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 Official World of Warcraft website
World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft F.A.Q
World of Warcraft Europe Official World of Warcraft Europe website (en)
World of Warcraft Europe World of Warcraft F.A.Q. (en)
SciFi.com Sci Fi Weekly article "Warcraft Conquers The World"
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