Wrath of the Lich King release date: November 13

Working on a post now -- keep your eyes out in about 15 minutes.

Just curious, how did they rip people off? I wasn't playing back when BC came out and didn't hear much about it.

With AoC - the guy at the store said they didn't get the headstart codes. A friend the same day got his - said he had to pester them. I drove back there and asked the same guy for my codes and he reluctantly gave them to me. (this is after finding out from the conan site gamestop should have your codes)

With WAR - they screwed tons of us over. There are two editions of the game, standard and collectors. Each had headstart codes - one for 2 days (SE) one for 4 days (CE) before launch. Gamestop gave most people the SE edition codes; including CE customers. There is nothing on the box identifying it as SE. Some SE customers (and friends of Gamestop employees) got CE codes... they magically appeared on ebay (listed under Gamestop CE codes) for upwards of $300.

Additionally, developers and producers hate Gamestop. It is a pawnshop, selling used games on a huge scale and the developers don't see a cent on it. Sure, you'll laugh that EA makes enough money... but remember Irrational (used to be independent till 2k ate them - they made a lil game called Bioshock). Buy that copy used and they don't see a penny. No money = no return on investment = have to be sucked into a corporation who controls what they do based on what sells = no originality, Bioshock 12: the Dead Seahorse.
Mark Rein Hagen of Epic Games was very vocal about his hate of Gamestop.
Here are some interesting press clips:
http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/breaking-develo.html
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169876
http://www.projectcoe.com/nintendo/editorials/gamestop_nin.html

I'm pretty sure he meant two months.

"before Thanksgiving" was regrettably missing. Added now. Thanks!

For a second there I thought you had some insider on when the 3.0 Update was going to hit :|

That was to an "unofficial" website that was running a Blizzard ad. This is is the Big Blue officially running something.

Oh...lol...

So it was like

1) Rumor

THEN

2) CONFIRMED

Sweet

uh?

I feel like that post needed Ritalin.

Thanks for melting my brain. This post will never be decipherable.

ZombieJesus

Vs.

http://www.askaninja.com/system/files/images/Ninja%3DCyborg.preview.jpg

Who would win?

Last I heard it was only about 10 million or so...

Maybe if warhammer fix's all the bugs and lag it's experiencing it won't be so much people playing wow.