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Blizzard Entertainment has announced that signups for the long awaited public beta test of their upcoming MMORPG, World of Warcraft, will start tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28th at 6 pm PST.

From Battle.net:

At 6:00 pm PST on Wednesday, January 28th, the signup period for the World of Warcraft Beta Test will officially begin. We will provide a link to the beta-test application right here in the news section at that time. Testers are not going to be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis, so you will be able to submit an application and receive equal consideration anytime during the signup period, which will end on Wednesday, February 4th at 6:00 pm PST. Please note that multiple submissions from the same household will result in complete disqualification.

For this initial phase of the World of Warcraft beta test, we will only be able to accept applications from Canada, Korea, and the US. The test for Europe and other countries around the world will happen later this year. Please do not contact us for further information regarding the beta test; we will be posting a FAQ in the days ahead.

[Update] A forum thread in the official Battle.net messageboards has a Blizzard employee quickly confirming Macs will be included in the World of Warcraft beta test. See the link below for more information.

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