World of Warcraft is the first online game produced by Blizzard Entertainment, a famous game company, which belongs to a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
The game is based on the plot of the real-time strategy game "Warcraft" produced by the company. Relying on the historical events and heroes of Warcraft, World of Warcraft has a complete historical background timeline. Players take risks in World of Warcraft, complete tasks, take new risks, explore the unknown world and conquer monsters.
After the release of warcraft 3: Frozen Throne in 2003, Blizzard Entertainment officially announced the development plan of World of Warcraft (which has been secretly developed for several years). World of Warcraft was released in North America in 2004, and was released in the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and Mexico on123 October of the same year.
By the end of 2008, World of Warcraft had paid more than 1 1.5 million users worldwide, and successfully entered the Guinness Book of World Records. In April 2008, the market share of World of Warcraft in MMORPG reached 62%.
By 20 14 and 0 10, the total number of accounts created in the world has exceeded 1 billion (including demo accounts), and the number of personas has reached 500 million. * * * People from 244 countries and regions are playing World of Warcraft, including Antarctica, Bahamas, Christmas Island and Tokelau.