World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft - Wikipedia World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (
| World of Warcraft | |
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| Developer(s) | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Blizzard Entertainment[1] |
| Designer(s) | Rob Pardo, Jeff Kaplan, Tom Chilton |
| Composer(s) | Jason Hayes[a] |
| Series | Warcraft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, macOS |
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| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
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.[3] World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraftrelease, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.[4] Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001.[5] The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.
With a peak of 12 million subscriptions in October 2010 and Blizzard's final report of 5.5 million subscriptions in October 2015,[12] World of Warcraft remains the world's most-subscribed MMORPG,[7][13] and holds the Guinness World Recordfor the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.[14][15][16][17] In January 2014, Blizzard announced that more than 100 million accounts had been created over the game's lifetime.[18] The game has grossed $9.23 billion in revenue, making Warcraft one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time.[19]
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