World Premiere of Mists of Pandaria Opening Cinematic at gamescom 2012

If this means a Nov/Dec release, I'll laugh. Way to go with the 'annual expansion packs' if it's released two years after Cata. xD I bet it'll feel tiny as well, and be over within a couple of months, like Cata was.

So we're headed for a fall release then, with nearly a full year of the final raid tier.

So much for speeding up the release cycle.

Originally Posted by Eiffeltower

Why should this indicate a closer release date ? it's just a video
Release date will still be based on what is most commercially viable, which means Nov-December. Like every xpac befoer this one.

And here I thought TBC released in january.

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Originally Posted by Thunderlight

Man, I hope Blizzard has learned a bit from Valve and makes a kick ass cinematic!

Blizzard have been making kickass cinematics since the 90's.

This makes me think the game won't be released until, at least, 2 weeks after the Trailer, maybe more. So an early September release perhaps.

It better be that naval battle.

Well this sucks... 4 more months of DS yay

Originally Posted by Venziir

Blizzard have been making kickass cinematics since the 90's.

They MADE kickass cinematics in the 90s. Around 2007, the rest of the world caught up, and Blizzard's cinematics got worse. Imho.

This does not preclude a late August or early September release date, guys. If anyone thinks we're not going to get it until November/December, they need to sit down, in the corner, and stare at the wall for a bit. And...you know...think about what you've done.

to the people saying that the cinematic doesnt mean anything...ofcourse it means something...companies like BLIZZ works on timetalbes.They dont show things in random times just for the fun of it...they pay big bucks to people in order to know when its the best time to do things like that.

It doesnt mean a fixed date BUT it means a scheduled date after the cinematic.that might be 1 month timeframe or a 2 week time frame.

Also i checked the dates.Its friday on the 16 so if they announce the pre-patch that day it will be at the 22 of august that they will implement it(the whole wendsday thing)and after that it will be a 2 weeks test(as some people said about the pre-patch)so the best you can expect

4-5 of september

After that if they keep missing wendsdays they will be adding 1 extra week for each one missed.

Originally Posted by Mojo Risin

They MADE kickass cinematics in the 90s. Around 2007, the rest of the world caught up, and Blizzard's cinematics got worse. Imho.

You should watch their behind-the-cinematics videos from Blizzcon. It took them almost a year to make the Cataclysm intro.

Originally Posted by Nerraw

You should watch their behind-the-cinematics videos from Blizzcon. It took them almost a year to make the Cataclysm intro.

i agree with mojo,not tha blizz makes worse vids but that the rest of the world catch up to them.

Guess i will be released after this sometime~ still a while to go

Originally Posted by antonatsis

to the people saying that the cinematic doesnt mean anything...ofcourse it means something...companies like BLIZZ works on timetalbes.They dont show things in random times just for the fun of it...they pay big bucks to people in order to know when its the best time to do things like that.

It doesnt mean a fixed date BUT it means a scheduled date after the cinematic.that might be 1 month timeframe or a 2 week time frame.

Also i checked the dates.Its friday on the 16 so if they announce the pre-patch that day it will be at the 22 of august that they will implement it(the whole wendsday thing)and after that it will be a 2 weeks test(as some people said about the pre-patch)so the best you can expect

4-5 of september

After that if they keep missing wendsdays they will be adding 1 extra week for each one missed.

TOTALY agree with you....I think this is the scenario that we will see....
Early september, folks!

Originally Posted by familiar

Not if your playerbase is bored to death already.

What, you mean like before every wow xpac ever released?
They will release a filler crap raid like Ruby Sanctum for the summer, just like when all the players were bored to death at the end of ICC.

LFM DS fresh run, link achiev and come to cath for inspect

Makes no sense commercially to release in september, it's a 'low' month .... Other spends are high on the priority list at that time. Marketing wise it doesn't make sense, and , well, blizzard is marketing.

start of July = 30% DS nerf
start of August=35% DS nerf
start of September = pre-patch
mid september = release of MoP

This is based on the fact they have been upping the nerf at the start of each month. The in-game files allow it to go up to 35%. It was stated that the prepatch will last 2 weeks.

Originally Posted by Geekissexy

The release date is coming very, very soon. I'm excited! I think it sucks though that this is happening in Germany. Way to have huge things happen oversea's where a lot of us can't be.

Glob forbid someone other then America should get something special.