WotC WotC Removes Release Dates From Promo Images For 2024

On Friday, WotC shared a bunch of images of 2024's D&D releases, which included release dates for each book.

• 2024 Core Rulebooks (May 21st)
• Vecna: Eve of Ruin (May 21st)
• Quests from the Infinite Staircase (July 16th)
• Making of D&D (June 18th)

The images were initially shared during a panel at PAX Unplugged, and were shortly after shared widely on the official D&D social media outlets.

However, a few hours later, all those images were removed from WotC's social media, and were later replaced by images without the release dates.

Additionally, the '2024 Core Rules' image was replaced with a caption saying '2024 Player's Handbook'.

It's not clear why they were removed, whether those release dates are incorrect, or if they simply weren't supposed to be shared yet. But since we shared those images too, we should note that it's possible the dates we shared might not be set in stone. More info if and when we have it!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I wouldn't be surprised if it were the actual date for the Vecna adventure, and it possibly was just accidentally placed on other things. They didn't fully proofread everything, as the "Adventurers" typo in the presentation that they all joked about shows...

That is what I expect.

 

[Superchunk77]

It has been the Year of Follies for Wizards

No kidding. I'm still amazed that anyone actually still has faith in WotC after the repeated mistakes, product quality issues, and communication blunders (not to mention the OGL scandal that sparked it all off) without any sign whatsoever of learning from their past mistakes. A company that addresses issues reactively instead of pro-actively is not a well run company. Buyer beware.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

No kidding. I'm still amazed that anyone actually still has faith in WotC after the repeated mistakes, product quality issues, and communication blunders (not to mention the OGL scandal that sparked it all off) without any sign whatsoever of learning from their past mistakes. A company that addresses issues reactively instead of pro-actively is not a well run company. Buyer beware.

I think we all know that WotC is a mess internally. One can know that and yet still think that a flawed, but playable game will come out and be fun to play when it does!

 

[Parmandur]

I think we all know that WotC is a mess internally. One can know that and yet still think that a flawed, but playable game will come out and be fun to play when it does!

I mean, I knew thwt twenty years ago when I was a teenaher: they haven't gotten any better or worse since, honestly, in a corporate sense.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I mean, I knew thwt twenty years ago when I was a teenaher: they haven't gotten any better or worse since, honestly, in a corporate sense.

Maybe a little worse. I mean, IMO they are pretty seriously screwing up their management of their cash cow, Magic. But they'll likely course correct when they start losing money.

 

[Parmandur]

Maybe a little worse. I mean, IMO they are pretty seriously screwing up their management of their cash cow, Magic. But they'll likely course correct when they start losing money.

They were pretty bad in the Aughts. Just...different.

 

[EthanSental]

Still better ran (managed) than TSR…

 

[overgeeked]

Still better ran than TSR…

And TSR still had better products, so…

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Still better ran than TSR…

You mean managed better? Yeah, that's generally true.

 

[Shardstone]

It's really not that serious. These things happen for a multitude of reasons. This kind of criticism just doesn't really seem sensible to me.