
The fans cried, and the blues took note and, this time, they also took action. Perhaps too late, some of you might argue if you're still waiting to receive your World of Warcraft expansion, but let's not forget that Vivendi also needed to make some money first, from selling The Burning Crusade at retail. Anyway, the point is that the package can now be downloaded perfectly legally from the official WoW-Europe.com / WorldOfWarcraft.com website, given you already have a World of Warcraft account.
You can find the download links in the Account section. The client is available both for PC and Mac, and at least on the European website, in any of the following languages: English, Deutsch, Français and Español. It's great that you can download not only the The Burning Crusade installer, but also the World of Warcraft installer, in case you no longer have the original discs at hand.
Furthermore, you can also buy an Expansion Key online there, for upgrading your normal account to The Burning Crusade. The price for a key is 34.99 Euro, plus taxes - since the payment can only be made by credit card.
In other WoW: Tuberculosis news, Blizzard announced that they will be spreading their outlandish sickness in Mainland China after having signed an agreement with The9 Limited, a leading online game operator in China. World of Warcraft is currently played in the territory by more than 3.5 million subscribers - accounting for almost half of the game's worldwide population! Here's a bit more from the announcement:
"Localization of The Burning Crusade, Blizzard's first World of Warcraft expansion, into simplified Chinese is underway, and further details regarding the release of the expansion in China will be announced in the months ahead.
The new agreement between Blizzard and The9 includes provisions for hardware upgrades to the existing World of Warcraft infrastructure to enable the best gaming experience possible for players in China. Working closely with Blizzard's global teams, The9 will continue providing local community management, technical support, and 24/7 in-game customer service. The9 also manages distribution of game cards and the physical hosting of World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade on local servers."




