World of Warcraft: The War Within early access release time and release date

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Several of the expansion’s features are already available via a pre-release update, namely Warbands, WoW’s long-awaited answer for people with a stable of characters they like to play. Warbands is what happens if you squeeze all your characters into a get along t-shirt and let them share progress in the game. Reputations, transmog cosmetics, and gear are all included. Our own Fraser Brown is abig fan, calling it “a tantalizing teaser for WoW’s new trajectory.”

It’s been years since I’ve seriously played WoW, but it sounds like it’s a great time to get back on thesparkle ponyand try again. Here’s when The War Within launches for people who preordered the Epic Edition.

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When is the World of Warcraft: The War Within early access release time?

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The three-day early access period for The War Within begins at3 pm Pacific on Thursday, August 22, and then it’ll go live for everyone on August 26. Blizzard is based in California, so it tends to launch things in its own time zone, which is why countries like Germany and Australia will technically have to wait until Friday. You can check what time it opens up inyour local timeor view the global launch times below:

If you haven’t touched the game for a while, you can download it on Blizzard’sBattle.net launcher. Once you’ve updated to the latest patch, you won’t need anything else before you can jump in tomorrow. You may, however, want to watch astory recap videoto understand what’s been going on in Azeroth the last few years and what the goth elf on the cover is up to.

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