WoW Burning Crusade Delayed until January 2007

Wowzer writes "Blizzard today announced that the release date for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, the first expansion for World of Warcraft, is delayed until January 2007. From the article: 'By adding a few extra weeks to the development cycle beyond its original target date, Blizzard will be able to extend the closed beta test and further refine the new content that will ship with the game.' While disappointing now, what will this mean for the yearly WoW expansions long term? As Blizzard COO Paul Sams revealed plans in August that 'Starting with The Burning Crusade, every year thereafter we plan on bringing out a new expansion set.' 2008, 2009, ad infinitum?"

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In related news...

[Kjella]

...sociologists predict many more marriages will now survive the Christmas season.

I am NOT addicted.

[mhazen]

I'm not addicted, I'm a level 51 dwarven priest.

Christmas dinner

[strike_svl]

Does this mean that millions of people will be able to attend the Christmas family dinner after all... ?

Re:Ad infinitum?

[Man in Spandex]

would you or I honestly continue to make new games if we're constantly making billions on one game? Of course I would! Why make billions when we could make....... millions? *raise pinky* If they want more money, they'll make sequels to Starcraft and Diablo 2..

Thank you Blizzard

[Majik Sheff]

Thank you for moving the release of this product until after Christmas. By doing so you have enabled my long lost WoW addicted relatives to make a meaningful appearance during the holiday season. There are few things more frustrating than having 2 people ask at the dinner table if they can use your computer.

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Re:not so surprised...

[LiquidCoooled]

GO and kill the wild boars in the forest.
By my reckoning, you can gain the required 38 levels after only 4796.5 hours of constant killing.

Re:In related news...

[elrous0]

You know, they should use WoW as a new treatment for meth addiction. Sure, they would still neglect their kids, but at least they would gain some weight.

-Eric

Re:Christmas dinner

[Ubergrendle]

Millions of additional turkeys/goose will now lose their lives thanks to Blizzard's incompetence.

PETA is going to open a can of whoopass.

Re:That's no good!

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

I misunderstood the title too! It's just that I thought some group of WoW widows were trying for some big bonfire of WoW CDs. That's kinda sad for a /. reader, instinctively taking "burning" literally.

I felt...

[CaseM]

I felt a great disturbance in Azeroth, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror...and went RIGHT back to raiding again.

A Blizzard game was delayed?

[Maul]

Unheard of!

Re:not so surprised...

[Fozzyuw]

What really ticks me off in "modern" MMORPGs is the carebear attitude towards the players. Why don't they just hand out everything to everyone?

I'm always amused at the term 'carebear'. As if it was some sort of insult to use it, either towards another person, idea, or action. Can you think of getting into a fight and be like... "Oh yeah?!? Well, you're... you're... a BIG carebare! HA! Take that! Mwuahahaha *walks away gleefully as if scoring some major victory*".

Ironically, it's been my experiance that those people who have used this term to insult things, act more childish than the actions or people it's being used upon.

Cheers,
Fozzy