The biggest announcement at BlizzCon this year? That a year’s subscription to World of Warcraft will give you a free copy of Diablo 3.

Oh, but the second biggest announcement? The new World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Is it weird? Really. Does it make no sense? Kinda. But is it sort of awesome? Yep. I had a chance to play through some of it at the convention, and these Pandas are kind of badass. It’s not played for laughs, and the zones look and sound wonderful.

So keep an open mind as you watch the trailer for Mists of Pandaria: