Speaking to MTV, via VG47, Pardo said that, “Now that we’ve shipped [Wings of Liberty], we’re just now getting serious about breaking ground on [Heart of the Swarm].”

“We always have a lot of ideas and there’s been some design work on it, but hardcore art and programming is just now starting to begin. It’s too early to estimate, but as soon as we can get them out there, we’d love to.”

Asked exactly what is the exact status of these follow-ups for Wings of Liberty, as it was quite unclear if they were full-fledged sequels or simple expansions. Apparently, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void are a bit of both.

“From a single-player point of view, they’re going to kind of feel like sequels. It’s going to be a pretty meaningful amount of content,” Pardo said.

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The World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition is comprised of an art book, an in-game pet, a behind-the-scenes DVD, the title's soundtrack, a mouse pad and World of Warcraft Trading Card Game cards.

The Art of the Cataclysm book has 176 pages depicting the work the art and cinematics departments at Blizzard did for the expansion during its development.

The in-game pet is entitled Lil' Deathwing and, as the name suggests, it is a miniaturized version of the dragon that has lain waste to Azeroth. The behind-the-scenes DVD has over an hour of interviews with the developers, commentaries for the cinematics and a Warcraft retrospective the examines the history of the universe and of the franchise.

The soundtrack CD is what one could expect from Blizzard, with ten songs from the Cataclysm official music score, as well as other bonus tracks. The mouse-pad has an image of Deathwing on it, as it wreaks havoc in the world of Warcraft.

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