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

[Darknessvamp]

So they went for a four week delay in the end? Seems a little short and the date is an odd one to choose with Thanksgiving, Black Friday and such. So either they're hoping Thanksgiving in some way gives them some reduction on the amount of people playing if something goes bad at launch or they are damn sure this is going to be a step up from the pre-patch and prior expansion launches. I'm doubtful though.

[Halfaheart]

Crying about the release date after crying over not having one just to cry about a holiday that's nonexistent due to a pandemic lol I really dont understand this place

[Izzyfurious]

I called it!

I said for ages either End of Nov or Start of Dec!

[Lorgar Aurelian]

May be hard for science denier-type people to accept, but if you don't have COVID you can't spread COVID. If you don't leave your house a week or two before Thanksgiving, you can't have COVID.

Pretty simple stuff.

You think whole family’s aren’t going to leave the house for two weeks so they can get together for thanks giving? That seems incredibly unlikely.

[crakerjack]

They should have just pushed it to January. There wouldn't be any holidays to get in the way. I know this won't specifically affect me, but this is bad for the world first race. If the raid launches Dec 8th, then a week later mythic releases. That means that world first guilds, assuming it goes 2 or more weeks, will have to decide between Christmas and world first. This is just poor timing, especially in America because we have back to back major holidays within a month of each other. I was really hoping they would push it back, but I guess not.

[Lucetia]

LOL @ All the people who claimed Blizzard wouldn't release it during a holiday.

To be honest I'm surprised. Depending on the holiday I can see like the smaller ones, but usually Thanksgiving / Christmas tends to take people away from work more and towards family/home relaxing. It'll be interesting to see how launch week goes (not just the first day, but all week) and how much staff they keep on hand. Sure they'll be home working, but I can't see many devs willingly wanting to work on a holiday to hotfix things for those playing.

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

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but in this case the developers are located in the US and it is a US holiday. It will definitely have some sort of impact. How much? We won't know until that week hits, but it'd be unrealistic to think it doesn't have an effect. Yeah the rest of the world doesn't celebrate it, but if there are any game breaking bugs or anything they'll be impacted for sure and be subjected to when the devs get it and by taking a couple days off won't help it.

Great release date, the week of Thanksgiving, which means time off to game, and with COVID this year, no family gatherings.

Except there will be family gatherings. Majority of the world is pretty much past the point of limiting social gatherings and stuff. There's a lot more to it, that diving into will cause a crap storm of issues, but yeah there will be family gatherings in a lot of places.

nah this one is the real deal. first one obviously they realised it wasn't going to be ready but there is no way they would've put out this release date were they not 100% sure it was gonna be ready

There's always a chance they could still delay it. Hasn't Cyberpunk been delayed like 5 times now? [Note: I don't know the actual number, just keep seeing snippets here and there]

Gonna be very interesting to see the quarterly report as a result of this!

That must mean the Scourge-event should start momentarily?? Although, not sure I trust the new date just yet... 2020 gon' 2020.

The dates were listed in the main post.

• November 10 - Pre-expansion launch events begin
• November 23 - Expansion launch.
• December 8 - Castle Nathria release and Shadowlands Season 1.

Only, it isn't.

Europe + Russia and China says hi. US is not the biggest playerbase, and that means that to most WoW players, Thanksgiving is a non-issue.

The problem isn't the biggest playerbase and Thanksgiving being a non-issue. The problem is that it is a US holiday where the developers are located. It will definitely have an impact and be an issue. If there is an issue with the game it will affect world wide. So just because a country doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving doesn't mean there won't be an issue.

they have not done a single update to the maw since the delay lol

Correction, they haven't done an update that has been pushed to Beta yet. Remember the developers are usually 3-4 builds ahead of what PTR/Beta builds we see. For all we know they already have it almost done and haven't released it yet.

Crying about the release date after crying over not having one just to cry about a holiday that's nonexistent due to a pandemic lol I really dont understand this place

Pandemic's don't make holidays go away. People still celebrate them and will still gather. Heck we saw tons of people gathering for Fourth of July.

[prwraith]

Is blizzard fucking retarded? Over thanksgiving? what the actual fuck

[TickTickTick]

Noooo

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

But Valhalla will be released on November 10th? So you'll have a whole 2 weeks to play it.

[Jastall]

I'm pretty sure their largest audience is the USA. Even if it wasn't, Thanksgiving is a big holiday and this is going to sorely impact sales.

Covid is already nuking large Thanksgiving events from orbit, or at least it should for anyone with half a braincell. The rest of the world doesn't celebrate it. Trust me, that does not translate into so many lost sales at all, especially since this is an MMO and most players can handle missing out a few days. It'll mean fewer players come launch maybe- hardly dramatic.

[EyelessCrow]

Noice I had that entire week off of work anyway.

[Sentynel]

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

It's not about 'muricans in general... It's that the devs are 'muricans and if major issues arise when they're on holiday every region is fucked. "XD"

[crakerjack]

You think whole family’s aren’t going to leave the house for two weeks so they can get together for thanks giving? That seems incredibly unlikely.

I wouldn't say everyone is, that's a bit extreme, but people are 100% doing just that. I have family and friends who went grocery shopping and stocked up for multiple weeks and are fortunate enough to work from home. Their plan is to stay secluded in their homes for the next two weeks to assure that they don't have covid prior to thanksgiving.

[Nephod]

So they went for a four week delay in the end? Seems a little short and the date is an odd one to choose with Thanksgiving, Black Friday and such. So either they're hoping Thanksgiving in some way gives them some reduction on the amount of people playing if something goes bad at launch or they are damn sure this is going to be a step up from the pre-patch and prior expansion launches. I'm doubtful though.

Americans celebrate thanksgiving. The rest of the world doesn't. Maybe they remembered that WoW isn't US only?

[Kaneiac]

Is blizzard fucking retarded? Over thanksgiving? what the actual fuck

You have a good reason to stay home, what with covid and all.

[Alayea]

Can't say I agree with Blizzard on the wisdom of the new date. =/

[Blown03SVT]

My birthday is the 22nd, thanks blizz!

[prwraith]

You have a good reason to stay home, what with covid and all.

You don't make excuses to avoid family man. This is like the one holiday moms everywhere actually give a fuck about.

This is absolutely boneheaded by blizzard

[ranzino]

Is there a prepatch mount reward on the PTR yet?

the event is absent from PTR by now for some weeks already. if the event IS redesigned we know nothing of changes until and unless it reappears for another test. unless it changes: a pet is in the quartermaster's list, but not a mount.
the achievement for solving the questline doesnt include a mount either, sorry

[Djuntas]

"im not gonna play shadowlands at all because its released date is at thanksgiving"

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wut ? Think you quote the wrong guy...

[Zeth Hawkins]

Americans celebrate thanksgiving. The rest of the world doesn't. Maybe they remembered that WoW isn't US only?

The developers celebrate Thanksgiving. This is the important part.