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{{Infobox video game | |||
| image = WoW Box Art1.jpg | |||
| developer = [[Blizzard Entertainment]] | |||
| publisher = Blizzard Entertainment | |||
| designer = {{ubl|[[Rob Pardo]]|[[Jeffrey Kaplan (game designer)|Jeff Kaplan]]|Tom Chilton}} | |||
| composer = Jason Hayes{{efn|Additional music by Tracy W. Bush, Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford}} | |||
| series = ''[[Warcraft]]'' | |||
| released = {{vgrelease|[[Australasia|AUS]] / [[North America|NA]]|November 23, 2004}} | |||
{{vgrelease|EU|February 11, 2005 | |||
| genre = [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|Massively multiplayer online role-playing]] | |||
| modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]] | |||
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]] | |||
}} | |||
=About= | =About= | ||
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the Warcraft fantasy universe. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, World of Warcraft has had seven major expansion packs released for it: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, and Battle for Azeroth. | World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the Warcraft fantasy universe. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, World of Warcraft has had seven major expansion packs released for it: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, and Battle for Azeroth. | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 6 April 2019
{{Infobox video game | image = WoW Box Art1.jpg | developer = Blizzard Entertainment | publisher = Blizzard Entertainment
| designer =
- Rob Pardo
- Jeff Kaplan
- Tom Chilton
| composer = Jason Hayes[lower-alpha 1] | series = Warcraft
| released =
- EU: February 11, 2005
About
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the Warcraft fantasy universe. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, World of Warcraft has had seven major expansion packs released for it: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, and Battle for Azeroth.
World of Warcraft was the world's most popular MMORPG by player count of nearly 10 million in 2009. The game had a total of over a hundred million registered accounts by 2014. By 2017, the game had grossed over $9.23 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. At BlizzCon 2017, a "classic" version of the game was announced, which is planned to provide a way to experience the base game before any of its expansions launched. Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2018 that WoW Classic will be released in the summer of 2019, and will be included with the standard subscription.
Vanilla
Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King
Cataclysm
Mists of Pandaria
Warlords of Draenor
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