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WoW Burning Crusade Delayed until January 2007

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the little-longer-for-that-alliance-shaman dept.

Wowzer writes "Blizzard 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. From the article: '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.' While disappointing now, what will this mean for the yearly WoW expansions long term? As Blizzard COO Paul Sams revealed plans in August that 'Starting with The Burning Crusade, every year thereafter we plan on bringing out a new expansion set.' 2008, 2009, ad infinitum?"

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  1. Oh Well... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess teenage "Thrombo The Orcslayer" will need to sheath his "Daemon Warblade" and come down from his bedroom over Christmas and join mum, dad and Auntie Flo for a family game of Monopoly this year then.

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  2. In related news... by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...sociologists predict many more marriages will now survive the Christmas season.

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    1. Re:In related news... by elrous0 · · Score: 1, Funny
      You know, they should use WoW as a new treatment for meth addiction. Sure, they would still neglect their kids, but at least they would gain some weight.

      -Eric

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  3. I am NOT addicted. by mhazen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not addicted, I'm a level 51 dwarven priest.

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    1. Re:I am NOT addicted. by pandrijeczko · · Score: 2, Funny

      And I'm an AD&D player - dwarves can't be priests.

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  4. Christmas dinner by strike_svl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that millions of people will be able to attend the Christmas family dinner after all... ?

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    1. Re:Christmas dinner by Ubergrendle · · Score: 4, Funny

      Millions of additional turkeys/goose will now lose their lives thanks to Blizzard's incompetence.

      PETA is going to open a can of whoopass.

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  5. Re:Ad infinitum? by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 1, Funny

    would you or I honestly continue to make new games if we're constantly making billions on one game? Of course I would! Why make billions when we could make....... millions? *raise pinky* If they want more money, they'll make sequels to Starcraft and Diablo 2..

  6. Thank you Blizzard by Majik+Sheff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you for moving the release of this product until after Christmas. By doing so you have enabled my long lost WoW addicted relatives to make a meaningful appearance during the holiday season. There are few things more frustrating than having 2 people ask at the dinner table if they can use your computer.

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  7. Re:not so surprised... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    GO and kill the wild boars in the forest.
    By my reckoning, you can gain the required 38 levels after only 4796.5 hours of constant killing.

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  8. Re:That's no good! by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 2, Funny

    I misunderstood the title too! It's just that I thought some group of WoW widows were trying for some big bonfire of WoW CDs. That's kinda sad for a /. reader, instinctively taking "burning" literally.

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  9. I felt... by CaseM · · Score: 4, Funny

    I felt a great disturbance in Azeroth, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror...and went RIGHT back to raiding again.

  10. A Blizzard game was delayed? by Maul · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unheard of!

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  11. Re:not so surprised... by Fozzyuw · · Score: 4, Funny
    What really ticks me off in "modern" MMORPGs is the carebear attitude towards the players. Why don't they just hand out everything to everyone?

    I'm always amused at the term 'carebear'. As if it was some sort of insult to use it, either towards another person, idea, or action. Can you think of getting into a fight and be like... "Oh yeah?!? Well, you're... you're... a BIG carebare! HA! Take that! Mwuahahaha *walks away gleefully as if scoring some major victory*".

    Ironically, it's been my experiance that those people who have used this term to insult things, act more childish than the actions or people it's being used upon.

    Cheers,
    Fozzy

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