Wrath of the Lich King: Coming 11/13/2008

by Michael Zenke Sep 15th 2008 at 1:15AM

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Betas, Fantasy, Expansions, Launches

Massively's sister site WoW Insider is reporting that the much-anticipated second expansion to World of Warcraft now has a release date! An official advertisement running on the WoWHead site lists that date as 11.13.08, just under two months away from now. As WoW Insider points out, it's really interesting to see Blizzard committing to this event with so many unknowns still out there. Class changes, dungeons, and more all need to be tuned and tested in that time. Heck, there still hasn't been an official announcement about a Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition.

WoW Insider has all the details you'll need to prepare for the launch date, whether you're hording herbs for Inscriptioners or prepping to serve the sudden onslaught of Death Knight characters. Ready your blades, watch the gates, and prepare! The Lich King's Wrath is coming soon!

Update: WotLK Release date confirmed by Blizzard via a new splash page on the World of Warcraft site.

Gallery: What's new in Wrath of the Lich King

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DJTyrant said on 3:29PM 7-10-2009

No reason I see for it to not be true. It's also being hosted on Project Lore (not owned by ZAM, but shown on WoW Head). I expect an announcement today at some point about it, just WoW Head's ads jumped the gun.

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recursive said on 4:53AM 9-15-2008

I guess it at least partially has to do with the criticism that there's too much time in between their expansions and the fact that there's always some MMO launching each quarter, they need to turn it up a notch to stay King of the Hill. Luckily they had notches left.

Pretty much every current MMO has been sitting on just that information though and this is Blizzard after all, they've had some experience and I have no doubt they'll pull it off.

Should be good to watch, better to play. Can't wait.

y2fatboy said on 6:10AM 9-15-2008

Interesting timing if true... This would place its release about 2 months after WAR's official start up date - a time when those curious about the game will have made up their minds whether or not to stay. The timing of this release might just help swing a few players back to WoW. (It took about 2 months or so for Age of Conan to settle down after the initial buzz).

Also the unofficial release date for the LotRO expansion, Mines of Moria, at least that I'm seen, is 14/11/08. So, if the dates are correct, Blizzard might just be trying to beat Turbine to the punch there too...

Reader said on 8:59AM 9-15-2008

While you're right, AoC was also awful and had no endgame. By 2 months, everyone that played figured out there was nothing to do after maxing out. WAR's somewhat the opposite as it's top heavy.

I'm sure plenty of people will swing back to WotLK though, even if WAR comes out to be a great game.

eggmanjr said on 9:57AM 9-15-2008

I would not count on this information being correct. Massively has been wrong before, such as when they announced back in August that the preorder head start for Warhammer Online would be Sept. 15 2008, so they have a track record of being wrong.