Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft will be hitting a console near you with World of Warcraft: The Molten Core, based on the popular raid dungeon of the same name.  The game will feature a multiplayer and a single player mode, nine different shapes, and possibly even different colors.

Irvine, Calif. -- April 1, 2008 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announces its long-awaited return to console gaming with World of Warcraft: The Molten Core™, a spinoff of the 40-person raid dungeon from its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft®. World of Warcraft: The Molten Core will allow players to experience the excitement of the hit raid dungeon in a completely new format, with new challenges and new rewards.

"Blizzard got its start in console gaming, and we've always been excited about returning to this arena," stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "Additionally, we've wanted to reintroduce the 40-player raid dungeon experience for some time. With World of Warcraft: The Molten Core, we're able to do both."

World of Warcraft: The Molten Core will include single-player and multiplayer versions, fully loaded with nine different shapes (and possibly colors) representing the current World of Warcraft character classes. A future expansion will introduce a tenth shape, representing the death knight hero class. Blizzard also plans to include a full-featured voice-chat system, as well as a fully customizable user interface that allows players to personalize their joystick button with several different functions. A free attunement cartridge rounds out the offering, providing instant access to the complete World of Warcraft: The Molten Core entertainment experience.

Blizzard's World of Warcraft: The Molten Core Collector's Edition, also announced today, will include tinted cellophane TV overlays, further increasing the array of colors available to players. Additional Collector's Edition features, as well as details on the upcoming World of Warcraft: The Molten Core beta test, will be revealed closer to release. World of Warcraft: The Molten Core will initially be available for the Atari 2600 platform, with plans for additional console systems to be announced in the near future.

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Finally a console MMOG with next-gen graphics!  Thank you, Blizzard!  Can't wait to try out my cellophane overlay!

I think this was my favorite Blizzard April Fools joke yet.

An Atari version of MC would have been great, back 30 years ago.

Nice one MMORPG.com a very subtle way to punk us on April Fool's Day.

I didn't catch on until the Atari 2600 video game console was mentioned. :p

 Loved reading all the posts on the WoW forums by those who didn't figure it out before they posted.

April fools "Gotcha"  FTW :)

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Originally posted by Typhyny
Loved reading all the posts on the WoW forums by those who didn't figure it out before they posted.
April fools "Gotcha" FTW :)

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What do you expect from the majority of those anyway?

I agree, 2008 April Fools is the funniest the gaming industry pulled. Theme: Funny Stuff

The concept art vs. screenshot side-by-side comparison cracked me up.

This is my favorite day of the year now; I go around the web to to see the various April Fool's jokes that has been posted. This one wasn't very subtle, which is good, it was quite logical although you kind of lost me in the beginning I kept reading and after seeing it would only be Molten Core I was quite sure. Loved the end, only coming for Atari 2600, hilarious.

I'm more interested in DoA.."Days of Adventure" MMORPG based on the Atari 2600 game.,"Adventure"..old school baby. You can fully customize/color the Dragons..chalice..ladder and your Avatar/square...AWEZ...truly Awez...WOW killer for sure.

favorite april fools day theme......

that video cracked me up, if you could die from laughter, this is one of those lethal ones.

LOL!  April fools!  Atari 2600... priceless!

haha that rocks!

Originally posted by jaskau

The concept art vs. screenshot side-by-side comparison cracked me up.

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Originally posted by Typhyny
Loved reading all the posts on the WoW forums by those who didn't figure it out before they posted.
April fools "Gotcha" FTW :)

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The REALLY sad thing about it is that Blizzard has done this every year since WoW was released (and probably long before that, though I couldn't say for sure) and people STILL get all worked up over it. Last year it was the "tin-foil hat" that supposedly blocked people from using /inspect to view your character, which was Blizzard's way of poking fun at all the idiots citing "privacy concerns" with the Armory. It, too, caused a riot on the forums from all the people who "didn't get it."

Some people never learn. /shrug

Originally posted by Aethios

 

 

The REALLY sad thing about it is that Blizzard has done this every year since WoW was released (and probably long before that, though I couldn't say for sure) and people STILL get all worked up over it. Last year it was the "tin-foil hat" that supposedly blocked people from using /inspect to view your character, which was Blizzard's way of poking fun at all the idiots citing "privacy concerns" with the Armory. It, too, caused a riot on the forums from all the people who "didn't get it."

Some people never learn. /shrug

This has been going on longer than WoW has been release.  When they were still developing WoW I think they said they were having one of the races be 2 headed ogres... and a different person would run each half of the ogre.  People were really worked up over that one. 

lol at the trailer. i really need to save my money to upgrade my pc to play this graphically enhanced game.

Originally posted by jaskau

The concept art vs. screenshot side-by-side comparison cracked me up.

hell ya that was killer.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAH LAWL!!!!!!!!!!

haha nice, my brother believed it and argued with me that today was the 31st.  loved the part where its like 192i resolution.... has sound'  good stuff

Originally posted by Atrayo

Nice one MMORPG.com a very subtle way to punk us on April Fool's Day.

I didn't catch on until the Atari 2600 video game console was mentioned. :p

Me too. Sounded very feasible... until Atari 2600. Then it was LOL!