World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
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| "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Blizzard Entertainment[1] |
| Designer(s) | Rob Pardo, Jeff Kaplan, Tom Chilton |
| Series | Warcraft |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS X, Windows |
| Release date | NA 2007-01-23[2] US 2007-01-17[2] |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy/Science Fiction MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Online game |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen)[3] OFLC: E (Exempt) PEGI: 12+ |
| Media | 4 CDs, 1 DVD, download |
| Input methods | Keyboard, mouse |
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Current user rating: 54/100 (2 votes)
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first expansion pack for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It was released on January 16, 2007 at midnight (0:00 AM) in Europe and North America, and sold nearly 2.4 million copies that day, making it the fastest-selling PC game in those regions. It was released on January 17, 2007 in Australia and New Zealand; in total, approximately 3.53 million copies were sold across these territories in the first month of release, including 1.9 million in North America, over 100,000 copies in Australasia, and nearly 1.6 million in Europe.
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System requirements
Minimum system requirements
- OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
- Processor: Pentium 3 @ 800 MHz
- RAM: 256 MiB
- Hard drive: 4 GiB
- Video memory: 32 MiB
- Sound card: Direct X 9.0 compatible
- Direct X: 9.0
- Keyboard and mouse
- CD/DVD ROM drive
- Active Internet Connection @ 56KBPs
Monthly subscription required to play.
- PLEASE NOTE THAT “The Burning Crusade” is an EXPANSION to World of Warcraft, you MUST have the original World of Warcraft game in order to play The Burning Crusade.
Cheat codes
Blizzard employee reference
In The Outlands, there is a Netherdrake-mounted Orc named Ja'y Nosliw. If you turn Nosliw backwards, it spells "Wilson" making his name Jay Wilson, who was the executive producer for the movie Dogtown And The Z-Boys (2002) and the editor for the movie Champion's Forever (1989).
Fly upside down
Type /console pitchlimit 999 or any other number over "360" and you can fly upside down. Type /console pitchlimit 90 to return to normal.
Paris Hilton reference
There is a Goblin in Shattrath City named "Harris Pilton".
Moonwalk
Press [Jump] then while in the air press E. While you are on your way down press Q + A.
Hint on wow
Wow players! This hint is for fast and smart pressers. When you're battling a melee type monster or player know the time they will attack. If you know press jump so the attack will miss. This can't work when you're battling ranged attackers.
Guild Commands
Guild communication and management can be done through the guild commands. Players can get basic information about the guild, send guild chat messages, invite others to the guild, promote/demote them, remove them, set a message of the day, change the guild leader and even quit the guild.
Type /ghelp for a list of guild commands. Note that some commands can only be used by the guild leader.
| Command | Result |
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| /ginfo | Gives basic information about your guild |
| /g | Sends a chat message to all members of your guild |
| /o | Sends a chat message to all officers of your guild |
| /ginvite | invites another player to join your guild |
| /gremove | removes a player from your guild |
| /gpromote | promotes a player one rank within your guild |
| /gdemote | demotes a player one rank within your guild |
| /gmotd | sets the guild's message of the day |
| /gquit | removes you from your guild |
| /groster | gives an entire guild roster |
| /gleader | sets another player as the guild master (guild master only) |
| /gdisband | disbands your guild (guild leader only) |
References
- ↑ The Activision/Blizzard Merger: Five Key Points. Industry News. gamasutra.com (December 3, 2007). Retrieved on 2009-02-24.
One of the intriguing things about the old Vivendi structure was that, even when Martin Tremblay joined to run Vivendi's publishing, it was specified: "World Of Warcraft creator Blizzard Entertainment has been designated a stand-alone division reporting to VU Games' CEO, and is not part of Tremblay's product development mandate." - ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.blizzard.com/press/070123.shtml World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade shatters day-1 sales record. Blizzard Entertainment. January 23, . Retrieved January 23, .
- ↑ World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade -> Collector's Edition
