World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Due 'Back Half of 2010'

by Chris Faylor, Feb 10, 2010 2:21pm PST

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Blizzard expects the third expansion pack for its massively multiplayer sensation World of Warcraft to arrive in the "back half of 2010," according to CEO Mike Morhaime.

Speaking to investors during an Activision Blizzard conference call, Morhaime added that the game has a "global subscribership of approximately 11.5M subscribers."

With the StarCraft II beta launching this month and the final game expected in mid-2010, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm marks Blizzard's second high-profile release of the year, with Morhaime boasting that "2010 [is] shaping up as biggest in Blizzard history" as it's the "1st time in 12 years with 2 major products expect in the same calendar year."

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By: Inarion x Show Full Post

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I have a massive backlog of games. Each one looks about 10x more enjoyable than returning to WoW. No thank you.

Feb 11, 2010 1:47pm PST

I have a massive backlog of games. Each one looks about 10x more enjoyable than returning to WoW. No th... : Inarion

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Even though I stopped playing in August, I have no will power. I shall visit Azeroth yet again.

Feb 10, 2010 2:51pm PST

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Even though I stopped playing in August, I have no will power. I shall visit Azeroth yet again. : pigvomit
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I'm still upset that the Blizzard pricing model for an expansion and the bare minimum 1 month of service is more expensive that the original game was which had/has 1 month of free service.

Though it's obviously smart business when you have such a captive audience. But that doesn't make me like it.

Feb 10, 2010 11:01pm PST

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I'm still upset that the Blizzard pricing model for an expansion and the bare minimum 1 month of service ... : Skewt
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  I like that EQ2 will charge you $40 for an expansion, but include all of the previous expansions as well.... : valael
  - I believe (at least hope) Blizz will do the samething or something like that. : Unknown40
  - Well, when WotLK launched, they also released the WoW Battle Chest, which was vanilla WoW with The Burnin... : code-e255

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Back half of 2010 which will undoubtedly turn into "mid 2011"

Feb 10, 2010 2:44pm PST

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Back half of 2010 which will undoubtedly turn into "mid 2011" : pandastrong
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- nah wow is now assembly line stuff for blizzard : rickyfitz
- They might hold on to it so they can release it a couple of weeks before Star Wars The Old Republic : swimteampie

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I'm glad even with the graphical updates, the art style stayed the same.

Feb 10, 2010 3:11pm PST

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I'm glad even with the graphical updates, the art style stayed the same. : mobab
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  What's been updated in terms of graphics? It doesn't look all that different from what I remember, but i... : gokwyjibo
  - Water... the water effect. It was same as the effect in Warcraft 3. : Unknown40
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    Primarily higher quality models and textures for all of the original game world content, more detailed te... : Sapiens
    - Yeah, the goblins do look a lot more detailed than the characters I remember. : gokwyjibo
    - They will need to up all textures. The goblin looks great but he sticks out like a sore thumb. Still thou... : YummiGummi
- I'm not a graphics whore by any means, but I think WoW is finally starting to get long in the tooth. I... : KePoW

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It better be early in the "back half of 2010." ICC isn't going to last too long.

Feb 10, 2010 2:57pm PST

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It better be early in the "back half of 2010." ICC isn't going to last too long. : Mad_Doggie
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  Sunwell was after Illidan and Illidan was considered the "boss" of Outland so maybe they're going to add ... : kek
  - Nope, that's it for the new content. I'm sure people who really need a content fix will be able to get in... : FlatlineDixay

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I'm guessing November.

Feb 10, 2010 3:20pm PST

I'm guessing November. : 1Mystic-G

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i am so over northrend... this expansion needs to hurry its ass up.

Feb 10, 2010 2:55pm PST

i am so over northrend... this expansion needs to hurry its ass up. : crypt420

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No surprise there.

Feb 10, 2010 2:31pm PST

No surprise there. : limpossible

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