Release Date is the 23rd.

[Balandar]

IRVINE, Calif. - November 4, 2004 - Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that its eagerly awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft® will be in stores in North America 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. With a monthly subscription, players in these regions will soon be able to experience the epic adventure of the Warcraft® series in an immersive and continually evolving online environment.

After the initial free one-month subscription ends, players of World of Warcraft will be able to continue playing under one of three different subscription plans. The month-to-month subscription plan costs $14.99 per month, the three-month plan costs $13.99 per month, and the six-month plan costs $12.99 per month. World of Warcraft subscription fees can be paid by major credit card, PayPal, and pre-paid game cards, which will be available in stores where World of Warcraft is sold. World of Warcraft has received a Teen rating from the ESRB.

http://www.blizzard.com/press/040411-street-date.shtml

[Balandar]

This sucks. It's going to be released on the one weekend that I will be gone.

[DashZero]

Ummm - the 23rd is a Tuesday!!??

[Balandar]

Thanksgiving weekend is the 27th. People get the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th off. Four day weekend. Stores will not have the game in on the same day they release it. It will most likely be out on the 24th, maybe not even until the 25th for stores. That is going to leave very little time to get it installed, decide on a server, create characters (save those names!!), etc. before I leave that Friday. E.G. "This sucks".