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Mists of Pandaria to be Released on September 25


Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Heroes of Azeroth, prepare to embark for an exotic new frontier! World of Warcraft®: Mists of Pandaria™ is launching on September 25, 2012 and you can be ready to play when the servers go live by pre-purchasing the game digitally. Plus, for the first time ever, players will have the option to upgrade a pre-purchase to the all-new Digital Deluxe Edition which comes with all of the in-game items from the retail Collector’s Edition, including a World of Warcraft pet and mount, banner sigil and accent for Diablo® III, and Battle.net® portraits for StarCraft® II.

Beginning September 25, 2012, World of Warcraft players around the world will be able to set sail for the long-lost continent of Pandaria, where they’ll explore forgotten dungeons, vanquish risen evils, and play their part in the Horde-Alliance conflict as it reaches a critical breaking point.

Whether you plan to level your existing character to 90 or start fresh with a new pandaren monk, it’s never too early to begin preparing for your adventure. Simply log in to your Battle.net® account, and then pre-purchase Mists of Pandaria. You’ll then be flagged to automatically download the expansion content prior to release so you’ll be ready to go when the game launches.

During the pre-purchase process, you’ll have the option to grab either the Mists of Pandaria Standard Edition for $39.99 USD or the all-new Digital Deluxe edition for $59.99 USD -- or, if you snag the standard edition now and decide you want to upgrade to Digital Deluxe later, you’ll have the opportunity to do so for an additional $20.

The Digital Deluxe edition includes a full digital copy of the expansion, as well as a selection of Pandaria-inspired in-game content for World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and StarCraft II. If you’re looking for even more plunder, a special Mists of Pandaria Collector’s Edition with additional bonus items will also be available exclusively at select retail locations for a suggested retail price of $79.99 USD.


For more details on the September 25, 2012 release of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, be sure to hit the official press release, or head to our new Mists of Pandaria game page to learn more about the expansion and prepurchase your digital copy.

*When you pre-purchase World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, you will be able to download an encrypted version of the game once it’s available, prior to the game’s release. This content will be unlocked and available
This article was originally published in forum thread: Mists of Pandaria to be Released on September 25 started by Boubouille View original post
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  1. Kyocere's Avatar
    Good, got tired of waiting for MoP
  1. WaddlezSparx's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Finnuck View Post
    I don't suppose the Quilien mount comes right away when you pre-sale purchase the digital deluxe edition? x) I'll still have to wait until it's actually playable to redeem it?

    Can anyone who already bought the DD edition confirm/deny? :3
    Alas, the mount is not yet in the game files, so it couldn't possibly be accessible until at minimum of the 5.0.4 pre-patch that adds the major changes (if that).
  1. Vvulf's Avatar
    That's 9 more weeks to get your guaranteed mount drops from Heroic Deathwing before it becomes a 1% drop chance. Get busy.
  1. Steggy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by warcraftmew View Post
    and its posts like that which make euro people like me hate americans even more
    Why do you have to hate all americans and not just this guy for being stupid?
  1. Eresin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Livinsofast View Post
    Earlier than I expected!!
    well i am at work and don't have my authenticator with me to log into my battle net account and I have never bought a CE edition before so I don't know how the mouse mat looks/feels.
  1. mmoc459c6c9a2a's Avatar
    This is my birthday xD
  1. Tmbryant91's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sundered70 View Post
    Why do you have to hate all americans and not just this guy for being stupid?
    Because all Americans are the same.. duh
  1. Spotnick's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Quakefan View Post
    When 5.0.4 patch comes out then??
    Should be September 11 if they keep their scheduled. They said 2 weeks prior to launch a while ago.
  1. Eresin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tmbryant91 View Post
    Because all Americans are the same.. duh
    I'm sorry I have no idea what you mean by this comment. I am from UK, I wasn't insulting anyone I was just asking what the mouse mats were like
  1. ffaorlandu's Avatar
    I'm torn. I love having physical copies and the Collector's Edition mouse looks pretty cool. But I also love being able to storm the new content at 12:00am on launch day. The mouse pad may not do it for me, though. I can just make my own from Walmart's photo store if I really want it. I have the CE's for StarCraft II and Diablo III but I never even watched the DVDs and only opened the art books once. But Raynor's dog tags and the Diablo skull make their CE's worth it to me. The mousepad, I'm still up in the air about. It's the digital content that I get the CE's for, so I guess I just made up my own mind. Digital Deluxe, here I come!
  1. Tmbryant91's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Eresin View Post
    I'm sorry I have no idea what you mean by this comment. I am from UK, I wasn't insulting anyone I was just asking what the mouse mats were like
    Quoted the wrong thing lol
  1. McNeil's Avatar
    My birthday is 3 weeks earlier... I guess I can still ask it as a present

    At the same time I can ask Guild Wars 2 as a present aswell while I'm at it. Will be an amazing month for me
  1. Nojino's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by warcraftmew View Post
    and its posts like that which make euro people like me hate americans even more
    If it makes you feel any better if i recall the EUR is worth 1.25 to 1 USD so i in a financial prospective that would make the EUR better for now.
  1. Freedom's Avatar
    Ugh, now I'll be sorely behind the leveling/gearing curve... and all the good guilds will be full. Two and a half months before I can play seriously.
  1. Sensa's Avatar
    My prediction was a week off (I had speculated September 18th..check my post history if you don't believe me).

    But what amazed me about this whole process was all the times individuals made similar reasonable educated guesses, based on past history/current beta progress, we got flamed for being rationale. There is a big difference between what you hope for (June/July releases etc) and what can be accomplished.

    And for pete's sake next expansion...if nothing else...before you flame people that make similar sound educated guesses...please remember this ONE THING:

    THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE EXACTLY 2 MONTHS BETWEEN ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHIP DATE

    this has been true of all WoW expansions, D3 and even GW2 and it's due to time constraints associated with pressing the master copy, final box specs/printing and shipping times to 1000's of retail outlets all over the world

    So next time, when you want it to come out in XXX month and someone says it can't because that's less than 2 months away..instead of flaming them acknowledge reality.

    peace out
  1. lanerios's Avatar
    No TCG items in the CE, severly dissapointed. But ow well, making an actually good CE must be hard nowadays.
  1. Unholyground's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by sdkphoenix View Post
    Actually no, 2 more months until we can level. We will see 5.0.4 in a month probably. Maybe sooner.
    I am guessing 2.5 weeks until 5.X.X is live so people can prepare better.
  1. Lockula's Avatar
    So, it begins.
  1. Zxzas's Avatar
    The Day...
    BEFORE.
    MY BIRTHDAY!.

    So excited. KAJFKAJFKAJCKAUTKNCAIJKHETKANVIAHETKAMCVKAHTKACJKAHGKANCKASDTH
  1. Kuniku's Avatar
    compared to the cool collectables from d3 and sc2 a mouse mat is a little lame . . . so i'm torn between getting the big box or just the digital copy, guess it will depend on the price difference . . . i do like having a pointless box full of things i never look at . . . .

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