WOTLK nei negozi dal 13 novembre 2008...

La notizia non è più di un rumor ma sembra essere abbastanza probabile:

Gamesblog:

Giornata di voci oggi: dopo quella su Diablo III e StarCraft 2 arrivano nuove notizie sulla possibile uscita di Wrath of the Lich King, seconda espansione di World of Warcraft.

Secondo quanto riportato da WoWInsider, una pubblicità destinata a WoWHead rivelerebbe come data d’uscita dell’atteso add-on il prossimo 13 novembre. Sarà vero? Non si sa, e come al solito ci tocca aspettare eventuali conferme/smentite.

WoW Italia:

Da oggi diversi fansite ufficiali si stanno rimbalzando la notizia riguardo alla data ufficiali di uscita della nuova espansione Wrath of the Lich King rifacendosi ad avvisi ufficiali di Blizzard. Il sito wowhead.com addirittura ha cambiato la sua home page con una immagine dedicata alla prossima uscita con in bella vista la data del 13 novembre 2008. Sui siti ufficiali Blizzard e sui relativi forum ancora non c'è nessuna comunicazione ufficiale, attendiamo quindi conferme.

WoW Insider:

According to what I'm told is an official Blizzard ad on Wowhead's home page, we now have a release date for Wrath of the Lich King: November 13th, 2008. That should put an end to rumors that it won't be coming out this year, and it gives us just a touch under two months to get all our affairs in order and prepare to enter the frozen north. I can't find any official confirmation of this date, but Skosiris (Wowhead's lead developer) confirmed that this is a legitimate advertisement from Blizzard.

To celebrate being able to break this exclusive news, Wowhead is holding contests for the next week. From Monday through Friday, two LK beta keys are being raffled off each day, and the rest of the competition will be announced next weekend. Maybe you can win a beta key and help get the game a little more ready for shipping; a lot of testing and changes are still required. I'm quite surprised they're committing to a firm release date this far out, actually, but it's nice to be able to mark my calendar. And this should take some of the buzz away from Warhammer Online's release this week. Who's up for a midnight release pilgrimage?

To recap, the expansion will feature the following major features:

• The continent of Northrend
• The Death Knight class
• Inscription, a new profession (actually will be available in the 3.0.2 patch, which is now on the PTR)
• New raids and dungeons. All raids will be available in 10- and 25-player versions, and the first one will be a retooled Naxxramas.
• Wintergrasp, a non-instanced outdoor PvP zone with siege vehicles and destructible buildings (and a raid boss)
• Level cap raised to 80, with new spells and talents for all classes

EDIT: Though we have yet to get official confirmation from Blizzard, another well-respected site has also posted the same date. Also, Skorsis of WoWHead has stated publicly (10th post down) that the advertisement is "legitimate."

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