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WoW Street Date Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the azeroth-here-i-come dept.

OneMadOgre writes "Ready or not, here it comes. Blizzard has announced that the World of Warcraft will be released to NA/AU/NZ on November 23, 2004."

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  1. Re:Open Beta is going to be awefully short then! by glowimperial · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, but it looks lke folks might get to keep their open beta characters.

  2. Re:$15/month? by glowimperial · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you don't like their payment plan for the level of service you want, you don't have to buy their product. Most hard core MMO players probably spend less than folks who play many different games. In my house we have Gamefly for all of our console games, and we rarely buy PC games, since we mostly play a single MMO. We probably spend less on games than we did before we played MMOs.

  3. Re:Open Beta is going to be awefully short then! by Issue9mm · · Score: 3, Informative

    The final stress test beta has been going on a couple days, and it's supposed to be a week-long, followed immediately by open beta, at which point the stress beta accounts will be migrated over.

    -9mm-

  4. Re:Open Beta is going to be awefully short then! by satoshi1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yea, too many MMORPGs don't let you try the game out before you buy it. They give you a free month or so, yes, but there's no free demo version of the game. In allowing people to play this game in beta a week or so before release, Blizzard will have a lot more people lined up to buy the game upon release, which is always good.

  5. Introduction Cutscene! by antdude · · Score: 4, Informative

    WOW!

    Blue's News has links for the awesome introduction cutscene (DivX from World of Warcraft game. Also, FileShack (registration required; free or subscription required) has it. It is about 46.5 MB; AVI; 2 minutes and 49 seconds long).

    Apple has this introduction cutscene in QuickTime format (non-saveable) as well.

    The introduction was almost like watching The Lords of the Rings movies. Amazing! I can't wait for the free open beta! :)

    --
    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  6. Re:Oh hell! Now I have to decide by fanboy19 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is some data for you. The WoW games are going to come with region codes built in. Meaning, if you buy a North American version of the game you can only play against or with people in North America. Many gamers are protesting WoW because of this. The reasoning behind the protests is that a majority of clans out there are made up of gamers from all around the world. Putting a region code in a game that restricts gameplay with other regions would make it so these clans can't play together. All in all, a pretty shotty move by Blizzard if you ask me.

  7. Re:$15/month? by Rallion · · Score: 4, Informative

    Plus $50 for the game to start with... I can't play this game enough to justify the cost. Looks like they are taking their cues from the cable companies.

    Actually, they're taking cues from their players, and from other similar games.

    If everybody played WoW, well, it wouldn't work -- the servers couldn't function at release-quality if they did. The goal isn't to get as many people as possible, it's to make the most money possible.