World of Warcraft to hit stores November 23
updated 02:55 pm EST, Thu November 4, 2004
World of Warcraft in Nov.
Blizzard Entertainment today announced that its eagerly awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game will be in stores in North America on November 23, 2004. The game will launch simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand, and is planned for release in Korea, Europe, and other countries throughout Asia shortly following. With a monthly subscription, players in these regions will soon be able to experience the epic adventure of the Warcraft series in an immersive and continually evolving online environment.
"In World of Warcraft, players assume the roles of legendary heroes and interact with thousands of other players online as they explore and adventure across a vast world. Whether journeying together or questing on their own, players will engage in heroic battles, develop friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory. The game features customizable character classes with thousands of weapons, spells, and abilities. With an innovative, easy-to-use interface, an action-packed combat system, and thousands of quests that build an immersive storyline, World of Warcraft offers a MMORPG that will appeal to both veteran and casual players alike."
World of Warcraft will be available for Mac OS X and Windows 98/ME/2000/XP formats at a suggested retail price of (US)$50, and will include a free one-month subscription to the game. A special collector's edition of World of Warcraft will also be available for $80 and will include the game on both CD-ROM and DVD, a free one-month subscription, a World of Warcraft behind-the-scenes DVD, an exclusive in-game pet, a cloth map of the game world, a soundtrack CD, an Art of the World of Warcraft coffee table book, and a commemorative game manual signed by the development team.
After the initial free one-month subscription ends, players of World of Warcraft will be able to continue playing under one of three different subscription plans, according to Blizzard. The month-to-month subscription plan costs $15 per month, the three-month plan costs $14 per month, and the six-month plan costs $13 per month.
World of Warcraft has received a 'Teen' rating from the ESRB.
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Brilliant Marketing
Sell the game as you would any of your previous games. Make it interactive and subscription based so you continue to generate a revenue stream from it. Nice 8-) Bit harsh to me as a consumer, but nice if they can pull it off..