TBC Release date

Awaa · 10/24/06, 4:54 AM

It offical, TBC will be released January, 2007.

PARIS, France -- Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that the release date for World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade™, the highly anticipated expansion for World of Warcraft, will be in January 2007. By adding a few extra weeks to the development cycle beyond its original target date, Blizzard will be able to extend the closed beta test and further refine the new content that will ship with the game.

“We appreciate the enthusiasm surrounding World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and we’re excited about putting the finishing touches on all of the new content,” said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We feel confident that the extra time spent polishing the game will result in the high-quality experience that our players expect and deserve.”

Blizzard began the closed-beta phase of testing on World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade earlier this month. The January 2007 release window will allow extra time for current beta testers to participate in the final stages of development and continue providing valuable feedback.

Further information on specific worldwide release dates, pricing, and other details will be announced in the near future.

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....71337407&sid=1

SquattingCow · 10/24/06, 4:59 AM

Not surprising. <4 weeks to test raid content?

Edit: Not unsurprising...double neg, what the hell.

Lord BEEF · 10/24/06, 5:04 AM

Posted this Q and A thread as well. They're providing a content patch that includes the talent trees and honor system before the expansion is out. Essentially the patch they had intended to post for people who didn't have the expansion on launch day

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...sid=1&pageNo=4

Will be interesting to see how this affects current encounters

Northerner · 10/24/06, 5:04 AM

Honestly, given what happened with the original release date, this shocks the hell out of me. I would have bet heavily on a Xmas-or-else attitude.

I'm personally glad though but more because January is a very slack month for me than anything =)

Tempestra · 10/24/06, 5:13 AM

Can't say I'm not disappointed, as raiding's always painful around the holidays (more so with the recent lull of end-game guilds) and I was looking forward mostly to the 5-10 man content.

Also can't say I'm surprised...

Warpony · 10/24/06, 5:16 AM

It'll definetly make it worse imho.

We've allready seen (if nowhere else, on these boards) that TBC beta and the upcoming release is DESTROYING guilds all over... Attendence falling, people quitting til TBC and more.

This gives us another 2-3 months of this utter bullshit and another 2-3 months of guilds falling apart.

I'm actually sad they lifted the NDA... Then we wouldnt know what was coming and we could raid along alot better imho.

Well well, time to adapt AGAIN :/

Draele · 10/24/06, 5:16 AM

I'm disapointed, but I will be looking forward to testing the new talents in the current content...It's a better point of reference to compare builds in familiar territory.

Northerner · 10/24/06, 5:17 AM

I would say they made it worse by releasing so much information so early. I know, catch-22 and all but srsly... too damn many fairweather raiders have already been plotting for that release. Officially pushing it down the road (and by the way, is this not a first ever pre-release date for blizzard?) will make that dynamic a little wonky.

I'm pretty happy because my guild seems to be recession proof and this gives us enough time to enjoy some content we'd otherwise have had to skip for certain.

Farstrider · 10/24/06, 5:18 AM

Sooo chuffed I finally downloaded the Beta, thought I was only going to get a few weeks to muck around with it, now I get nearly 3 months. Yay!

Warpony · 10/24/06, 5:22 AM

Excuse me for beeing a total moron... But is the only way to get into beta to get guild-invite or "win" a key from a fansite for the moment? (And no, we didnt sign up for guildinvite so thats not gonna happen).

I'm in EU btw...

Sorry if this is a tad off-topic, but the release date now just gave me a whole world of reasons to wanna get into beta.

Tempestra · 10/24/06, 5:26 AM

Originally Posted by Warpony

Excuse me for beeing a total moron... But is the only way to get into beta to get guild-invite or "win" a key from a fansite for the moment? (And no, we didnt sign up for guildinvite so thats not gonna happen).

I'm in EU btw...

Sorry if this is a tad off-topic, but the release date now just gave me a whole world of reasons to wanna get into beta.

My good friend just got a beta invite last Friday. He didn't win a key from a fansite, nor did our guild get a set of invites. We're pretty clueless as to how he got in, but at least I can live vicariously through him (and his shadowpriest... no mage on his account - pity).

Ayr · 10/24/06, 5:26 AM

Pretty good move from their part. I'd rather have good finished content 2 months later than buggy and unbalanced stuff now. It also gives us more time in Naxx, a chance to perhaps even kill KT. Also, the realisation that TBC isn't "next week" and there is still 2-3 good months of play will hopefully cut down on the "taking a break until TBC hits" numbers.

Ragaman · 10/24/06, 5:27 AM

I would rather they delay release and give us a fully tuned and tested expansion, than shit out something that was buggy and broken. I was expecting TBC to be released in December at any rate, so a few extra weeks of waiting is not too bad.

Edit: Ugh I must type faster next time. I feel like I've arrived at the dance wearing the same suit as Ayr. Great minds think alike I guess. :P

Holyman · 10/24/06, 5:29 AM

As people gotta wait that long they better start an open beta or something =\

Bekah · 10/24/06, 5:32 AM

Puts a whole new spin on the talents, knowing they're going to be released before you can actually start leveling. I'd never really considered a raiding talent build at 60 with the new talents. What would you sacrifice for a 41 point talent...

hrm...