Did Malaco jebaited us all along or is it happening? I remember in December they said it will take 3 months and after those they said 3 more months, it's been like 8 months from the announcement so id assume they just dropped it.
Maybe they announced something and I don't know but theres never any updates on the official site in terms of whats happening in Blackrock so I don't really know.
In my opinion the cross realm is not gonna have any effect on the player base anymore they missed their chance to increase the population like 5 months ago.