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by Boghdunn |
11th April 2008 |
As improbable as it sounds, there are some rumors that this legendary expansion pack of WoW has just entered alpha stage. Considering Blizzard’s habitual lateness in delivering, one may safely shrug it away and return to present worries. Like that raid you got scheduled for tonight. Still, you never know…
Back in 2006, Blizzard was feeling all buffed up and announced, in a booming voice, that they will launch WoW expansions EVERY YEAR. “/laugh”, I should say. Even so, most of us quickly forgot this promise, and Blizzard was careful to maintain our state of dreamy bliss by bribing us with frequent content updates, most of them quite substantive. No complaints there.
But now,
WoW Insider comes forward with a most interesting bit of information, obtained in who knows what roguish manner. They claim that: "Wrath's content is in a playable and mostly completed form--quests, game mechanics, and items are in, even if specific flavor text, names, and even textures are not." Yes, your WoW-taxed eyes aren’t fooling you, the expansion seems to have entered alpha state. Which would explain why Chosen Players have been secretly invited to test the new adventures. It must’ve happened somewhat like this:
A Level 140 mage from Blizzard summons a portal straight into a gamers’ room:
“Rise, RighteousPants the Paladin, you have been chosen to check out our alpha-state expansion!”
(yawning) “Ma, is that you?”
“No, foolish Paladin. It is BLIZZARD!!!!”
“Oh. Okay. I’m coming. Let me just unscramble myself from this strange heap of keyboard, WoW figurines and partially chewed travel rations.”
“Ok, but hurry up, we’re going to launch Wrath of the Lich King ANY MINUTE NOW!!!”
(to himself, while questing for his other sock) “Bollocks.”
To sum it up, even if the game went alpha, that doesn’t mean that we, the Unchosen, will touch any of it soon. According to
GameSpot, the official attitude of Blizzard was of the expected, “when it’s done” type. So it’s back to waiting stations everybody!
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