'World of Warcraft' patch to feature Tanaan Jungle zone: What to expect

The upcoming patch for the next "World of Warcraft" version has been in its testing phase for weeks now, and one of the new features that the update will bring is a new zone, Tanaan Jungle.

Requirement for passage

Players who want to explore the new zone need to prepare first, as Tanaan Jungle has a requirement – a ship. "World of Warcraft" now allows players to build a Shipyard for the Garrison. Once the shipyard is finished, players can then launch an assault on Tanaan to build a forward base in two locations, either at Lion's Watch for alliance players or Vol'mar for the Horde. The ships and the shipyard itself can be replenished by materials rewarded for missions once the Tanaan Jungle is unlocked.

New areas in the jungle

The jungle itself is a crossroads of seven new areas that players need to explore, and each area should be assaulted in order to continue with the story of chapter-based quests, this time to foil the plot of Gul'dan and his allies to let turmoil grow and plunge Draenor into chaos. The seven new areas include: The Iron Front to the west; Ruins of Kra'nak; Zeth'gol, where the capital of Bleeding Hollow is located; Felforge; Temple of Sha'naar; Ironhold Harbor; and finally, the Throne of Kil'jaeden.

No flying

As part of a new zone, players will still not be able to traverse the Tanaan Jungle through the air, even for high-level gamers with air-based mounts. Game company Blizzard has been known to think it over before deciding to scrap flying into new zones altogether, as the developer says it makes the in-game world "significantly smaller."

New area, new raid

The heart of Tanaan Jungle is where Hellfire Citadel lies, which is part of a new raid for "Wow" players. Gamers can assault the place and encounter many enemies, including familiar ones such as Kilrogg Deadeye, a Mannoroth that seems to be back from the dead, and Archimonde himself.

FIFA 15 issues another free Ultimate Team rare 25K pack today

Seems like EA is giving away freebie packs for Ultimate Team in FIFA 15 left and right these days. Last week they dished out three across a Community Weekend and today theyre offering another 25K rare gold pack to everybody.

This is tangentially connected to last nights maintenance, which by the sounds of things was in order to make Ultimate Team store improvements.

Heres the twitter post announcing the latest pack giveaway. As tends to be the case with these, the players are not tradeable.

6pm UK time was about ten minutes ago at the time of writing, and the FIFA 15 Ultimate Team packs have indeed been given out. Since the Web App actually seemed to be working, I was able to check (and open) the pack through that method. I got a Dutch lad named Douglas (and a few guys who were worse.) Not terribly exciting, but thats the luck of the draw.