World of Warcraft
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| World of Warcraft | |
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| Developer(s) | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Vivendi Universal |
| Date published | NA - 23 November 2004 EU - 11 February 2005 |
| Version | NA - 2.4.3 (15 July 2008) EU - 2.4.3 (16 July 2008) |
| Platforms | Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
World of Warcraft (often abbreviated as WoW) is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Warcraft universe developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It has two expansions,
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the latter of which is in pre-release.
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Features
Note the following are the pre-expansion details:
- Uses and expands the storyline from the Warcraft series of games.
- Customizable characters:
- 2 factions: the Horde and the Alliance.
- 8 races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night elf, Orc, Troll, Forsaken, and Tauren (10 with the expansions:
Blood elf, Draenei).
- 9 classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, and Paladin (10 with the expansions:
Death knight).
- 9 professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting (11 with the expansions:
Jewelcrafting, Inscription)
- The Talents system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.
- A casual-friendly character progression system. Quests occur frequently, and being offline (resting) increases your experience points gain.
- A variety of world events, including Darkmoon Faire, Children's Week, Scourge Invasion, and the Midsummer Fire Festival.
- Over 25 instanced dungeons, ranging from the Deadmines to Zul'Gurub to the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.
- A PvP Honor system, 3 Battlegrounds (5 with the expansions) as well as various rare and epic PvP rewards.
- In-game trading, mail service and auction system.
- Four server types: Normal (PvE), RP, PvP, and RPPvP.
- Excellent AddOn and Interface customization support.
- Client seamlessly supports both Mac and Windows operating systems.
Availability
- North America (English - US & Canada) and Oceania (English - Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand)
- Europe (English-UK, French, German, Spanish, Russian[1])
- South Korea
- China (Simplified and Traditional Chinese; including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau)
- Coming soon! Latin America[2]
See also
References
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment® Announces Launch Date for Russian-language Version of World of Warcraft®
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America
External links
World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft F.A.Q
World of Warcraft Europe World of Warcraft F.A.Q. (en)
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