Cataclysm Spoilers and Information

MMO Champion has discovered some new information on Cataclysm from the April edition of PC Gamer, as well as a few scattered Blue posts.

SHOW SPOILERS - so consider yourself warned!

Warchief of the Horde

• Thrall will become the next Guardian of Tirisfal. However, Thrall will merely 'leave Garrosh in charge' though this does not stop Garrosh from declaring war on the Alliance and fortifying Horde outposts and cities.

Inner-Horde relations

• After assuming command of the Horde, Garrosh labels Cairne a traitor and executes the Tauren Leader. However, this does not seem to be the end of his involvement in Cataclysm and his seeming demise is linked to the greener, lusher Desolace.
• Garrosh will throw out most of the Blood Elves and Forsaken from Orgrimmar.

Deepholme

• It is possible that the Alliance and Horde will be involved in a major battle within Deepholm.
• Airships will battle in the gigantic caverns al a Icecrown style.
• The area will also cater for flying mounts.

Raids and Dungeons

• Cataclysm will ship with 8 Heroic Dungeons (not including Deadmines and Shadowfang) and 4 Raid encounters.
• The Skywall will contain a raid with Al'Akir as the end boss.
• Grim Batol and Uldum raid will patched in post-launch.

Other

• Harrison Jones has returned with his friends and is linked to the Archaeology profession.
• One of the new features included in the guild interface/mechanics system is a Looking For Guild function.

Also revealed in the MMO Champion report are a number of details directly from Blue posts, such as information on Frozen Orb need/greed rolls in 3.3, low level talents in Cataclysm, tanks and Stamina, and 1v1 Healer vs. DPS balancing.

Get all the details over at MMO Champion.

[Thanks greed0104 for the tip!]