World Of Warcraft: WoW gameplay movie: QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

-First off, yes, that really is game play and yes, those were real players fighting real monsters in the game. We're in the middle of an internal alpha with World of Wacraft here, so in our off hours we're seeking out good loot (and good cinematography) and fighting some of those same monsters that you saw in the movie. Of course the soundtrack was added after the movie was made, but we have some pretty great music and sound effects that are part of the game itself.

-Contrary to how it may look in one of the scenes, there is no Dwarf tossing in the game; players in the World of Warcraft are just mighty leapers.

-The city that you see in the movie is the grand city of Stormwind. This is the main base of operations for Humans. You see several shots of the city in the movie, the first of which is through the main gates and crossing the "Valley of Heroes," where the statues of heroes stand along either side of the bridge leading into the city. The next one is of the main street in the trade district, and then there's one of the grassy streets and purple roofs of the mage district. You then get to see several shots of various interiors inside Stormwind. The final shots in Stormwind are the exterior and interior of the Cathedral of Light, which is the spiritual heart of the city.

-The waterfall that you see is in the Wetlands. It's at the bottom of the Stonewrought Dam in Loch Modan (which can be seen briefly in the background behind the commander at 2:42 into the movie). And yes the waterfall is real; you can go up to it and under it and so on...it's in the game.

-You see several different creatures in the battle arena, the first of which are the wolf-like Worgen. We can't talk about the large fellow with the hammer yet, but we can say that he is not a Frost Giant.

-If you look carefully in the scene where four characters are walking forward slowly with torches, you'll see an Ogre in the background in front of the entrance to an Ogre Mound (at time 2:02).