I'm betting the 9.1 Release Same Day as New World Beta?

[Bane-Thunder-God]

20th July is New World beta which is also conveniently a Tuesday... And we know how Blizzard like to stifle the competition... So who's betting 9.1 is 20th July?


Place your bets here!

[Dracullus]

Yep, very likely Blizzard puts something there, either patch or season 2 start. If they have occasion they almost always do that.

[thunderdragon2]

so they will release a broken patch just to try and screw over a new game...how low blizz has sunk....

[Yooginava182]

we will need to see the announcement this month for it to work that way.

[Azerate]

At this point everyone expects 9.1 to drop at the very start of July and it almost feels like it has to happen then or it will be too late.

[Mysterymask]

Cause that will be the reason new world fails riiight

[CaptainV]

Prolly, blizz knows that they typically release their launches somewhere close to another companies.

[McNeil]

I wonder if New World would delay their beta if this were to be the case, kinda like how AoC did to avoid releasing to close to TBC Classic.

[Dracullus]

I wonder if New World would delay their beta if this were to be the case, kinda like how AoC did to avoid releasing to close to TBC Classic.

They start Beta so close to launch, I don't think they can afford this.

[Saltysquidoon]

so they will release a broken patch just to try and screw over a new game...how low blizz has sunk....

But they have literally always done this, even when wow and blizzard were 'good'. It's just capitalism.

[Good ol Stroggylos]

We need to see the long game here.
Beta access or 9.1 is not the game changer. Let's see how thry change dates and everything to have a proper bradefer when the real thing releases

[Revamp Man]

You are right
Blizz releases around competition

If only new world didn’t shoot itself in the head with the exp shop then it might be competition

[MrLachyG]

so they will release a broken patch just to try and screw over a new game...how low blizz has sunk....

Have you played the PTR? I have and it didn’t look broken to me. It’s almost ready, I still think they’re going to release end of June

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we will need to see the announcement this month for it to work that way.

They don’t give that much notice for patches

[thunderdragon2]

Have you played the PTR? I have and it didn’t look broken to me. It’s almost ready, I still think they’re going to release end of June

this s impossible as there is 2 things missing currently

1) there has yet to be a release candidate for the ptr
2) no end of pvp season notice has been given

unless both of them come out tomorrow there is NO chance for a late june release

[Schizoide]

It isn't 2009. Blizzard is fully aware they have no real competition in the MMO space.

[MrLachyG]

this s impossible as there is 2 things missing currently

1) there has yet to be a release candidate for the ptr
2) no end of pvp season notice has been given

unless both of them come out tomorrow there is NO chance for a late june release

yes and no. the timeframe for those things have been varied at best; look at BfA for example - we got notice of 8.1 and 8.2 with less than a week notice however the raid & new m+/pvp season didn't open for 2 weeks - if they follow that timeframe then that is your notice. the 9.0.5 release candidate happened on March 2 and the patch was released a week later.

[ONCHEhap]

Wouldn't be the first time Blizzard does that,but I don't know if New World is relevant enough for them to care

It's already a catastrophic failure long before the beta even comes out

[schwarzkopf]

I'm sure if you look at all the random games out there being released all the time, that 9.1 will be released on the same day as one of them.

I'm betting the 9.1 Release will be the same day as someone's birthday ... am I right ?

[kaminaris]

It isn't 2009. Blizzard is fully aware they have no real competition in the MMO space.

You probably meant the opposite, because blizzard is fully aware they are a step away from falling from grace. They have more competition than ever and each of those new games, even if not as big may chip away playerbase.

[justandulas]

20th July is New World beta which is also conveniently a Tuesday... And we know how Blizzard like to stifle the competition... So who's betting 9.1 is 20th July?


Place your bets here!

i think this is the most plausible and realistic guess on here, with a solid motive of why.

blizz has always had a habit of trying to undercut competition launches, betas, etc