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World of Warcraft

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Developer(s)Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s)Vivendi Universal
Date publishedNA - 23 November 2004
EU - 11 February 2005
Version3.2.0
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, (Linux via Wine or Cedega)
Genre(s)MMORPG

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 2 (and soon 3) expansion packs, including World of Warcraft: The Burning CrusadeTBC, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich KingWotLK, and soon World of Warcraft: CataclysmCataclysm.

In 2008, World of Warcraft received more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers, and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG and world's largest MMORPG online game.[1] It also continues its further story development throughout its franchising, other than online mediums, such as Warcraft novels, manga, RPG books, TCG, and board games.

Contents

Features

Note the following are the pre-expansion details:

Gameplay System

General System
Quest and Honor Systems
Events
User Interface and Customer Support
  • Customize AddOn and Interface with some game commands support.
  • Client seamlessly supports both Mac and Windows operating systems. Linux users can play via Wine, 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[2] (Spanish, English?)

Video

Official trailer

See also

Trivia

The original WoW is sometimes referred to as "vanilla World of Warcraft" or "classic World of Warcraft".

References

  1. ^ Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - PC Gaming. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
  2. ^ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America

External links

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