World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Beta Announced Yesterday, Live Today

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter" title&equals;"World of Warcraft&colon; Mists of Pandaria Beta Announced" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mature-gaming&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;10&sol;mists-of-pandaria-large&period;jpg" alt&equals;"World of Warcraft" width&equals;"576" height&equals;"306" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beta Testing for the <em>World of Warcraft<&sol;em> expansion <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shacknews&period;com&sol;game&sol;world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria">Mists of Pandaria<&sol;a><&sol;em> will soon be available&comma; according to an announcement on the official <em>World of Warcraft<&sol;em> blog&period; The blog states &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Annual Pass holders&comma; press&comma; fan sites&comma; friends and family” will be invited&comma; along with other opt-in beta testers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blizzard explains how to opt-in to the beta&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Once you&&num;8217&semi;ve set up a Battle&period;net account and have attached at least one Blizzard game&comma; you can choose to opt in to our beta tests from the Beta Profile page&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll need to select which franchises you&&num;8217&semi;d be interested in helping test&comma; as well as download and run the System Check tool to attach your computer&&num;8217&semi;s specifications to your beta profile&period; Once that&&num;8217&semi;s complete it&&num;8217&semi;s simply a matter of waiting for an invite&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Invites for the beta will be sent via email&period; Blizzard offers some precautions about avoiding the potential &lpar;probably even likely&rpar; email phishing scam that will that may be launched by individuals trying to steal login credentials&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;us&period;battle&period;net&sol;en&sol;security&sol;">Battle&period;net security site<&sol;a> has some tips for identifying such scams&semi; the best way to determine if an email is genuine is to check your Battle&period;net account and check to see if there is a <em>Mist of Pandaria<&sol;em> beta license attached&period; This will confirm the legitimacy of the invite&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blizzard promised that all Annual Pass holders will be invited to participate in the beta at some point&semi; more individuals may be invited based on testing needs&period; Blizzard has not released a specific start date or how long the beta will last&period; Apparently some WoW gamers have already received an invite to participate in the beta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stay tuned right here for more information as it is revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shacknews&period;com&sol;article&sol;72966&sol;world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-beta-detailed">Shack News<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5895481&sol;the-mists-of-pandaria-beta-is-live-and-ive-got-the-panda-to-prove-it&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;socialflow&lowbar;kotaku&lowbar;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;kotaku&lowbar;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;socialflow">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;