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World of Warcraft is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. The Warcraft games are set in the aptly named Warcraft Universe, a fantasy setting introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of Warcraft is currently set on the world of Azeroth, four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. World of Warcraft's release celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.
World of Warcraft is a radical departure from the standard real-time strategy style of the other Warcraft games. Featuring a low learning curve, easy level advancement, and "hack-n-slash" gameplay with low down-time, World of Warcraft has become one of the most popular MMORPGs in the world, with more than 6.5 million active subscriptions worldwide. The game is widely regarded as a success, although its release was hampered by server stability and performance issues which continue intermittently.
While some early parts of World of Warcraft can be experienced alone without the help of other players, it is fundamentally a group-centric game. Some of the game's low-level, less rewarding dungeons can be completed with small groups of up to five members, called "parties." The most challenging (and rewarding) encounters, however, require the cooperation of many players, with the maximum totalling 40 players, which are referred to as "raids" (a term originating from EverQuest gameplay). The game's most complex dungeons and encounters are designed to take raiding guilds months of playtime and many attempts before they succeed. The game fundamentally changes upon reaching level 60, its raid-dependent (and time-consuming) nature a vast departure from the relatively casual experience of advancing one's character from levels 1 to 60. The majority of World of Warcraft's endgame content (for level 60 players) requires raiding, with 40-player raids making up the bulk of the game's development since release.
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World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade
Release date: January 1, 2007
Media: CD, DVD
Official website: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/
Price: check prices on Amazon, Ebay, Direct2Drive
Features: An increase in the level cap to 70, two new playable races: the Blood Elves and the Draenei, new starting zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond The entire new continent of Outland, reachable through the Dark Portal, many new high-level dungeons to explore in Azeroth, Outland, and elsewhere, new flying mounts in Outland, many new and dangerous monsters, including epic world bosses Hundreds of new quests, hundreds of new items, anew profession: Jewelcrafting, socketed items.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of The Lich King
Release date: TBC
Media: TBC
Official website: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/
Price: check prices on Amazon, Ebay, Direct2Drive
Features:
- World of Warcraft's 1st hero class: The Death Knight
- Level cap raised to 80
- A new profession: Inscription
- A new continent: Northrend
- Destructible buildings
- New character-customization options
- New dungeons
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