Blizzard Entertainment — they hate it if you refer to them as "Activision/Blizzard" when talking about Blizzard products — announced the release date for the latest World of Warcraft expansion early this morning.

Cataclysm will hit retail shelves on December 7.

As per Blizzard standards, this expansion is going to be big enough to choke a Kodo, so if you need more info here's the official Cataclysm page.

If you have any loved ones who are fans of World of Warcraft, enjoy the next two months together. After having spent dozens of hours in the Cataclysm beta I feel pretty comfortable saying, come December you won't be seeing them for a long, long time.