World of Warcraft was in beta in early 2004 and released later as a full game in late 2004. Warcraft the game (not the MMORPG) - Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, was released in 1994.
Which warcraft? The company Blizzard invented the original game "Warcraft, Orcs and Humans" in 1994 and released it in and it launched first in US. World of Warcraft came later - released in US in 2004.
World of warcraft, also known as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game(MMORPG) set in the Warcraft universe. It is developed by Blizzard Entertainment and consists of the following expansion packs: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade(TBC), World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria.
<<It was launched on 12th November 2004.>> Actually, the official release when it hit stores was on the 23rd of November, 2004. At least, that is according to news reports.
World of Warcraft was announced in September of 2001 by Blizzard Entertainment. The beta testing did not start until its release of November 23rd 2004, which was launched in North america, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Burning Crusade has been out quite a while. The new expansion is Wrath of the Lich King and is out on November 13, 2008
World of Warcraft will not end for quite a while. They still have several expansions in the planning stages, and they just launched the latest one, Cataclysm.
Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft both have a T rating.
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Warcraft 2's expansion, Both Warcraft 3's and World of Warcraft are all online play. warcraft 2 and 3 use battle.net, while World of Warcraft is a paid subscription MMORPG
Officially, Warcraft 3 (including the frozen throne expansion) came before World of Warcraft. You can check out the whole Warcraft timeline on the World of Warcraft website in the links section below.
No plans for a warcraft 4 have been announced. It has been stated that World of Warcraft is technically their "warcraft 4" because it has been ( and still is) continuing the storyline of the warcraft universe.
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