WoTLK Scheduled For Release In 2nd Half Of ‘08

Blizzard has been known to be really late in their release dates but hopefully it won’t be the case for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. According to a press release on Vivendi’s statement of earnings, the Wrath of the Lich King expansion is scheduled for release at the second half of this year. What this means is that we now have a confirmed time frame to look forward to and even if the release gets deleyed by a bit at least we have an idea as early as now about when to expect it.

What this also means is that we won’t really have to wait too long to get to make our Death Knights and also bring our characters to Northrend. I was actually expecting that the expansion would at least as early as the first quarter of next year. This is why I’m quite surprised that the scheduled release date is late this year. I’m not complaining though especially since some of my WoW friends have pretty much retired until WoTLK comes out. This means I won’t have to wait too long to see them again.

I think having the WoTLK comes out late this year is just enough time to savor the latest content that has been patched into TBC and it’s also not too long a wait either. I’m excited for this and I hope to see everyone in the expansion later this year!

As an aside, the Vivendi earnings statement says that the number of subscriptions for World of Warcraft has increased to 10.7 million for the first quarter of 2008 from 10 million at the end of 2007. Again this is proof that the game is still growing and growing!