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World of Warcraft

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World of Warcraft
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WoW box art
Developer(s)Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s)Vivendi Universal
Release date(s)NA - 23 November 2004
EU - 11 February 2005
VersionFail:WoW Icon 16x16.gif Patch 1.1.0 - Patch 1.12.2
ExpansionsTBC The Burning Crusade
WotLK Wrath of the Lich King
Cataclysm Cataclysm
Mists of Pandaria Mists of Pandaria
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, (Linux via Wine or Cedega)
Genre(s)MMORPG

Fail:WoW Icon 16x16.gif World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) set in the Warcraft universe. It is developed by Blizzard Entertainment and contains 4 expansion packs: TBC World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, WotLK World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. The initial release is now sometimes known as "vanilla WoW" or "classic WoW".

As of 2010, World of Warcraft has more than 12 million monthly subscribers,[1][citation needed] and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest and most popular MMORPG.[2] It also continues its further story development throughout its franchising, other than online media, such as Warcraft novels, comics, manga, RPG books, TCG, and board games.

Features[]

Note the following are the pre-expansion details:

Gameplay System[]

General System
  • A casual-friendly character progression system up to a point.
  • In-game trading, mail service and auction system.
  • Four server types: Normal (PvE), RP, PvP, and RPPvP.
Quest and Honor Systems
Events
  • A variety of World Events including:
    • Darkmoon Faire, Children's Week, Scourge Invasion, Midsummer Fire Festival, Hallow's End, and Feast of Winter Veil.
  • Dozens of Instanced Dungeons, ranging from Blackfathom Deeps to Zul'Farrak with dozens more added in content patches and expansions.
User Interface and Customer Support
  • Customize AddOn and Interface with some game commands support.
  • Client seamlessly supports both Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Linux users can play via Wine (MS Windows emulation), however this is not supported and can be buggy at times.

Availability[]

  • Oceania (English - Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand)
  • North America (English - US & Canada)
  • Europe (English-UK, French, German, Spanish, Russian)
  • South Korea
  • China (Simplified and Traditional Chinese; including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau)
  • Latin America[3] (Spanish, English?)

Video[]

Official trailer
Fail:World of Warcraft Opening Cinematic
Escape F Mount Stupid: World of Warcraft[4]
Fail:Escape From Mount Stupid - World of Warcraft
An overview of World of Warcraft through late Cataclysm Cataclysm.

Trivia[]

The original WoW is sometimes referred to as "vanilla World of Warcraft," "pre Burning Crusade (Pre BC)," or "classic World of Warcraft".

References[]

  1. ↑ 'World of Warcraft' hits 12 million subscribers By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Oct 07, 2010 12:06 PM
  2. ↑ Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - PC Gaming. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
  3. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America
  4. ↑ Danny O'Dwyer 2012-04-16. Escape From Mount Stupid: World of Warcraft. GameSpot.

See also[]

External links[]

World of Warcraft Community Site (US) World of Warcraft Community Site (US) Official Battle.net World of Warcraft US website
World of Warcraft Community Site (EU) World of Warcraft Community Site (EU) Official Battle.net World of Warcraft EU website (en)
World of Warcraft Community Site (US) World of Warcraft Community Site (US) The Story of Warcraft > World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft Community Site (EU) World of Warcraft Community Site (EU) The Story of Warcraft > World of Warcraft
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Old news
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