World of Warcraft



World of Warcraft (often abbreviated as WoW) is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Warcraft Universe developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

Features
Note the following are the pre-expansion details:
 * Uses and expands the storyline from the Warcraft series of games.
 * Customizable characters:
 * 2 factions: the Horde and the Alliance.
 * 8 races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night elf, Orc, Troll, Forsaken, and Tauren.
 * 9 classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior and Paladin.
 * 9 professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting.
 * The Talents system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.
 * A casual-friendly character progression system. Quests occur frequently, and being offline (resting) increases your experience points gain.
 * A variety of world events, including Darkmoon Faire, Children's Week, Scourge Invasion and the Midsummer Fire Festival.
 * Over 25 instanced dungeons, ranging from the Deadmines to Zul'Gurub to the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.
 * A PvP Honor system, 3 Battlegrounds (4 in the expansion) as well as various rare and epic PvP rewards.
 * In-game trading, mail service and auction system.
 * Four server types: Normal (PvE), RP, PvP and RPPvP.
 * Excellent AddOn and Interface customization support.
 * Client seamlessly supports both Mac and Windows operating systems.

Expansions

 * World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
 * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King pre-release

Availability

 * North America (English; US & Canada) and Oceania (English; Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand)
 * Europe (English-UK, French, German, Spanish; Russian in-development )
 * South Korea
 * China (Simplified and Traditional Chinese; including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau)
 * Coming soon! Latin America