WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Releasing Between October and December

by Chris Faylor, Jul 31, 2008 2:50pm PDT

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the PC MMO's second expansion, will launch between October and December of this year.

"We have said that it will be coming out this year," Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime revealed in a conference call today. "I can tell you it's not coming in the July to September quarter."

As for the Wrath of the Lich King beta, access for which has sold for upwards of $1000, Morhaime noted that "testing is going very well."

During the call, Morhaime also mentioned that 40% of the World of Warcraft subscribers that left for Age of Conan have since returned, along with a few other tidbits regarding Diablo 3, StarCraft 2, and the studio's next MMO.

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This really isn't much of a shocker. The beta will probably go on for another couple of months at least, but given that it started considerably earlier than the TBC beta did, you'd really expect it to be out in time for the holidays (where TBC slipped to January). I'd estimate November, given how much of the game they seem to have in a pretty good state.

Jul 31, 2008 3:03pm PDT

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- I wouldn't expect it to go on longer than the BC one; in fact; if anything, i would expect it to be short... : evanostrand

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Any word on a Collector's Edition?

Jul 31, 2008 2:57pm PDT

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  When have they not had a collector's edition in the past 8 years? : glio1337
  - Exactly... I just want them to announce it so I can preorder it. I love their art books. :( : walker270
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  It will be overpriced, lower in supply, and probably give you some useless item in game that people will ... : the city
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    Yes, but it will also have an art book that will be worth the price! : walker270
    - I wonder what the bonus in-game pet will be this time. : Rethius
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    Actually, the WoW CEs are the only CEs which aren't overpriced, as they contain so much stuff. At least i... : code-e255
    - They really are. The DVD, Book, and game itself easily make the price worth it. The other stuff is just... : action wombmate

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Between October and December? Easy it's called November

Jul 31, 2008 11:54pm PDT

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- Lousy Octember weather! : noxv1

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I've always thought that they hoped to release it as close to Warhammer as possible.

Warhammer won't kill WoW, I don't think anything other than WoW 2 or World of Starcraft is capable of scratching WoW, but I'm sure they would like to keep as many subscribers as possible from moving on to it.

Jul 31, 2008 11:16pm PDT

I've always thought that they hoped to release it as close to Warhammer as possible. Warhammer won't k... : Derringer

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I only just got into the beta....but there's a lot that doesn't work currently. I see it being a late Nov. release at earliest.

Jul 31, 2008 8:20pm PDT

I only just got into the beta....but there's a lot that doesn't work currently. I see it being a late No... : R-Magic

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They should call this the Captain Obvious Announcement. Seriously, we already knew it was going to be released before the end of the year.

Jul 31, 2008 4:35pm PDT

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need a goddamn beta key!

seriously!

MORE HOT POCKETS!!!!!!!!!!

Jul 31, 2008 3:06pm PDT

need a goddamn beta key! seriously! MORE HOT POCKETS!!!!!!!!!! : Downforce

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