Well folks, we finally have a date for what is probably the most anticipated MMORPG expansion of all time. World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade will hit stores on January 17, 2007. We fully expect it to sell out so pre-order ASAP. Click read more for the full press info.

PRESS RELEASE

PARIS, France. – 9 November, 2006 – Blizzard Entertainment® announced today that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, the highly anticipated expansion to the world’s leading subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft, will be in stores on January 16th in North America and Europe. The expansion will be available in a similar time frame in Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore as well, and availability for mainland China and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau will be announced in the near future. In addition, Blizzard today announced that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft has reached a new milestone, with 7.5 million players worldwide.

Blizzard has chosen the winners of the Gurubashi Screenshot Contest, and the infor is now posted. The winners not only win "Killer" T-shirts and network cards, but the top winners will also receive amazing collector's coins created by Bigfoot Networks. Check the list to see if you made it.

The official Warcraft Encyclopedia has been launched, and it is ready for just about any question you can throw at it. Give it a try for yourself.

Blizzard has posted word on their website that the much-anticipated World Of Warcraft trading card game is now available. For those of you interested in playing WoW even when you can't actually play WoW, check it out.

What can se say that Blizzard has not already?

"We appreciate the enthusiasm surrounding World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and we're excited about putting the finishing touches on all of the new content," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We feel confident that the extra time spent polishing the game will result in the high-quality experience that our players expect and deserve."

EuroGamer has poasted a new World of Warcraft Expansion: The Burning Crusade preview. They get their hands on one of the most aticipated expansions in MMO history. Check it out.

For those of you that missed the hilarious World Of Warcraft South Park episode, you can catch it online right now! The episode is rife with MMO speak and location names that any WoW player should recognize instantly. It is really very clever, so check it out before it gets taken down!

Blizzard has announced a special collector's edition of the upcoming Burning Crusade WoW expansion. Artwork, a special DVD, tons of extra paper, and more come with the pack.