Potential BlizzCon 2016 Dates - November 4 and 5

At least it stops people moaning about no content for a few days anyway. Let's quickly pretend to let slip BC dates then revert it back and whistle nonchalantly...

Maybe we get a Release Date for the Release Date for the Legion Beta

Beta started whenever they started Alpha

Originally Posted by Shudder

LOL. It's cute that you're pretending to be a lawyer. That date is meaningless. Nothing at all happens to them if they go beyond it.

when you pre-purchase legion its clearly states that it will be avalible in a date or before that date.. so they cant pass that or would have real legal problems.. and no i am no lawyer.

Originally Posted by m2geek

*SQUEEE* SO going to get digital ticket again this year Bet the loot will be awesome

Yep, always love the opportunity to watch the stream live -and the loot is a great bonus!

So they will reveal some things i can watch for month streamers playing and eventually play by myself in summer 2017. Not again...

A Warcraft 4 with a strong hero system would refresh the Warcraft fantasy, open the lore for casuals and lay foundation for future WoW expansions with completely new iconic villains/heroes and ideas. World of Warcraft can continue to tell the story, but it needs to do it in small steps while Warcraft 4 could paint the big picture of the future.

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Originally Posted by Llyanna Everstar

It'll be murloc related. Giant murloc mount? Or possibly just another mount with a murloc riding on it like the Polar Bear.

I want a murloc mount! Saddle on the fishmen!

Originally Posted by Zyky

There should be since they were just hiring for a "new diablo project" like under a month ago.

Interestingly enough, this is what shows up when you go to book a hotel from the blizzcon site which says 6th and 7th of November of 2016 which would oddly be a Sunday/Monday:

Because they reverted the dates back to last year. November 6 and 7, 2015.

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Originally Posted by Xcell

why is the title saying "potential" when the dates are clearly set? oO

They are not clearly set till Blizzard officially announces the event.

well if nothing change blizz get another 29 € from me for virtual ticket. ^^

I remember when I thought it might be fun to attend Blizzcon... I have interest anymore.

I got my rental property already booked . Can't wait to go this year! .. I got a place that sleeps 11 and I only have two people, haha.

More legion info hopefully.

Hopefully we will get a big ass diablo drop now when both overwatch and legion is out before blizzcon.

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Originally Posted by ombus

when you pre-purchase legion its clearly states that it will be avalible in a date or before that date.. so they cant pass that or would have real legal problems.. and no i am no lawyer.

Exactly. If they release after that date they have broken a ton of laws in a lot of countries.
I woul'd not hold my hopes up for a earlier release either tho

I want to see a Warcraft 4 so badly, that announcement alone will make it the best Blizzcon since... the last 10 years or so. I don't even care about Blizzards other games, except some Hearthstone.

Originally Posted by Eleccybubb

The date says expected not guaranteed. They can go past it if they want as it's a smart loophole. There is no requirement to release it on or before Sep 21st it just says EXPECTED. They can't however do the same with Overwatch now as that has a guaranteed date set in stone unless there is a really big issue that would delay it's release.

I don't think they would release after the release date even if, like you say, they don't have any legal reason that forces them to do so. I think the expected date is here so ppl can cancel their pre-order when the date is passed, maybe?

Originally Posted by Eleccybubb

There isn't any legal reason because like I said they were clever and put EXPECTED which in 0 way means guaranteed. But yeah I can imagine it would annoy people if they didn't. It's the same thing with wow when people think they "promise" content then throw a temper tantrum if even a tiny piece gets cut.

^ this
While this is true and LEGALLY they are not obligated due to the wording of the sentence, Blizzard has yet to ever go past their "expected" deadlines, in fact they have always been roughly ~4 weeks earlier than it. If they did go past that date, holy hell would people raise a storm, and Blizzard knows that.

Originally Posted by Adoxe

Legally, Blizzard isn't able to release it past September 21st. So, even if they would take 6 more months to work on Legion, it would never reach November, because it can't. Great prediction.

Legally? Aren't you precious...

Actually, they have been late to most their WoW related products. Some by a few months in fact. Most with missing content to achieve the release dates that they have gotten. Since these dates are not announced publicly, no one really knows the truth.

So the legality of the release date is this: it is not a binding contract, therefore you are not able to sue them since it breaks no actual laws. You can file grievance if you are a shareholder but you won't get a free copy or anything of that nature. There would just be some back end money deals that would get messed up and a whole lot of non-public ramifications. However, it is a tentative release date that most companies give out. This is the first time that Blizzard has gave one out for WoW publicly. I will be very impressed if they get it out before then, because I have faith they can do it. Also the progress with the Alpha seems to be on task from previous expansions.

Blizzcon?! I guess they will annonce the final release date of Legion? (Let's be honest: we are now almost In April and no sign of beta yet)
Hoping for some Diablo love this year.

Originally Posted by Eleccybubb

Uhm WoD was scheduled for December and came out November so no it's not the first time. Also Overwatch was scheduled for June now has a street date of May. Pretty much all of their products they've given an "expected" date on have arrived at least a month or two early. LoTV and Heroes being another two.

WoD came out as a beta that's why it was early.