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World of Warcraft

2004 video game by Blizzard Entertainment
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Summary

World of Warcraft is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,623 views/month, #37 of 19,301).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: esports discipline[3]
  • Composer: Tracy W. Bush[4], Glenn Stafford[5], Jason Hayes[6]
  • Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment[7]
  • Genre: massively multiplayer online role-playing game[8], high fantasy[9], fantasy video game[10]
  • Developer: Blizzard Entertainment[11]
  • Part of the series: Warcraft[12]
  • Copyright license: proprietary license[13]
  • Designed by: Rob Pardo[14]
  • Software version identifier: 8.3[15], 9.0.2[16], 9.1.5[17], 9.2.0[18], 10.1.5[19], 10.0.7[20], 12.0.1[21]
  • Commons category: World of Warcraft[22]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[23], macOS[24]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[25], player versus player[26], co-op mode[27]
  • Soundtrack release: World of Warcraft Soundtrack[28]
  • Distribution format: digital distribution[29]
  • Review score: 90/100[30]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[31], computer mouse[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: November 23, 2004[34], February 11, 2005[35], June 7, 2005[36], July 21, 2005[37], November 8, 2005[38], August 6, 2008[39]
  • ESRB rating: Teen[40]
  • Official website: https://worldofwarcraft.com/[41], https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/[42]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 16[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:World of Warcraft[44]
  • USK rating: USK 12[45]
  • GSRR rating: Parental Guidance 15+[46]
  • Nominated for: British Academy Games Award for Evolving Game[47], Gamescom Award − Best PC Game[48], Golden Joystick Awards − Still Playing Award - PC and Console[49]

Why It Matters

World of Warcraft has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Ascent Blizzard Entertainment computer keyboard computer mouse Linux macOS Microsoft Windows United States Warcraft World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . us.forums.blizzard.com. us.forums.blizzard.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . worldofwarcraft.com. worldofwarcraft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . PC Gamer. Retrieved . pcgamer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wowhead.com. wowhead.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com. worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . AreWeAntiCheatYet. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . blizzard.co.uk. blizzard.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . engadget.com. engadget.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . gamescom.global. Retrieved . gamescom.global. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . gamesradar.com. Retrieved . gamesradar.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Floyd-out · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'c
    Nominated for → British Academy Games Award for Evolving Game, Gamescom Award − Best PC Game, Golden Joystick Awards − Still Playing Award - PC and Console
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  2. 22d ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nominated for → British Academy Games Award for Evolving Game, Gamescom Award − Best PC Game, Golden Joystick Awards − Still Playing Award - PC and Console
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  3. 11w ago · NMaia · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 2150
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  4. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → world-of-warcraft
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  5. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/World_of_Warcraft
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  6. 22w ago · Joao4669 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Media franchise → —
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