World of Warcraft®: Shadowlands Delayed to Later This Year
October 01 2020 - 4:59PM
Business Wire
Updates to Blizzard’s acclaimed MMORPG in
preparation for the expansion will begin going live for players
with a substantial pre-release patch on October 13
Blizzard Entertainment today announced that World of Warcraft®:
Shadowlands, the highly anticipated new expansion for the company’s
acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, will be
released later this year. Activision Blizzard’s business momentum
continues to be strong and the Company does not expect the change
to have a material impact on its financial results for the year
2020.
“The anticipation and demand for Shadowlands is the highest it’s
ever been for a World of Warcraft expansion, and it is important
for us to deliver an experience that meets our highest expectations
and those of our players,” said John Hight, executive producer for
World of Warcraft. “With that in mind, we made the decision to do
what’s right for the game and take the extra time, and we think
players will enjoy this expansion even more as a result of the
additional work.”
Originally slated for release at the end of October, the
expansion is currently in public beta testing. Blizzard is
extending the beta test and iterating based on great input from
players, focusing on endgame-related tuning and polishing efforts
that have been partially slowed due to the team working from home
during the ongoing pandemic.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands takes players into the wondrous
depths of Azeroth’s afterlife, where four ruling Covenants hold
dominion over the realms. As they journey through the beyond,
players will come face-to-face with legendary souls, create their
own powerful gear through the ever-shifting trials of the roguelike
Tower of the Damned, and face game-changing decisions about the
closest-held beliefs of their characters. Beginning Oct. 13,
Blizzard will roll out a substantial patch for World of Warcraft
players in preparation for Shadowlands that will include fully
revamped character leveling and other updates—and will culminate
with a pre-launch event that will send players into battle with the
army of the undead Scourge.
For further details on today’s news and to learn more about
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, visit www.worldofwarcraft.com.
About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft,
Hearthstone®, Overwatch®, the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®
franchises, and the multifranchise Heroes of the Storm®, Blizzard
Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision
Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of
entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s
most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track
record includes twenty-two #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year
awards. The company's online gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of
the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
About Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, Inc. connects and engages the world through
epic entertainment. A member of the Fortune 500 and S&P 500,
Activision Blizzard is a leading interactive entertainment company.
We delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users around the
world through franchises including Activision’s Call of Duty® and
Crash Bandicoot™, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft®,
Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, and King's Candy
Crush™, Bubble Witch™, and Farm Heroes™. Headquartered in Santa
Monica, California, Activision Blizzard has operations throughout
the world. More information about Activision Blizzard and its
products can be found on the company's website,
www.activisionblizzard.com.
*Sales and/or downloads based on internal company records and
reports from key distributors.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements:
Information in this press release that involves Blizzard
Entertainment's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies
regarding the future, including statements about the availability,
features, and functionality of World of Warcraft®: Shadowlands,
including the pre-launch patch and event for World of Warcraft, and
the impact of the change in release date on Activision Blizzard’s
2020 financial results are forward-looking statements that are not
facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that
could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product
delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of
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