Invites will be sent to select players soon





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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the eighth expansion, isn t due out until some time this summer, but Blizzard just announced that it s closed alpha will begin later this week.





Though invites will be mostly limited to long-time WoW players with active accounts in good standing, this will also be the first opportunity for players to datamine Shadowlands and find out new details that Blizzard hasn t yet discussed.





New zones will be added over time, Hazzikostas said Revendreth and Torghast, Tower of the Damned should be added later in April, with the rest following on a regular basis.



