Blizzard holding Burning Crusade midnight signings
Those eagerly awaiting the upcoming expansion pack to Blizzard's all-consuming vortex of addiction, World of Warcraft, should take note of special midnight signings happening on January 16th. Four stores in California will host members of the development team who will be happily signing copies of Burning Crusade and asking intense cosplayers to back the hell off.
Though three of the four stores have 4,500 copies available (the last one having 1,500), you can already start lining up on January 15th. If you don't live in California and absolutely require your copy of the game to have some scibbling on it, convince a friend to go in your stead -- thinly-veiled threats work a charm.
The stores and relevant addresses are listed after the break.
[Thanks Taran!]
Fry's Fountain Valley
10800 Kalama River Ave
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
4500 copies available
Fry's Anaheim
3370 E. La Palma Ave
Anaheim, CA 92806
4500 copies available
Fry's Sunnyvale
1077 E. Arques Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
4500 copies available
Universal Citywalk Gamestop/EB Games
1000 Universal Studios Blvd (Cross Street: Buddy Holly Drive)
Universal City, CA 91608
1500 copies available
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DrXym @ Jan 11th 2007 8:20AM
Are there really people that sad to actually drive to a store at midnight to obtain a copy of something just so it can signed by a bunch of non-entity developers? Or even to own a copy of something which will be generally available soon after?
It's bad enough that people do it for consoles, but for a lousy game?
Dirtyboy @ Jan 11th 2007 9:10AM
People will gladly stand in line for their favorite things. Not too different than standing in line for your favorite band, or meeting them in person and getting their autographs. With 7.5 million people active subscribers I wouldn't dismiss it as a "lousy" game, even if it's not your cup of tea.
sine909 @ Jan 11th 2007 12:43PM
Something like 10,000 people showed up for the launch signing of WoW - and keep in mind that was before the game was released. It'll be absolute chaos this time.
The ZeroCorpse @ Jan 11th 2007 12:46PM
World of WarCrack indeed.
I own it, but I rarely play it. It's just so fracking BORING!
skyman8081 @ Jan 11th 2007 2:39PM
I used to work at the Fry's in Fountain Valley. ugh, no way would I be going near that place with a ten-foot pole. Also, I don't even like or own WoW.