World of Warcraft's next major expansion, Dragonflight, is tentatively planned for release later this year. Blizzard has yet to announce a release date, but fans of the MMO are expecting news regarding the arrival of Dragonflight and its pre-patch soon. Blizzard may have had the rug pulled out from under its feet regarding Dragonflight's release date announcement, however. What's claimed to be the leak of an internal Blizzard document contains release dates for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, as well as the expansion's pre-patch.

The internal document stems from a now-deleted post within Reddit's community for World of Warcraft Classic, with no listed source. The leak is an image of the document with the heading "Game Launches & Events by Required Readiness Level," followed by planned release dates for multiple Activision Blizzard games. The list includes World of Warcraft Dragonflight under the "WoW 10.0: Global Launch" labeling, with a listed release date of November 28.

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In addition to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's release date, the expansion's pre-patch launch is also listed in the image. "WoW 10.0 Prepatch" is listed as arriving on October 25, just over a month ahead of the expansion. This scheduling lines up with past pre-patch launches from Blizzard, though that's not enough evidence to prove the leak is real given World of Warcraft players' familiarity with past expansion launch schedules.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight isn't the only Activision Blizzard product included in the document, however. There are also listings for World of Warcraft Classic's Wrath of the Lich King expansion launch. Pre-patch and pre-sale are listed for an August 30 launch, with the full expansion arriving September 26. Overwatch 2's PvP early access launch is listed for October 4, as previously announced. Call of Duty Cortez, known to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Call of Duty: Warzone 2 are listed for October 27 and November 16, respectively. Lastly, Diablo 4's pre-purchase is listed for December 8, the day before The Game Awards 2022.

Many of the leaked dates in the document have already been officially announced by Activision Blizzard. The Wrath of the Lich King pre-patch and final release dates, Overwatch 2's early access launch, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's launch all line up with officially confirmed details. If the leak is fake, the faker has at least done their homework.

While there's no way to confirm the veracity of the details of the leaked document, it's undeniably persuasive. There's nothing in the leak that seems undeniably fake or unrealistic. And what's included in the leak seems within the scope of something Activision Blizzard would have on an internal document. Accurate or not, World of Warcraft players will still be waiting another month or two for more specific Dragonflight launch details. But, hopefully, they can now start making more specific plans.

World of Warcraft Dragonflight releases later this year on PC.

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