The third expansion set, Cataclysm, was released on December 7, 2010. The second expansion set, Wrath of the Lich King, was released on November 13, 2008. The first expansion set of the game, The Burning Crusade, was released on January 16, 2007. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise. Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994.
World of Warcraft (often abbreviated as WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment.
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