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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 | 3.1.2 NA - 19 May 2009 EU - 20 May 2009 |
| Platforms | Microsoft 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 expansion packs including, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
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In 2008 World of Warcraft received more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers, and currently hold the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG and world's largest MMORPG online games.[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.
Features
Note the following are the pre-expansion details:
- Uses and expands the storyline from the Warcraft series of games.
- Customizable characters:
- 2 factions: Horde and Alliance.
- 8 races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Orc, Troll, Undead, Tauren (expansions:
Blood Elf and Draenei).
- 9 classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, and Paladin (expansions:
Death Knight).
- 9 professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting (expansions:
Jewelcrafting,
Inscription)
- The Talents and Glyphs system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.
Gameplay System
- General System
- A casual-friendly character progression system.
- In-game trading, mail service and auction system.
- Four server types: Normal (PvE), RP, PvP, and RPPvP.
- 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
See also
References
- ^ http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/pc_gaming.aspx
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America
External links
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SciFi.com Sci Fi Weekly article "Warcraft Conquers The World"
winehq.com The Official WineHQ website with info about
World of Warcraft 3.0.x running with Wine.
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