World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade cover

Warcraft Series

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Expansion
Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Fantasy Open world
91
User Score
271 ratings
75
Critic Score
1 reviews
January 15, 2007
Released 7090 days ago
PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac

About

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, the first expansion for World of Warcraft. Including an increase of the level cap, the introduction of the blood elves and the draenei as playable races, and the addition of the world of Outland, along with many new zones, dungeons, items, quests, and monsters.

Storyline

The expansion's name refers to the return of the "Burning Legion"; a vast army of demons being one of the main antagonist forces in the Warcraft-universe and whose last invasion was defeated in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. This legion and its allies are the main enemy which players will fight against in The Burning Crusade. In addition to some new areas on Azeroth, this expansion mainly features the ravaged world of Outland which the Burning Legion and other powerful beings control.

The Doom Lord Kazzak reopened the Dark Portal to Outland, flooding Azeroth with the ravenous demons of the Burning Legion. Expeditions from the Horde and Alliance, reinforced by their new blood elf and draenei allies, passed through the gateway to stop the invasion at its source. On Outland's desiccated Hellfire Peninsula, the Alliance discovered several of their heroes who had crossed through the portal many years before, while the Horde made contact with the Mag'har—'uncorrupted' orcs who had not participated in their race's original invasion of Azeroth. The expedition into Outland dragged Horde and Alliance armies further into conflict with the agents of the Legion and the lieutenants of Illidan Stormrage, who had claimed the shattered realm for his own.

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Release Dates by Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 15, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 15, 2007
Mac Worldwide
Jan 15, 2007
Mac Worldwide
Jan 15, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 15, 2007
Mac Worldwide
Jan 15, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 17, 2007
Mac Worldwide
Jan 17, 2007

Game Info

Developer
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher
Blizzard Entertainment
Game Modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Perspective
Third person
Genres
Role-playing (RPG) Adventure
Themes
Fantasy Open world

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