WoW Release Date?

[Oct 25, 2004, 08:14 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Detroit Free Press (thanks PlanetWarcraft and DeadlyRAge) says they have learned the release date for World of Warcraft, Blizzard's upcoming MMORPG:

One of the most anticipated PC games of the year now has a launch date.

"World of Warcraft," the online world game from the makers of the incredibly popular "Warcraft" strategy game series, is scheduled to launch the week of Nov. 22, the Free Press has learned.

Most stores have predicted Nov. 15 would be the launch date for "World of Warcraft," guessing that Sony Online Entertainment's behemoth "Everquest 2" would come out on or near the same day. But Phil O'Neil, president, North America, of "Warcraft" publisher Vivendi Universal Games, said the game will actually launch a week after the company's other hot holiday title, "Half-Life 2," which debuts Nov. 16.

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Re: DENIED!!!

Oct 25, 2004, 14:37

MMORPGHoD

Blizzard has really clamped down on the release of any new information for the last few weeks, which tells you it's obviously crunch time. They're locking all the speculative posts that mention the timing of the EQ2 release on their boards. Since you'll have an easier time squeezing info out of a stone, you might as well go with this theory: Open beta signups on/before Nov 1st, open beta starts on Nov 8th and goes gold soon after (with an obvious release day patch coming). Open beta lasts 2 weeks and release day is on the week of Nov 22nd. VU is going to push to try to negate the EQ2 release. Open beta is the obvious way to do it. I guess we'll see how much pull Blizzard has, assuming they want to hold it up for more time.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Oct 25, 08:20	woohoo	Duncan
	3.	Oct 25, 08:55	Re: woohoo	Gojo
	5.	Oct 25, 09:11	Re: woohoo	Nix
	2.	Oct 25, 08:21	Where	Q
	4.	Oct 25, 09:05	Re: Where	Bronco
	6.	Oct 25, 09:20	Re: Where	eunichron
	7.	Oct 25, 09:46	Re: Where	Bronco
	31.	Oct 25, 13:32	Re: Where	Monkeyhonker
	43.	Oct 25, 15:52	Re: Where	Ray Marden
	8.	Oct 25, 09:54	Best Part	ZigZang
	9.	Oct 25, 10:02	No way	Gervaise
	10.	Oct 25, 10:07	Re: No way	Bronco
	23.	Oct 25, 12:01	Re: No way	Riker
	11.	Oct 25, 10:08	Re: No subject	Mad Max RW
	12.	Oct 25, 10:10	Re: No subject	tacomodo
	13.	Oct 25, 10:14	Draconian reqirements!	mysticgeek
	19.	Oct 25, 11:16	Re: Draconian reqirements!	ZigZang
	22.	Oct 25, 11:52	Re: Draconian reqirements!	StaTik
	24.	Oct 25, 12:17	Re: Draconian reqirements!	Fillem
	26.	Oct 25, 12:53	Re: Draconian reqirements!	ExcessDan
	50.	Oct 25, 18:06	Re: Draconian reqirements!	Ray Marden
	14.	Oct 25, 10:26	No subject	Phaint
	15.	Oct 25, 10:35	Re: No subject	Scorpion
	17.	Oct 25, 10:50	Re: No subject	Halsy
	25.	Oct 25, 12:31	Re: No subject	MMORPGHoD
	27.	Oct 25, 12:56	Re: No subject	Riker
	28.	Oct 25, 13:03	Re: No subject	MMORPGHoD
	30.	Oct 25, 13:09	Re: No subject	Nix
	32.	Oct 25, 13:38	Re: No subject	LgFriess
	33.	Oct 25, 13:43	Re: No subject	MMORPGHoD
	34.	Oct 25, 14:12	DENIED!!!	Nix
>>	35.	Oct 25, 14:37	Re: DENIED!!!	MMORPGHoD
	38.	Oct 25, 15:06	Re: No subject	Valtyr
	29.	Oct 25, 13:06	Re: No subject	Nix
	16.	Oct 25, 10:44	No subject	sauron
	18.	Oct 25, 11:04	No subject	Cryptic
	20.	Oct 25, 11:41	No subject	Rictor
	21.	Oct 25, 11:44	Re: No subject	ExcessDan
	51.	Oct 25, 18:13	Re: No subject	Ray Marden
	55.	Oct 26, 07:34	Re: Bloodlines	ExcessDan
	36.	Oct 25, 14:39	November 1st OB?	GODMACHINE
	37.	Oct 25, 14:41	Re: November 1st OB?	MMORPGHoD
	39.	Oct 25, 15:24	WoWoWoWoWoWoW	Ray Marden
	44.	Oct 25, 16:11	Re: WoWoWoWoWoWoW	JoeV2-MCM
	47.	Oct 25, 17:29	Re: WoWoWoWoWoWoW	Ray Marden
	40.	Oct 25, 15:25	Pricing	Holy_Man
	41.	Oct 25, 15:37	Re: Pricing	Ray Marden
	42.	Oct 25, 15:39	Power Wars	Old Number 7
	45.	Oct 25, 16:58	Open Beta Date	bigp3rm1
	46.	Oct 25, 17:26	Re: Open Beta Date	MMORPGHoD
	48.	Oct 25, 17:45	Open Beta Date	bigp3rm1
	49.	Oct 25, 17:53	Re: Open Beta Date	MMORPGHoD
	52.	Oct 25, 20:19	Re: Open Beta Date	Bronco
	53.	Oct 25, 20:49	No subject	Xero
	54.	Oct 25, 21:27	noob mmorpg	Xii