Blizzard
Entertainment today announced that its massively multiplayer online role-playing game
(MMORPG) World of Warcraft will be in North American stores on November 23, 2004. World of
Warcraft will launch simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand, and is planned for release
in Korea, Europe, and other countries throughout Asia shortly following. World of Warcraft
will be available for a suggested retail price of $49.99 in the U.S., and will include a
free one-month subscription to the game. The special collector's edition of the game will
also be available at release for a suggested retail price of $79.99 and will include the
World of Warcraft game on both CD-ROM and DVD, a free one-month subscription, a World of
Warcraft behind-the-scenes DVD, an exclusive in-game pet, a cloth map of the game world, a
soundtrack CD, an Art of the World of Warcraft coffee table book, and a commemorative game
manual signed by the development team. Don't forget to download the (amazing) intro