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Out of the Box: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
2009-11-09 00:00:00
[Update 6:00 p.m. PST: WoW's servers seem to be experiencing unusually high loads, resulting in entry queues for many players. A recent post on the game's official board informs that Blizzard is offering free realm transfers from more than twenty servers to a handful of less-populous ones. Not all servers experiencing entry queues are currently on the free-transfer list; Frostmane, where many GameSpy editors play, is among these, and as of 6:00 p.m. PST there is an entry queue of more than 500 players. Estimated entry time into Frostmane is in flux, hovering between 15-20 minutes as the queue ticks down.]Our experience with The Burning Crusade's release last year has taught us to expect a couple of things from the launch of a WoW expansion. First, that things will be surprisingly smooth on the technical end. The Burning Crusade's launch was encouragingly issue-free when it first went live, and early indications are that Wrath of the Lich King will follow suit. There has been no post-laun...
2009-11-09 00:00:00
[Update 6:00 p.m. PST: WoW's servers seem to be experiencing unusually high loads, resulting in entry queues for many players. A recent post on the game's official board informs that Blizzard is offering free realm transfers from more than twenty servers to a handful of less-populous ones. Not all servers experiencing entry queues are currently on the free-transfer list; Frostmane, where many GameSpy editors play, is among these, and as of 6:00 p.m. PST there is an entry queue of more than 500 players. Estimated entry time into Frostmane is in flux, hovering between 15-20 minutes as the queue ticks down.]Our experience with The Burning Crusade's release last year has taught us to expect a couple of things from the launch of a WoW expansion. First, that things will be surprisingly smooth on the technical end. The Burning Crusade's launch was encouragingly issue-free when it first went live, and early indications are that Wrath of the Lich King will follow suit. There has been no post-laun...