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IRVINE, Calif. -- Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that the release date for World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade™, the highly anticipated expansion for World of Warcraft, will be in 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 in the near future.

Author:	iJasonT [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:06 am ]
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http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... 4050&sid=1 Quote: IRVINE, Calif. -- Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that the release date for World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade™, the highly anticipated expansion for World of Warcraft, will be in 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 in the near future.

Author:	Cyrus Rex [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:22 am ]
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Hummm missed the holidays in order to fine tune the expansion. I guess you could still buy the game pre order as a gift. Did Blizzard get the best of both worlds? (Holiday sales and polished game play) SOE would release by thanksgiving in order to get our money, then spend years fixing, undoing, and fixing again.

Author:	Daishus [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:07 pm ]
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Crap was looking forward to getting my perorder next month and getting to play it. Oh well I rather have this than a CU release (or any of the SWG releases really)

Author:	hrothgar [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:00 pm ]
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Ditto, Though today I went to separate the expansion, at my local EBGames store and it still said the 28th of Nov, but since it was announced today I guess they won't have it updated yet. anyways this gives me some time to either lvl a new toon or really trick out Heorogar

Author:	iJasonT [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:32 pm ]
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one thing that I didn't quite get was that many PVP rank grinders are happy about this as it gives the 'more time to gain rank' before BC. Is there some new thing happening that will limit rank or benifit rank in BC?

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Author:	Sel Arin [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:52 pm ]
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While I am a bit disappointed, I am glad to see them taking the time to polish the game before releasing it... It does set them apart from SOE.... As for the PvP thing, the PvP system is changing and the old rankings are going away come BC...

Author:	iJasonT [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:01 pm ]
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any linkage to the new system? found THIS but it does not give any details as to what the convertions or rank rewards will be.

Author:	Cyrus Rex [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:21 pm ]
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Yeah Moge, the old PvP honor system will be gone. I guess they want to get honor rewards before they are a thing of the past. I am not sure what the new system will be like. I read something a while back but the details escape me.

Author:	iJasonT [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:27 pm ]
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just wondering if it is worth me grinding out for the armor sets. The AV exhalted awards are also very nice. bit more digging and found thispost with a blue comment Basically all BGs will remain and all the rewards will scale to your lvl - just like WSG stuff does now. So if you want something from a BG rep reward get it now as it will probably be harder once BC comes out. Still no idea on rank rewards or rank armor. AV rep is super easy to get. I am already almost Honored and only played maybe 10 sessions. Getting Exhalted should not be that hard.

Author:	Sel Arin [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:34 pm ]
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Viska, Heorogar, Alejandro, Trelic, and I are all going to be in AV here the next few weeks or so.... Care to join us?

Author:	Rocklar [ Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:51 pm ]
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Specifically, January 16, 2007. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?loadNews=6595&bhcp=1

Author:	Deak Almar [ Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:42 pm ]
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A release date - FINALLY

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