World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade is released

Author: Ryan Garside
Published: 16th January 2007
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World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade is released

World of Warcraft Burning Crusade is brilliant but we want a new Starcraft!

World of Warcraft fans worldwide rejoice, Burning Crusade has finally arrived! If you don't already know about the expansion we highly recommend you check out our preview and if you do know about the expansion, well then why aren't you giving your life up to it right now?

Alongside a new continent and two new races, players will now be able to reach the heady heights of Level 70. Blizzard is hoping that this incentive will encourage fans to buy into Burning Crusade as well as entice old players back into the fold. John LeCraft, senior designer for Blizzard, spoke to Gamespot:

"I can't imagine not buying the expansion if you're playing the game. I'm in a guild, where they don't know who I am, and everybody said yes, although one guy said he couldn't afford it. I told him it'd be worth skipping a few meals for. [laughs]

Seriously though, I do think it will help our numbers, because there are people who have taken a break, who'll come back and check Burning Crusade out."

The interview is certainly worth a read if you're considering making a purchase. What may be even more interesting is an interview over on Pro-G. Not only does it have no plans to make World of Warcraft available to consoles but there could also be a new Starcraft game on the horizon. Vice President of Business Development for Blizzard Entertainment, Itzik Ben Bassat, said:

"I'm a StarCraft player myself and I hope it's not a decade, and we launched StarCraft in 1998, before I'm standing here again, celebrating the next game in the series."

Exciting stuff on the Blizzard front then, which would you be more excited about, a new Starcraft or the Burning Crusade? Let us know in the forums.
Quote IccleD 16th January 2007, 13:39
Sadly, I was online at midnight when TBC went live.

See you at 70!
Quote M_D_K 16th January 2007, 14:09
my mum and dads copy arrived in the post this morning looks like i wont be seeing them for a few more weeks.
Quote r4tch3t 16th January 2007, 14:24
Now that is a piece of news I am very very interested in, a new Starcraft game. Any more details on the new Starcraft?
Quote flabber 16th January 2007, 14:26
I picked up mine this afternoon... some of my guildmembers/friends are already playing it today. Some of the words they said on our forum:
- "This is gonna be a lóóóóng weekend"
- "The world's design is even better then the best piece of land in WoW itself"
- "Here I was, minding my own business with harvesting plants, thinking, heck... I'm level 60, so no aggro for me! BOOM, smashed to bits by something huge and ugly Pretty exciting stuff to be 2-shotted by mobs ^^"

I can't wait to have it up and running :D
Quote squeck 16th January 2007, 14:47
my copy won't arrive for a couple of days hopefully, seeing as i have exams until sat lol :'(

i stopped playing wow about 6 months ago as my guild wasn't making much progress in the end game content, and there wasn't much left to do apart from that. but now wow will consume my life again!
Quote Highland3r 16th January 2007, 14:51
Some of the drops/ quest rewards are awsome! Just been shown some cloth trousers which are better specced than most of the epic kit available in the "old" version! Bring on the outlands!
Quote Djpuk 16th January 2007, 15:21
New Starcraft would be brill, the sooner the better imho
Quote draxar 16th January 2007, 15:24
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Originally Posted by Highland3r
Some of the drops/ quest rewards are awsome! Just been shown some cloth trousers which are better specced than most of the epic kit available in the "old" version! Bring on the outlands!

My housemate told me this from the beta (his girlfriend got him a beta key :) ), so I gave up trying to get new kit for my level 60.

BTW, well done Bit-tech, you've at least briefly got onto the front page of Google News with this story.
Quote Highland3r 16th January 2007, 15:25
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Originally Posted by draxar
My housemate told me this from the beta (his girlfriend got him a beta key :) ), so I gave up trying to get new kit for my level 60.

BTW, well done Bit-tech, you've at least briefly got onto the front page of Google News with this story.

Aye, have a crap load of honor points which were being saved for L60 kit. Guess they'll have to wait for L70 now!
Quote samkiller42 16th January 2007, 17:32
Oh no, god help us. On a good note though, it means college is going to be quite with all the wow fans playing it :D Peace at last.

Sam
Quote metarinka 17th January 2007, 04:01
yah I was in the beta, but still looked forward to having BC go live, the only problem is with basically everyone level 58+ in outlands it's non stop ganking being horde on a pvp server *sigh* ahh well it's nice being a tour guide and showing everyone around
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