WoW Burning Crusade: January 16th

Sources tell us that Blizzard has finally nailed down a release date for The Burning Crusade, their first expansion pack for the most popular MMORPG in the world. It'll hit stores on the 16th of January, with two editions available: a regular edition for 35 smackers, and a high-class Collector's Edition for 60.

From WoW WarCry:

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade will be in stores on January 16th, 2007 in Europe and North America! The news comes as the player base reaches 7.5 million players worldwide.

WoW: T.B.C. (http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/townhall/index.html) will be available at retail stores at a suggested retail price of 34.99€.

A special Collector's Edition (http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/townhall/collectors.html) of the expansion will also be available, at a suggested retail price of 69.99€. This limited-edition package will include the expansion on both CD-ROM and DVD, the Art of the Burning Crusade coffee table book, an exclusive in-game pet, a behind-the-scenes DVD, a World of Warcraft Trading Card Game starter deck and exclusive cards, a map of Outland mouse pad and the official soundtrack CD.

"While World of Warcraft has continued to grow rapidly along with its player population, The Burning Crusade will represent our single largest addition of new game content and new features to date," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "With this expansion, we're looking forward to offering the same level of quality that players have experienced in World of Warcraft so far, and we'll continue balancing and play-testing up until launch to ensure that The Burning Crusade achieves that goal."

Read the full press release:
http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/061109.shtml

Speaking of WoW WarCry, they've got a great deal of nifty content pertaining to the Burning Crusade beta, so if you're interested and haven't seen what they've got to offer, I suggest you do so. Today, even!