Burning Crusade is adding nearly everything we could have asked Blizzard for: it's got a giant new world, more levels to improve every character through, a very deep new craft, new ways to customize gear, hundreds of new enemies, new raids, new dungeons, new instances, new quests, and even two completely new races.

The new races will add powerful new options for players either on the side of the vicious Horde or the noble Alliance. The Horde's new members have been known for a while, the dark and beautiful Blood Elves. These elves are mortal enemies of the Night Elves, and are considered evil by the Alliance races primarily due to their reliance on dark magic. Very recently announced, however, is the Alliance addition: Draenei. These dragon-like creatures are very cool bipedal blue-ish gray humanoids from the same planet as the Orcs. They have a very deep and interesting back story involving fleeing from the dreaded Orcs and surviving in small numbers within the Outland.