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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| WoW: Official Launch Date Set |
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Blizzard has finally announced the long-awaited <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/press/040411-street-date.shtml" target="_blank">release</a> date for 'World of Warcraft' in North America, along with good news for Australia and New Zealand. Here's the press release, minus the corporate stuff:<blockquote><em><b>BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® ANNOUNCES WORLD OF WARCRAFT® "STREET DATE" - NOVEMBER 23, 2004
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<br>Highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game to release simultaneously in multiple regions for the holiday season</b>
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<br>IRVINE, Calif. - November 4, 2004 - Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that its eagerly awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft® will be in stores in North America on November 23, 2004. World of Warcraft will launch simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand, and is planned for release in Korea, Europe, and other countries throughout Asia shortly following. With a monthly subscription, players in these regions will soon be able to experience the epic adventure of the Warcraft® series in an immersive and continually evolving online environment.
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<br>In World of Warcraft, players assume the roles of legendary heroes and interact with thousands of other players online as they explore and adventure across a vast world. Whether journeying together or questing on their own, players will engage in heroic battles, develop friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory. The game features customizable character classes with thousands of weapons, spells, and abilities. With an innovative, easy-to-use interface, an action-packed combat system, and thousands of quests that build an immersive storyline, World of Warcraft offers a MMORPG that will appeal to both veteran and casual players alike.
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<br>"World of Warcraft has been our largest undertaking to date," said Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. "When we set out to create a massively multiplayer online game, our goal was to expand the scope of the Warcraft universe by offering an incredibly dynamic game experience. We're extremely proud of the game we've created, and we believe players will be very pleased when they see what we have in store for them."
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<br>World of Warcraft will be available for Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP and Macintosh® formats at a suggested retail price of $49.99 in the U.S., and will include a free one-month subscription to the game. The special collector's edition of World of Warcraft will also be available at release for a suggested retail price of $79.99 and will include the World of Warcraft game on both CD-ROM and DVD, a free one-month subscription, a World of Warcraft behind-the-scenes DVD, an exclusive in-game pet, a cloth map of the game world, a soundtrack CD, an Art of the World of Warcraft coffee table book, and a commemorative game manual signed by the development team.
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<br>After the initial free one-month subscription ends, players of World of Warcraft will be able to continue playing under one of three different subscription plans. The month-to-month subscription plan costs $14.99 per month, the three-month plan costs $13.99 per month, and the six-month plan costs $12.99 per month. World of Warcraft subscription fees can be paid by major credit card, PayPal, and pre-paid game cards, which will be available in stores where World of Warcraft is sold. World of Warcraft has received a Teen rating from the ESRB.</em></blockquote>Thanks, Jeff. |
Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:18 am |
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methusala
Tempered Warlord
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
Posts: 281
Location: Odinwald |
There are alot of people,including myself,who are pretty upset at the way Blizzard are treating its European fans.They are going the way of DOAC it seems where European players are always behind on patches,etc.I'm not crazy about Sony but at least they and their product EQ2 has included Europe right from the get go.It is a shame that Europeans are so Nationalistic,because if they could ever get together as one force they would have much more power and not be constantly treated as second class citizens by the majority of game publishers.
P.S. Just whem I get through praising,I should have my head examined.Sony for their thoughfulness toward European players,I find out that they have scrapped the plan for a U.K. server and want to bunch the English speaking people all together on their U.S. servers.Sneaky Sony does this at the last minute,2 days before release. |
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:27 am |
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