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We've talked before about how Battle for Azeroth used cinematics to expand on its storytelling, but I have to say, watching how Blizzard has merged its various kinds of cinematics in Shadowlands is nothing short of breathtaking.

If you've been keeping up with the Shadowlands expansion -- and trying to understand all of its systems -- you might be finding yourself slightly overwhelmed.

It's officially Shadowlands time, and that means it's time to go crazy trying to blaze through to level 60 as fast as humanly possible while doing every single dungeon, every quest, everything the game has to offer all at once, progress every profession, go go go it's here it's here aaaaaaaahh.

In preparation for today's launch of Shadowlands, Blizzard got professional prop makers and cosplayers Hench and Scrap Foundry in Australia to make them some of the weapons that players will be collecting this expansion.

Ah, expansion day in World of Warcraft!

By the time this post goes live, we'll have less than half a day before Shadowlands officially makes its worldwide debut.

Soul Ash is a new currency, and you'll need plenty of it to create and upgrade the new Legendary items coming to Shadowlands.

Opposite of Icecrown Citadel and at the center of the Maw lays Torghast, Tower of the Damned.

Sometimes it's hard to navigate from old content to new and back again in the opening days of the expansion.

When we arrive in Shadowlands next week, there will be some significant changes to loot acquisition compared to Battle for Azeroth.