With the Dragonflight extension released in a week, World of Warcraft is stepping up its ad campaigns with a commercial featuring big names from several popular shows. Pedro Pascal, David Harbor and Lana Condor all appear in a new World of Warcraft: Dragonflight commercial theme on the expansion’s new Dragonriding system.
Although Pedro Pascal’s greatest fame is his role as Oberyn Martell in game of thronesthe celebrity most recently starred in The Mandalorianand will play Joel in the HBO adaptation of The last of us. David Harbor appeared in stranger things, suicide squadand Hellboywhile Lana Condor is known for her roles in To all the boys, Alita: battle angeland X-Men: Apocalypse.
In the new World of Warcraft commercial, the three stars show off their dragon-taming skills in fun short skits. Pascal brings the cameraman into a jet hangar, where he introduces PJ, his personal saddle dragon. Harbour’s showed him Hollywood’s “secret” to doing close-up VFX using his proto-drake’s dragon fire. Finally, Condor runs alongside an adorable dog as she plays a huge game of catch with her own drake. Each of the stars has their own little ad, but World of Warcraft shared a cut of all three ads together for players to enjoy.
The three celebrity ads show three of the four types of Dragonriding companions: the ptero-dragon, proto-dragon, and drake respectively. Once they unlock Dragonriding in Dragonflight, players will be able to unlock and customize their personal dragon companion from any of these dragon types or the wyvern. With tons of different options players can unlock throughout the expansion, no two Dragonriding companions are likely to be exactly the same.
Players were immediately charmed by the news World of Warcraft commercial. Celebrity appearances in MMO commercials are a centuries-old tradition, and now Pascal, Harbor and Condor are joining the ranks of Mr. T, William Shatner and Chuck Norris in the hilarious hall of fame. World of Warcraft commercial cameos. Players couldn’t help but see the stars in their famous roles and wondered what their characters would do if they had dragons in their shows.
World of Warcraft players won’t have to wait long to get their own dragon Dragonflight. Dragonriding unlocks shortly after arriving on the Dragon Islands, so players can expect to customize their own drakes as soon as the servers go live.
World of Warcraft is available on PC. Dragonflight launching on November 28.
