Shadowlands Alpha Is Here — Asmongold Reacts

The first Shadowlands alpha invitations are going out this week. Five months after BlizzCon 2019, the development team pulled back the curtain on what they've been building, and Asmongold sat down to watch the developer update live on stream. His reaction was immediate and visceral: "There it is, boys. It is fucking time."

The initial wave of invites targets longtime WoW players with active accounts in good standing, Blizzard friends and family, and a limited number of content creators and journalists. Asmongold noted that this approach matters because it catches the hardcore players who otherwise never get into testing cycles — the people who would sit on the sidelines, unable to give feedback, and then watch the game launch in a broken state. "I hope they don't release it like this, but I haven't had a chance to play it, so Blizzard won't take me seriously. It comes out, it sucks, and then everybody's mad." Later waves will prioritize players with extensive PvP and raid experience for focused testing.

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