World of Warcraft Beta Plans

The Night Elves have been revealed, a new race that will be playable in Blizzard's World of Warcraft, and a few screenshots are available to show them off. In further related news, a post to the World of Warcraft Forums (thanks Mystics Network) has word on plans for beta testing of the Warcraft-themed MMORPG:
The beta is expected to begin sometime in Q3 (Sometime between August and October). It will be done in stages. That is all the information we have at this time, please watch the World of Warcraft site for any news.
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Re: yeesh
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""too late" for what? "

Too late in that the MMORPG market is already being saturated, and unless WoW can somehow offer something better/different, then it'll probably look a lot like every other MMORPG. And I'm not paying $12.99 a month for something that's just a copy of another game.

"WoW to the Sims is a bit of a stretch."

Just in the advance press: Sims Online was supposed to be the EQ killer: the MMOG for the masses. Hyped as being successful before it even launched. I see WoW being given the same over-hyped treatment. Still, you are correct: Blizzard has a good track record and their fans are loyal. That's good: they'll need all the help they can get.

As to another poster's dismissal of Battlenet problems: well, if we can reward Blizzard for their good games, and use that as a measure of WoW, then certainly how Blizzard mismanaged the security of BattleNet can be applied to how they plan to do WoW. As I said, they will need to be sure that security is maintained.

My wife will never play a Blizzard game again, as her high level Diablo 2 character got hacked and pillaged of items. Doesn't really make her feel very confident about WoW.

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