Blizzard announces that on August 14th, it wants to reveal the release date of Warlords of Draenor. The next expansion of their MMO flagship World of Warcraft is highly anticipated.
On August 14th in Los Angeles, it should be time. Then they want to reveal when it will finally be back to Draenor, at least to the past of a parallel world (regardless, it’s complicated). In addition, they will present one of Blizzard’s renowned cinematic trailers, which are universally acclaimed.
Furthermore, at WoW, they are pulling out all the stops. But there’s no reason for heightened panic. In the real world, those are not Thrall, Proudmoore, and Vol’jin, but Chris Metzen, Mike Morhaime, and Ion Hazzikostas. Developers and specialists known from interviews or under their aliases in the WoW forums and not as heads of a pillaging army.
After the cinematic trailer, there should also be an opportunity for a developer interview. The interview will likely frame a major announcement with a show and the ever-popular bullet-point graphics.
By the way, the whole thing takes place parallel to the Gamescom in Cologne, where a live stream should be broadcasted. This happens around 6:30 PM our time, while the Hollywood stars in Los Angeles are still asleep, as it is just after 9 AM there. Blizzard seems to be indeed aiming for Cologne.
Hardcore fans can already pack their bags and travel to L.A. Because the early bird gets the worm, and they can attend the announcement. The first visitors will also receive a Warlords of Draenor beta key.
Mein MMO says: This can only happen at World of Warcraft, that even the announcement of an announcement delights the fans, and it becomes the most important news of the day, at least in the MMO and gaming sector.
We don’t want to bother you much with speculation about the release date. We actually guessed September/October from the beginning and haven’t bored anyone with “Oh my God, it could come as early as June” rumors, because … hand on heart, it’s Blizzard. They are not exactly known for staying ahead of schedule. But since a few things shifted in the beta, it could indeed slide to November. But well, we don’t need to speculate much longer. It’s soon enough.
The first reactions from the beta are unfortunately a bit mixed. The spark does not seem to have jumped over to the journalists testing it. The big new feature is missing so far, and some are disappointed with the Garrison. But many fans are also looking forward to returning home, to Azeroth. The content drought has certainly lasted long enough. The last patch in WoW that brought something new, “The Siege of Orgrimmar,” was released almost a year ago.
