Shadowlands in 2021

[Wickedtongue]

They had nothing to show at Blizzcon, because they literally had nothing to show. Really early stage of development. Nothing is set in stone, no systems, no art, they don't even know how they are going to do the new stat squish properly yet. The Maw zone is still up in the air and might not even happen; imagine full sized zone, but nothing to do just like on Timeless Isle.
Allegedly early 2021, but from I heard/understand, we shouldn't expect it until late 2021.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

What a poor excuse of a fake leak. I thought you'd at least make it interesting.

[arkanon]

They had nothing to show at Blizzcon, because they literally had nothing to show. Really early stage of development. Nothing is set in stone, no systems, no art, they don't even know how they are going to do the new stat squish properly yet. The Maw zone is still up in the air and might not even happen; imagine full sized zone, but nothing to do just like on Timeless Isle.
Allegedly early 2021, but from I heard/understand, we shouldn't expect it until late 2021.

Who knows with modern Blizzard. Clearly they had very little to show, but at least it could explain why this exapc is so horribly lacking in new systems / core features.

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What a poor excuse of a fake leak. I thought you'd at least make it interesting.

Fake leak? Quite a few commentators are suggesting that although the pre-order says a December 2020 release, that seems unlikely since they had so little to show. Sure, they might be wrong, but to call it a "fake leak" is a bit silly....

[D3athsting]

18 months of content drought inc

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

Fake leak? Quite a few commentators are suggesting that although the pre-order says a December 2020 release, that seems unlikely since they had so little to show. Sure, they might be wrong, but to call it a "fake leak" is a bit silly....

If you take what OP says as even a little bit true then we have nothing to discuss.

[Sluvs]

They had nothing to show at Blizzcon, because they literally had nothing to show. Really early stage of development. Nothing is set in stone, no systems, no art, they don't even know how they are going to do the new stat squish properly yet. The Maw zone is still up in the air and might not even happen; imagine full sized zone, but nothing to do just like on Timeless Isle.
Allegedly early 2021, but from I heard/understand, we shouldn't expect it until late 2021.

Give me a fucking break.

Get out of here.

[arkanon]

18 months of content drought inc

As sad as it is to say, it seems a pretty real possibility at this stage. We still have a bit to go in BfA, although lets be honest, it is just one raid tier, so not exactly 12+ months of content.

[Wickedtongue]

18 months of content drought inc

That's why 8.3 was delayed until next year. To make the content gap appear smaller.

[jdbond]

Can I just say, "FUK OFF, DIPS>>T"?

[arkanon]

Give me a fucking break.

Get out of here.

So are you suggesting it wont be late 2020 / early 2021?

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

That's why 8.3 was delayed until next year. To make the content gap appear smaller.

Besides where's your source for making the thread, where's the source that 8.3 was delayed? When did they ever say a release date for it then change it?

[Auki]

What? They had a playable demo? They had tons of art.. what the hell are you on about? Nice work.. not.

[arkanon]

If you take what OP says as even a little bit true then we have nothing to discuss.

Its not just what OP says, many others are suggesting december 2020 might not happen, and it could be pushed out until early 2021.

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What? They had a playable demo? They had tons of art.. what the hell are you on about? Nice work.. not.

Some art assets and part of one zone an expansion do not make.

[Byleth]

What absolute rubbish OP.

But good job pandering to the naysayers who will lap this up.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

Its not just what OP says, many others are suggesting december 2020 might not happen, and it could be pushed out until early 2021.

And you trust a small minority of people that don't know how releases work. It's coming in 2020. Deal with it.

[Destinas]

Well, they stated right away at Blizzcon that it would launch in 2020, and the official site says the expansion will launch "no later than December 2020" - which is over a year away already. If it was late 2021, that would be around two years from now - I doubt we'd be waiting two years for them to release Shadowlands. That would be financial suicide for them.

In the end, Blizzard would rather sell an unfinished expansion on time than a complete one late. They've done it before, and they've never released something past the year they stated it to be released. So, 2020 it is.

[D3athsting]

We don't even know if the game will make it to 2k21 in the state bfa left it

[arkanon]

And you trust a small minority of people that don't know how releases work. It's coming in 2020. Deal with it.

Where have i said its not coming in 2020? I said it is plausible to delay a major release by a couple of months if they dont meet the late December deadline. Unless you think they will release a major expansion during the holiday season when they have no staff?

[hulkgor]

They had nothing to show at Blizzcon, because they literally had nothing to show. Really early stage of development. Nothing is set in stone, no systems, no art, they don't even know how they are going to do the new stat squish properly yet. The Maw zone is still up in the air and might not even happen; imagine full sized zone, but nothing to do just like on Timeless Isle.
Allegedly early 2021, but from I heard/understand, we shouldn't expect it until late 2021.

Dude.

Leak-season is over. Give it a rest.

"Late 2021" LOL.

[arkanon]

Well, they stated right away at Blizzcon that it would launch in 2020, and the official site says the expansion will launch "no later than December 2020" - which is over a year away already. If it was late 2021, that would be around two years from now - I doubt we'd be waiting two years for them to release Shadowlands. That would be financial suicide for them.

In the end, Blizzard would rather sell an unfinished expansion on time than a complete one late. They've done it before, and they've never released something past the year they stated it to be released. So, 2020 it is.

The risk for the december 2020 thing is if they fall behind by even a week or 2 over the next 12 months, launching during the holiday season would also be suicide.