Shadowlands Arrives November 23rd (NA) / 24th (EU)

[chaud]

Shadowlands Arrives November 23
The release date is here, along with a few other key dates!

• November 10 - Pre-expansion launch events begin
• November 23 - Expansion launch
• December 8 - Castle Nathria releases and Shadowlands Season 1 begins
• December 15 - Mythic Castle Nathria, Raid Finder Wing 1
• January 5 - Raid Finder Wing 2
• January 19 - Raid Finder Wing 3
• February 2 - Raid Finder Wing 4

Greetings heroes of the Horde and the Alliance,

On behalf of the entire World of Warcraft team, I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank-you for your patience as we’ve continued to work on Shadowlands, and for all of the words of support after we made the tough decision to delay the game. Today, I’m happy to share that the expansion will be arriving November 23 at 3 p.m. PST (November 24 at 12 a.m. CET).

We’d like to thank everyone across the WoW community who helped us get where we are today, including players leveling up new characters in the Shadowlands pre-patch (and keeping Azeroth’s barbers extra busy), as well as all the beta testers who continue to provide us with invaluable feedback on the expansion.

Since we first told you about our decision to delay, we’ve used the time to further polish the expansion and shore up the endgame, including overhauling the combat and rewards in the Maw, and reworking the Covenant systems to make your choice more immediately impactful and have clearer long-term goals. Now the team is in a great position to get things the rest of the way to the finish line before November 23—and as always, we’re committed to working with you to improve the game for as long as you’re out there playing it.

Now that we have our launch date, we’re also excited to tell you that our pre-launch event will kick off November 10, so steel yourselves to take on a flood of the Scourge. In addition, we’ve set a December 8 date for the opening of our first raid, Castle Nathria—which takes players into the heart of Sire Denathrius’ lair in Revendreth—along with the start of Shadowlands Season 1.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone take their first steps into the Shadowlands and forging their destinies—but in the meantime, we’d like to show you just a little bit of what’s waiting for you beyond the veil.

See you on the other side,

-John Hight, Executive Producer of World of Warcraft

Release Times

• Americas (PST) - 3:00p.m. November 23*
• Europe (CET) - 12:00a.m. November 24
• Taiwan (CST) - 7:00a.m. November 24
• Korea (KST) - 8:00a.m. November 24
• ANZ (AEDT) - 10:00a.m. November 24
• UTC - 11:00 p.m. November 23

*To align with other regions, the Americas will launch slightly ahead of November 24 in local time.

[drbatman]

YO !

Just in time for Q3 earning calls this afternoon!


hype

[Petal]

How do I tell my family I am no longer hosting Thanksgiving?

[wfredlund]

The devs have to be pissed. The Monday before a major US holiday? Once that actually centers around family gatherings? Ouch

[Gurahk]

Isn't this a bit too soon? Wasn't the maw zone supposed to get a rework according to a past blue post?

[Sanguinerd]

Dis be some good shit!

[vitor210]

Shadowlands Arrives November 23

Greetings heroes of the Horde and the Alliance,

On behalf of the entire World of Warcraft team, I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank-you for your patience as we’ve continued to work on Shadowlands, and for all of the words of support after we made the tough decision to delay the game. Today, I’m happy to share that the expansion will be arriving November 23 at 3 p.m. PST (November 24 at 12 a.m. CET).

We’d like to thank everyone across the WoW community who helped us get where we are today, including players leveling up new characters in the Shadowlands pre-patch (and keeping Azeroth’s barbers extra busy), as well as all the beta testers who continue to provide us with invaluable feedback on the expansion.

Since we first told you about our decision to delay, we’ve used the time to further polish the expansion and shore up the endgame, including overhauling the combat and rewards in the Maw, and reworking the Covenant systems to make your choice more immediately impactful and have clearer long-term goals. Now the team is in a great position to get things the rest of the way to the finish line before November 23—and as always, we’re committed to working with you to improve the game for as long as you’re out there playing it.

Now that we have our launch date, we’re also excited to tell you that our pre-launch event will kick off November 10, so steel yourselves to take on a flood of the Scourge. In addition, we’ve set a December 8 date for the opening of our first raid, Castle Nathria—which takes players into the heart of Sire Denathrius’ lair in Revendreth—along with the start of Shadowlands Season 1.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone take their first steps into the Shadowlands and forging their destinies—but in the meantime, we’d like to show you just a little bit of what’s waiting for you beyond the veil.


See you on the other side,

-John Hight, Executive Producer of World of Warcraft


*To align with other regions, the Americas will launch slightly ahead of November 24 in local time.

Noooo

Ofcourse it comes out on the day AC VAlhala comes out ffs

[Exkrementor]

Only 4 weeks more. RIP Shadowlands then. Better luck next expansion.

[TheRevenantHero]

Releasing a terrible expansion this close to Thanksgiving? Nice.

[ryjkur]

What a scam, too little too late. No one gonna play it.

[Dracullus]

The devs have to be pissed. The Monday before a major US holiday? Once that actually centers around family gatherings? Ouch

Well, better that than launch close to Christmas (for them).

[Jimmyw]

Releasing a terrible expansion this close to Thanksgiving? Nice.

THanksgiving? wtf is that? god damn 'Muricans thinking everything is about them XD

[wombinator04]

Everyone dab! For the alliance! *dabs*

[Zoldor]

Heard the Cyber Punk news and decided to release it early. I bet the Cyber Punk new release was close to when they were going to do SL. I doubt the game is near ready.

[whoisqnx]

I can't express how happy i am.

[thunderdragon2]

How do I tell my family I am no longer hosting Thanksgiving?

you dont unless you want your family to be mad at you, anyway they have over 1 month to polish this all i can say is good luck and start the clock

[Sanguinerd]

THanksgiving? wtf is that? god damn 'Muricans thinking everything is about them XD

Tis the center of the universe, a God blessed nation!

/s

[Solamon]

They better hope this launch is flawless, or they're sacrificing their Thanksgivings

[Redwyrm]

Now thanks to that post I can't stop noticing the Jailer's nipples.

[wombinator04]

You shouldn't be celebrating Thanksgiving this year anyways, with a large crowd at least.