<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Massively multiplayer online role - playing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Multiplayer </Td> </Tr> <P> World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role - playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment . It is the fourth released game set in the Warcraft fantasy universe . 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 . Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001 . The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise . </P> <P> The first expansion of the game, The Burning Crusade, was released on January 16, 2007 . The second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, was released on November 13, 2008 . The third expansion, Cataclysm, was released on December 7, 2010 . The fourth expansion, Mists of Pandaria, was released on September 25, 2012 . The fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor, was released on November 13, 2014 . The sixth expansion, Legion, was released on August 30, 2016 . The seventh expansion, announced on November 3, 2017, is Battle for Azeroth . </P>

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