World of Warcraft Classic

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World of Warcraft Classic is a recreation of Blizzard Entertainment’s original World of Warcraft experience, offering players the game as it existed around its early “vanilla” era with minimal modern changes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf massively multiplayer online role-playing game
online game
video game
announcedAt BlizzCon 2017
announcementDate 2017-11-03
basedOn World of Warcraft
classSystem nine original playable classes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designGoal authentic "vanilla" World of Warcraft experience with minimal changes
developer Blizzard Entertainment
distributor Battle.net
expansionCoverage pre-The Burning Crusade content only
faction Alliance
Horde
feature 40-player raids
no cross-realm dungeon finder
original 1–60 level cap
original battlegrounds
original talent trees
phased content rollout
recreation of original World of Warcraft gameplay
server-based communities
follows World of Warcraft
surface form: World of Warcraft (original 2004 version)
gameMode multiplayer
gameVersionTarget patch 1.12.0 "Drums of War"
genre MMORPG
hasServerType PvE
PvP
RP
RP-PvP
languageSupport English
French
German
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
monetizationModel subscription
notableRaid Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj
surface form: Ahn'Qiraj

Blackwing Lair
Molten Core
Naxxramas (original 40-player version)
Onyxia's Lair (level 80 version)
surface form: Onyxia's Lair
partOfSeries World of Warcraft
platform Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows

macOS
publisher Blizzard Entertainment
region Europe
Korea
Latin America
North America
Oceania
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
releaseDate 2019-08-26
2019-08-27
requires World of Warcraft subscription
setInFictionalUniverse Azeroth
usesEngine modified World of Warcraft engine

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World of Warcraft hasSpinOff World of Warcraft Classic
Undercity originallyIntroducedIn World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft (vanilla)
Blackwing Lair expansion World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft Classic era
Blackwing Lair availableIn World of Warcraft Classic
Blackwing Lair availableIn World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft: Classic Era servers
Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj partOf World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft classic content
Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj wasRecreatedIn World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft: Classic
Orgrimmar appearsInExpansion World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft: Classic
Molten Core gameExpansion World of Warcraft Classic
this entity surface form: World of Warcraft: Classic era (original release)
Molten Core availableIn World of Warcraft Classic
Thunder Bluff gameExpansionPresence World of Warcraft Classic