Så er det officielt! Blizzard har bekræftet release date for deres næste World of Warcraft expansion; "Cataclysm". Datoen er fastsat til d. 7. december i år, så mon ikke der er lagt op til lidt Jule-gaming?!

World of Warcraft(R): Cataclysm(TM) in Stores Starting December 7
IRVINE, Calif., Oct 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft(R): Cataclysm(TM), the highly anticipated third expansion for the world's most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game*, will be released starting on December 7, 2010. The expansion will be available on DVD-ROM for Windows(R) XP/Windows Vista(R)/Windows(R) 7 and Macintosh(R) at a suggested retail price of $39.99 and will also be offered as a digital download from the Blizzard Store. A special Collector's Edition packed with bonus items will be available exclusively in retail stores for a suggested retail price of $79.99.

Cataclysm release date easter egg?
Et sjovt lille tiltag som Blizzard har lavet; citatet nedenunder er taget fra artiklen, der handler om "Operation: Gnomeregan" som er en et såkaldt 'Precata Event'. Her kan man se, at der bliver sagt, at chancen for at der sker et "Cataclysmic Event" er 12.7%. Det er her, den så er lidt tricky, for umiddelbart ser det jo ikke ud til at hinte noget som helst da d. 12/7 jo blot er den 12. Juli. Men men men i USA skriver de ikke datoerne lige som vi gør "Dag/Måned", men derimod skriver de det lige omvendt "Måned/Dag" hvilken så vil sige at 12/7 = 7. December! 

"Operation: Gnomeregan Imminent," Says High Tinker Mekkatorque
After rumors spread throughout Kharanos and Ironforge about Mekgineer Thermaplugg preparing his irradiated soldiers to meet the growing gnomish clamoring for the reclamation of their once-great city, High Tinker Mekkatorque today exclaimed Operation: Gnomeregan to be imminent, describing his former ally Thermaplugg's irradiation of the beloved city as "a date which will live in a proportionate rate of increase in impropriety!" Speaking to a small conglomerate of various Alliance representatives, Mekkatorque pointed out that the time to strike is now. After all, Thermaplugg has eluded death for years to keep his reign over Gnomeregan; and with the fall of the Lich King, the last great threat to the citizens of Azeroth, the chance of any cataclysmic event taking place in the foreseeable future is "less than 12.7%," Mekkatorque's leading combat medical advisor Doc Cogspin purported.