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The official WoW Twitter account said today that fans can catch the WoW dev team's top execs, executive producer John Hight and game director Ion Hazzikostas, on both Twitch and YouTube starting at 11am CT on July 8 for updates about Shadowlands.\u00a0 https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.com\/en-us\/news\/23463297\/tune-in-july-8-for-a-shadowlands-update After the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees across the country to work from home, including those at Blizzard, there was concern that titles and gaming platforms set to release this year wouldn\u2019t be available when they were originally intended to. But since the beginning of the pandemic, Blizzard and Hazzikostas have held firm that they intend to get Shadowlands to WoW players before the end of 2020. 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After the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees across the country to work from home, including those at Blizzard, there was concern that titles and gaming platforms set to release this year wouldn\u2019t be available when they were originally intended to. But since the beginning of the pandemic, Blizzard and Hazzikostas have held firm that they intend to get Shadowlands<\/em> to WoW<\/em> players before the end of 2020. <\/p>

In addition to starting alpha testing for the game in the middle of the U.S. state of emergency that’s forced numerous social distancing guidelines, Hazzikostas has personally done Q&As on various Twitch streams to give updates.\u00a0Every step of the way, Hazzikostas has held firm that the company is still on track to release Shadowlands<\/em> by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>

While there’s no indication exactly what Hight and Hazzikostas will talk about in their update, the Shadowlands<\/em> alpha test has been live since April 9. Assuming that the developer plans to push the game live before 2021, there’s a reasonable chance that the two execs might have some information prepared for fans regarding expanded beta testing\u2014or even what month the game will be released.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The official WoW Twitter account said today that fans can catch the WoW dev team's top execs, executive producer John Hight and game director Ion Hazzikostas, on both Twitch and YouTube starting at 11am CT on July 8 for updates about Shadowlands.\u00a0 https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.com\/en-us\/news\/23463297\/tune-in-july-8-for-a-shadowlands-update After the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees across the country to work from home, including those at Blizzard, there was concern that titles and gaming platforms set to release this year wouldn\u2019t be available when they were originally intended to. But since the beginning of the pandemic, Blizzard and Hazzikostas have held firm that they intend to get Shadowlands to WoW players before the end of 2020. 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