In an interesting marriage of pre-order and beta testing, Guild Wars introduced their regular Beta weekends and retailer-specific pre-order schemes plans.
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World of Warcraft Release Date
World of Warcraft release date — November 23, 2004 …excerpt: DailyGame …Foton: November 23 is the day for Blizzard to put up or shut up, in a manner of speaking. I’ll spend the next week deciding which retail outlet won’t screw me over on a pre-order.
Developer Memos: #3 Customer Service
I haven’t written a Developer Memo for quite a while; I had intended it to be a series when I first hatched my evil scheme, but I got sidetracked by … I’m not sure what. Maybe blackouts. Or displaced SWG rage. Who knows.
Before I get too deep into illegally using my e-friend’s Warcraft info, I’ll do another. This time focusing on Customer Service and Support in MMOGs, it seems important to write this before I experience WoW’s CS system firsthand. Because I’m sure it’s the best ever, since Blizzard is god.
Ya. Moving on…