November 13, 2008

The ever-expanding World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft was launched by creators Blizzard Entertainment in November 2004, and since then has amassed more than 11 million players across the globe.

Gallery World of Warcraft : Characters from World of Warcraft — Welcome to Azeroth: Just a few of the playable characters from the original version of World of Warcraft Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft — The game's afoot: Early-level questing in Duskwood, just one of the regions in World of Warcraft Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft — Ready to cast: A player opens their character's spellbook. Most of the World of Warcraft characters have some kind of spellcasting ability Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade — Growth spurt: A "boss" character in the first World of Warcraft expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, which was released in January 2007 Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade — Take that: A Blood Elf Mage unleashes a "Frost Nova" spell. The Blood Elves were a new race of playable characters introduced in Burning Crusade Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : Still from South park episode Make Love Not Warcraft — Oh my god: In 2007, World of Warcraft had become so successful that it was parodied in an episode of South Park, called Make Love Not Warcraft Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft , Wrath of the Lich King — Duel to the death: In the latest expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, players have access to a whole range of new siege weaponry and features to aid in combat Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft , Wrath of the Lich King — Higher def: The game's designers have created a much more lush and green look for several of the the new regions in Wrath of the Lich King Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft , Wrath of the Lich King — New kid on the block: Everyone is talking about the Death Knight, World of Warcraft's first hero class, introduced in Wrath of the Lich King Photograph: PR

Gallery World of Warcraft : World of Warcraft , Wrath of the Lich King — Ice ice baby: A female spellcaster character in Icecrown Glacier, one of the colder regions of the new continent Northrend Photograph: PR

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