It was bound to happen. The folks at Blizzard are taking their time, and I don’t mean the recent shift in developers for Starcraft: Ghost. World of Warcraft, in beta for some time now, was once rumored to begin shipping to store shelves during the summer. Before that, it was rumored to arrive before Christmas of, um, 2003. As it stands, the rumor has come around full circle and it’s looking (again) like another Christmas release for World of Warcraft. I was positive, some months ago, that World of Warcraft would release the same day as both Warcraft III and the Warcraft III expansion, Frozen Throne, the first of July. Well, it’s mid-July already, and…I’m still only playing the beta. That’s not as bad as it sounds, actually. Of course, I’m not happy to be wrong, but seeing what Blizzard has been doing with World of Warcraft during the beta, I’m almost happy for the wait. Almost!