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We appreciate the fact that we received no hate mail after we reported Blizzard's delay of the World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade. You readers truly understand the meaning of “don't shoot the messenger”. We do have some good news today, as Blizzard has announced the new official release date for The Burning Crusade. That day is January 16, 2007. That release date only applies to North America and Europe, however Blizzard says that the dates for Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore will be in a “similar time frame”. As for mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, players there will have to wait a little longer to find out when the game will be hitting their store shelves.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade will be available in two different editions on January 16^th for PC and Mac. The regular edition will be available for $39.99 USD/$49.99 CAD and the special Collector's Edition will be available for a suggested price of $69.99 USD. The Collector's Edition will include both a CD and DVD copy of the game, an Art of The Burning Crusade coffee table book, an exclusive in-game pet, a behind the scenes DVD, a WoW Trading Card Game starter deck with exclusive cards, a mouse pad and, finally, the official soundtrack CD. Don't forget that The Burning Crusade requires the original World of Warcraft game in order to work, and you still have to pay those monthly subscription fees.

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