... though, who knows, maybe that changed just recently?
Regardless, Draenai makes sense as the new race. Pandaren do not.
Brian Dec 29th 2005 2:01AM
dang they werent who i was hoping for...
Stimps Dec 29th 2005 5:20AM
If the Alliance race had been announced at the same time as the Horde, would anyone be making this much fuss about the whole issue?
Anyway, some randomish links on the subject (along with some pics):
? http://www.battle.net/war3/neutral/Draenei.shtml
? http://www.wowwiki.com/Draenei
? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draenei#Draenei
They sure are pretty :D
jennie Dec 29th 2005 11:48AM
Bear in mind folks, nothing has been said by Blizzard yet, so the magazine might still be wrong :)
mike Dec 29th 2005 1:58PM
I'd just like to point out that... I KNEW IT.
http://www.wowinsider.com/2005/12/08/expansion-rumors-about-the-new-race/