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World of Warcraft Selling Out in Stores Nationwide
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 |
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In just one day, World of Warcraft sold through an estimated 250,000 copies to players. Over 200,000 accounts have already been created,
and peak concurrency across all active game servers has been above 100,000. See the full media alert
here to read more about Blizzard's epic first day of
World of Warcraft! The alert also contains details about Blizzard's plans to steadily increase server capacity and make more copies of the game
available to stores in the coming weeks.
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Welcome to World of Warcraft
Monday, November 22, 2004 |
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Blizzard Entertainment proudly welcomes you to World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the award-winning Warcraft universe. The events in World of Warcraft take place three years after the conclusion of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, as the forces of the Alliance and the Horde brace themselves for a new struggle for dominance. Great challenges face the denizens of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, but great rewards abound. Azeroth is now open to receive its first heroes; we hope you enjoy your time here.
Be sure to check back often, as we'll be updating the news regularly moving forward. In the meantime, we've posted some tips below to help you get started on your adventures.
To register your account, find your World of Warcraft authentication key, which is located either on the slip cover that holds your four game discs (Standard Edition) or on the front cover of your game manual (Collector's Edition), and go to our Account Creation page.
To start playing World of Warcraft, you must first create your character. To help you learn more about the various races and classes in the game, please visit the following links:
To find out more about how to play World of Warcraft, please visit our Getting Started page.
Thank you for your interest in World of Warcraft; we look forward to seeing you online!
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New Warcraft III Bonus Map: Ruins of Stratholme
Friday, November 24, 2004 |
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Stratholme was once a bastion of Alliance power but now it stands as a burning testament to the evil of the Scourge. Only the bravest of heroes would dare enter this ruined city, for the undead armies of Kel'Thuzad still hold sway over the haunted capital.
Download Ruins of Stratholme a new Bonus map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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World of Warcraft Midnight Store Signing
Friday, November 19, 2004 |
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Come meet the developers of World of Warcraft at the Fry's Electronics store in Fountain Valley, CA on Tuesday, November 23. Starting on Tuesday morning at 12:00 AM PST, Fry's Electronics will open its doors to local gamers and give them the chance to be among the first to purchase a copy of the game and meet the developers in person.
The festivities will begin at 10:30 PM on Monday night, and the line to enter the store will be cut off at 1:00 AM, so be sure to get there early. We will be raffling away Blizzard recommended NVIDIA BFG GeForce 6800 video cards and backpacks, lift tickets to Bear Mountain ski resort, as well as a complete Alienware Area 51 computer. Local radio station, KROQ, will also be there to play music at the event, and food and beverages will be available.
If you'd like to attend, please be sure to visit:
Fry's Electronics
10800 Kalama River Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
714-378-4400
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World of Warcraft Beta Test is Now OVER
Thursday, November 18, 2004 |
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The World of Warcraft open beta test has now come to a close. During the beta test, over 500,000 players
adventured through the lands of Azeroth and helped World of Warcraft on its way to becoming one of the
largest massively multiplayer online games in the U.S.! The beta test community has been a tremendous
source of information and feedback for the development teams, and we wish to thank our beta testers
for participating in the beta test process. When the final version of World of Warcraft hits stores
on November 23rd, you'll see the culmination of your hard work. The entire World of Warcraft team is
now focusing on a smooth launch, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts about the game. Thank
you again for your continued support with this project; we look forward to seeing you on in Azeroth.website outage. Please note that we will continue to analyze server population,
and should there be more space for testers prior to the game's launch on Nov. 23, we will re-open the signups.
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Friday Fan Art Update
Friday, November 19, 2004 |
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The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.
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Collector's Edition Details: Special Pets & 10-Day Guest Pass Explained
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 |
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We've received a number of inquiries requesting further details about the World of Warcraft Collector's Edition, which will be available along with the standard edition at launch on Nov. 23. To answer the most popular questions that have come up, we'd like to provide the following additional information about the pets that Collector's Edition owners will be able to choose from, and how the 10-day pass that comes with the Collector's Edition will work.
Collector's Edition Pets
The special pets included with the Collector's Edition are the Panda Bear, Zergling, and Mini-Diablo.
Players who have purchased the Collector's Edition will be able to obtain their special pet by submitting the gift voucher found in their character's inventory to a special NPC located in each starting area. Players will then be able to choose from one of the three special pets.
Collector's Edition 10-Day Guest Pass
Players who will be accessing the game through the 10-day pass will create their account for that exactly the same way as a normal player, by visiting the account-creation webpage.
Those who wish to continue playing the game once the 10-day free period is over must first visit their local retailer or online store to purchase a copy of World of Warcraft. Once they have obtained a copy of the game, they can log in to WorldofWarcraft.com using their 10-day pass login information and then enter the authentication key that came with boxed copy into the field found at the bottom of their account page.
That's all that's required to activate a full-fledged World of Warcraft account once the 10-day free period has expired. Any characters that players have created during the 10-day trial, along with all their items, will be available for them to continue playing!
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Tuesday Fan Art Update
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 |
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The Blizzard Fan Art Section has been updated with five new pieces of artwork.
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Battle.net World of Warcraft Forums Closed
Monday, November 8, 2004 |
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In anticipation of the World of Warcraft Open Beta, we will be shutting down our Battle.net World of Warcraft forums.
World of Warcraft players can continue to post on our official World of Warcraft forums
at http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/. We would like to thank you
for your support of these forums over the past years!
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Blizzard Announces World of Warcraft Launch Date: Nov. 23, 2004
Thursday, November 4, 2004 |
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Blizzard is pleased to announce that in fewer than three weeks, World of Warcraft will begin hitting store shelves throughout
North America. Starting on November 23, players will be able to pick up a boxed copy of the game, or the collector's edition, and finally begin playing!
See the press release for further details.
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Warcraft III Season One Audio Commentaries!
Tuesday, November 2, 2004 |
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Hear all the action from the recent Season One Battle.net Finals in a new set of audio commentaries! Veteran commentator Darren “Bloodlust” Spencer, from Replayers.com, has made these audio files available for all Warcraft III fans to enjoy. They're designed to be played alongside the replay file that is provided in each ZIP archive, allowing the listener to observe the replay while hearing Bloodlust's comments on the action, strategies, and tactics being used. Instructions are included in each download.
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Warcraft III Season One Solo Champion
Monday, November 1, 2004 |
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Congratulations to PhoeNix_ReMinD, who has been crowned Season One Solo Champion! He defeated runner-up mTw-Ghostridah on
Friday in the Battle.net Solo Finals to cap an impressive tournament performance. We would like to thank all the competitors and
Warcraft III fans for participating in our first ladder season.
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