24 October 2006
Ferry

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade release date delayed until January 2007

Blizzard Entertainment today announced that the release date for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, the first expansion for World of Warcraft, is delayed until 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 later. Via WoW

24 October 2006 07:52
Kebian

I can’t find a similar news article on an official Blizzard site. Does someone have a link or is this a hoax?

I find it hard to believe Blizzard would choose to miss out on the Christmass sales.

24 October 2006 08:08
Hybuir

Christmas sales are going to be preorders from parents to their kids. If you plan on buying this at the stores then you are retarded. Its preorder and probably sold out.

24 October 2006 08:10
Not a Raider...

Awesome, more time they spend working on it, lower the chance that it will have bugs!

24 October 2006 08:14
james

i think it has bad effect and good affects becouse im a border and i wanted it for Christmas but i will be beeter if u dnt have any probs

24 October 2006 08:35
Midnight

post christmas sales…meh as for the holidays…so doesn’t this mean that there will be less whining kids on BC when it is released ? HA!

24 October 2006 08:44
Priesty

Hasn’t their server problems taught you guys anything? They want to release a stable good quality product, or at least try to.
Shorter beta = crappy product = tons of complaints from whiners like the guys complaining about this getting moved back.
Anyone remember Diablo 2? Blizz cancelled Christmas TWICE on that one!

24 October 2006 08:53
John

I’d like to see them polish up the 60-65 content & release it in December. Then Polish up the 65-70 content in the month of December and release that in downloadable patches… but you can’t always get what you want… :’(

24 October 2006 08:57
betatester

as a player in the closed beta test, I will say that this is a good thing. There are way too many bugs still in it to hope to make a November ship date. If they did ship it , I am sure they would have to leave dungeons and other areas closed at first then open them later. I’m sure the community would be up in arms over that if that happened.

24 October 2006 09:01
Unmortus

I dunno but in Amazon.com the release date still on November 22, that guys will be the first ones in know if the game is gonna be delayed so they can change.

24 October 2006 09:03
Smith

You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need