{"id":334,"date":"2012-09-04T22:50:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T02:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=334"},"modified":"2012-09-04T22:50:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T02:50:33","slug":"blizzard-announces-world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-launch-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/09\/blizzard-announces-world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-launch-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Announces World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Launch Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled plans for several official global launch events celebrating the upcoming release of their newest World of Warcraft expansion. Beginning on the evening of September 24, retailers will welcome gamers who will be among the first to purchase and play the highly anticipated fourth expansion of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to meet up with players around the world and celebrate with them at the official launch events,\u201d said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. \u201cA lot of hard work and long hours went into making Mists of Pandaria a truly epic expansion, so we\u2019re really looking forward to coming together and having some fun with the community before everyone takes off for the new continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the official launch event in the United States, other retailers will begin selling the game at midnight. Future Shop and Best Buy in Canada are expected to be among those opening up for midnight sales.<\/p>\n<p>There will be two editions of the game available for sale, the standard edition of the expansion as well as the retail exclusive Collector\u2019s Edition which contains several bonus items.<\/p>\n<p>More details about the launch celebration and the collector&#8217;s edition can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/company\/press\/pressreleases.html?id=7155874\">Blizzard website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wvYXoyxLv64?list=UUbLj9QP9FAaHs_647QckGtg&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled plans for several official global launch events celebrating the upcoming release of their newest World of Warcraft expansion. Beginning on the evening of September 24, retailers will welcome gamers who will be among the first to purchase and play the highly anticipated fourth expansion of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. 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