Mists of Pandaria Beta is Live

So it begins: this morning Blizzard has begun to send out invites for the Mists of Pandaria beta, World of Warcraft‘s latest panda-tastic expansion.

Annual pass holders and opt-in beta testers will be invited in waves, with the first part of the beta focusing on the one-to-ten leveling experience for the new Pandarens. Higher-level content will be made available in later beta updates.

Check your inbox, folks; the era of pandas has begun.