{"id":153654,"date":"2023-11-02T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=153654"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:00:43","slug":"warcraft-rumble-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2023\/11\/02\/warcraft-rumble-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the Warcraft Rumble release date? November 3! (But you may already be able to log in and play in the US)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News for the renamed <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/category\/warcraft\/warcraft-rumble\/\"><em>Warcraft Rumble<\/em><\/a> has been starting to pick up, with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-us\/warcraftrumble\/23985782\/smash-that-button-warcraft-rumble-enters-soft-launch\">soft launches in several countries<\/a> already happening. Pre-registration for the app on the Google Play Store has been live for awhile now, and now you can <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2023\/09\/21\/pre-register-warcraft-rumble-rewards\/\">pre-register on the Apple App store<\/a> with both sites providing a bonus for doing so. While it was initially announced that <strong><em>Warcraft Rumble<\/em> would enter full release on November 3<\/strong> during <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2022\/07\/25\/blizzcon-2023-date\/\">BlizzCon 2023<\/a>, many of our staffers in the US are currently able to play on both Apple and Android. We did all pre-order the game for free, so if you didn&#8217;t, you may be out of luck, but it&#8217;s worth a look at your App or Play store.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of reasons to believe the game will be live at BlizzCon, even beyond the soft launch. It&#8217;s arguable that the game should be released already: the interval between <em>Diablo Immortal&#8217;s<\/em> closed beta and release was eight months &#8212; a length of time already exceeded by the\u00a0<em>Warcraft Rumble<\/em> beta. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2022\/01\/18\/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard\/\">Microsoft acquisition<\/a> was known when the announcement was made it may be a factor in the lack of a release yet. Ditto the arrival of <em>DI<\/em> last year; honestly, it would be managerial malpractice to not consider the launch of your previous mobile-only offering in your planning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-0jpog8nru_e66dfd1992d4cd235369675\" style=\"max-width:900px;\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 500 \/ 281\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-0jpog8nru_e66dfd1992d4cd235369675\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0jPOG8Nru_E?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0jPOG8Nru_E?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blizzardwatch.com\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02\\\/warcraft-rumble-release-date\\\/#arve-youtube-0jpog8nru_e66dfd1992d4cd235369675\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/0jPOG8Nru_E?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The phrase &#8220;mobile-only&#8221; may also no longer be true and it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if\u00a0<em>Arclight<\/em> is converted into a desktop format like\u00a0<em>Hearthstone<\/em> and <em>Diablo Immortal<\/em>. While a PC option is not guaranteed, I tend to think players would prefer to <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2022\/05\/03\/warcraft-arclight-rumble-pc\/\">have the option<\/a> rather than be forced to play it only on mobile. If the decision was made to add one that would increase the development time and would explain why it hasn&#8217;t been released yet.<\/p>\n<p>The final consideration for the release date is Blizzard&#8217;s schedule for the year ahead. After\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/tag\/diablo-4\"><em>Diablo 4<\/em><\/a> came out in June, there&#8217;s little else happening in 2023. Sure, <em>World of Warcraft<\/em> will <a href=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2022\/12\/21\/dragonflight-six-patches-2023\/\">still be releasing patches<\/a> and\u00a0<em>Hearthstone<\/em> will be releasing expansions but the fall and early winter may be quiet. The return of <em>BlizzCon<\/em> after a four year hiatus is going to be very &#8220;loud&#8221; from a marketing standpoint, and having an imminent launch for\u00a0<em>Rumble <\/em>allows the team to go all-in and get the hype going. It won&#8217;t be the biggest news at <em>BlizzCon<\/em> most likely (next <em>WoW <\/em>expansion?) but it&#8217;s something that could get a lot of screen time. Launching it during or shortly after BlizzCon would keep that momentum going.<\/p>\n<p>There is also <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/23999612\/dive-into-joyful-chaos-as-warcraft-rumble-pops-into-azeroth\">a cross-promotion in <em>WoW<\/em><\/a>, with <em>Rumble<\/em> tokens showing up in that game already, leading to achievements, minis, and other fun stuff. We&#8217;ll update again when we know more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published May 3, 2022; updated November 2, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News for the renamed Warcraft Rumble has been starting to pick up, with soft launches in several countries already happening. Pre-registration for the app on the Google Play Store has been live for awhile now, and now you can pre-register on the Apple App store with both sites providing a bonus for doing so. 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