World of Warcraft

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massively multiplayer online role-playing game online game video game

World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, renowned for its expansive lore, cooperative gameplay, and long-standing cultural impact on online gaming.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	massively multiplayer online role-playing game → online game → video game →
awarded	2004 Spike Video Game Award for Best PC Game → 2005 BAFTA Games Award for Multiplayer →
basedOn	Warcraft series →
businessModel	expansion-based → subscription-based →
cameraPerspective	first-person → third-person →
chronologyPosition	set after Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne →
combatSystem	tab-targeting →
developer	Blizzard Entertainment →
esportMode	Arena →
expansion	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth → World of Warcraft: Cataclysm → World of Warcraft: Dragonflight → World of Warcraft: Legion → World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria → World of Warcraft: Shadowlands → World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade → World of Warcraft: The War Within → World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor → World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King →
faction	Alliance → Horde →
feature	auction house → mounts → pets → playable classes → playable races → professions → talent system →
gameEngine	Blizzard proprietary engine →
genre	MMORPG →
hasSpinOff	World of Warcraft Classic → World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic → World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic →
influenced	Final Fantasy XIV → Star Wars: The Old Republic → The Elder Scrolls Online →
initialReleaseRegion	Australia → New Zealand → North America →
language	Chinese → English → French → German → Korean → Russian → Spanish →
monetization	cosmetic shop items → paid character services →
musicComposer	Derek Duke → Jason Hayes → Russell Brower →
networkModel	client-server →
notableCharacter	Arthas Menethil → Jaina Proudmoore → Sylvanas Windrunner → Thrall →
notableEvent	Corrupted Blood incident → Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj →
notableLocation	Blackwing Lair → Dalaran → Darnassus → Icecrown Citadel → Ironforge → Molten Core → Orgrimmar → Stormwind City → Thunder Bluff → Undercity →
peakSubscribers	over 12 million →
peakSubscribersDate	around 2010 →
platform	Microsoft Windows → macOS →
publisher	Blizzard Entertainment →
releaseDate	2004-11-23 →
requires	Battle.net account → internet connection →
setting	Azeroth →
subsequentReleaseRegion	China → Europe → Latin America → South Korea →
supports	dungeons → guilds → player versus environment → player versus player → raids →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blizzard Entertainment → Kevin Michael Richardson →	notableWork
Blizzard Entertainment →	created
Bobby Kotick ("World of Warcraft franchise") →	knownFor
Vivendi Games →	ownedFranchisePublisherOf
Activision Blizzard →	ownsFranchise
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands →	partOf
Activision Blizzard ("World of Warcraft series") →	publishes
Lua ("World of Warcraft addons") →	usedIn