11月18日的第九城市2008年第三季度财报电话会议的文本已经发布（点击这里查看：The9 Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript），部分内容我们早先已经报道过（点击这里查看：资料片即将重新上报），其中巫妖王之怒发行时间的相关内容包括：

　　九城总裁陈晓薇在回答问题时透露，运营团队正积极准备冰封前夕的发布，预计将很快和玩家见面，期望在第四季度；巫妖王之怒的发布时间预计在今年第四季度最迟明年第一季度，正在朝着今年年末前发布的目标努力，但目前尚无法给出确定时间。

　　Paul Wuh - Nomura
　　But do you think that the Wrath of the Lich King should hit before the end of this year, right, or not?

　　Xiaowei Chen
　　That is a process -- at this point, we cannot give you a definitive answer but we are certainly working toward that goal.

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　　Xiaowei Chen
　　I apologize. The content update you are talking about, are you talking about version 3.0 that was launched in the United States and Europe, in addition to Wrath of the Lich King?

　　Alicia Yap - Citigroup
　　Yes, it’s something like they launched it prior to the Wrath of the Lich King. It’s the last update prior to the Wrath of the Lich King.

　　Xiaowei Chen
　　Yes, this has been planned for China and we -- our entire operational team has been very actively preparing for the launch of version 3.0. We think that it should meet the Chinese players very soon.

　　Alicia Yap - Citigroup
　　So would that come out in the fourth quarter, because --

　　Xiaowei Chen
　　We certainly hope so, yes. We certainly hope so.

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　　Xiaowei Chen
　　……The other side of the additional increase of S&M expenses are due to three of our new games launched, as well as the Wrath of the Lich King’s launch, all anticipated if not in Q4 of this year then definitely by Q1 of next year.……
　　So with all of these new games launching and to be launched in later Q4 and also early next year, ……