Blizzard releases EU Wrath launch video

by Mike Schramm Jan 7th 2009 at 2:00PM

Blizzard has released some launch night video from the Wrath of the Lich King release over on their EU site, and it looks like things were pretty crazy across the pond. There were costumes aplenty, and there were crowds in London, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands. Plus, the video even has a nice appearance by the man/demon himself, as you can see above.

Unfortunately, the US site hasn't posted any such video yet, so while you can definitely read here on this site about all of the crowds and chaos that went down on this side of the world, there's no video to compare. My guess is that while the EU folks were definitely excited, over there it was more contained to the big events and the big cities, while over here in the US even small towns had lines outside the gaming stores.

But it was definitely a night to remember for WoW fans, no matter where you were.

[via WorldofWar]

Tags: blizzard, crowds, eu, europe, game, gamers, lines, london, madrid, netherlands, release, retail, spain, wotlk, wrath-of-the-lich-king

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Events, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Wrath of the Lich King

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Jay Jan 7th 2009 2:23PM

While I enjoy playing a bit of Warcraft. This is the type of stuff I would just call sad.

I guess they're having fun though right.

Rimelight Jan 7th 2009 4:44PM

Of course when a football fan goes to every single match their team plays, dresses up as their favourite player and cheers wildly every time, to paraphrase Bill Baily, "one of those overpaid, potential rapists shephards a bit of leather into a net" they're referred to as a "fan".
When a WoW player or fantasy/sci fi fan dresses up for a once a year event or convention they're called a "geek", "ghey" or "sad".

What an odd world we live in...