Blizzard, the company that developed and runs World of Warcraft is based in California. The game itself is based in a fantasy world called Azeroth.
World of WarCraft first came out in late 2004. The world on which it is based has its roots in the WarCraft RTS games, the first of which was released in 1994.
No, the Warcraft universe (Warcraft 1-3 and World of Warcraft) is not based on the Lord of the Rings. In fact, the first MS-DOS based Warcraft: Orcs and Humans was released in 1994 while the Lord of the Rings movie was released in 2001.
No, the original is called World of Warcraft. The Burning Crusade is the first expansion and Wrath of the Lich King is the second expansion. World of Warcraft is based on the games Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment.
The University of Washington is at the top of the list for people playing World of Warcraft!
World of Warcraft is a subscription based service and is only free to play with the trial version for 10 days.
No. World of Warcraft is the first (and most likely only) game in its series. You may be thinking of Warcraft 1, 2, and 3, which are RTS-based games, unlike the MMORPG of WoW.
There is only one World of Warcraft. It has several expansions though. They are (in order of when they were released): Burning Crusade (which is included with the original WoW), Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria (not released yet).
It is a proprietary engine that Blizzard created.
The Mastery system for World of Warcraft was first announced during BlizzCon 2009. It was finally added to World of Warcraft in late 2010. The Mastery system affects the talent level of characters based on their favorite weapons.
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There is no such thing as World of Warcraft: The Frozen Throne. It is called Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. World of Warcraft is much different.
No they do not. WoW is a subscription based service.