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The Burning Crusade
''World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' is the first expansion set for the MMORPG ''World of Warcraft''. It was released on January 16, 2007 at local midnight in Europe and North America, selling nearly 2.4 million copies on release day alone and making it, at the time, the fastest-selling PC game released at that point. Approximately 3.53 million copies were sold in the first month of release, including 1.9 million in North America, nearly 1.6 million in Europe, and over 100,000 copies in Australia.''World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' continues record-breaking sales pace . . March 7, 2007. Retrieved Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham. The company originally concentrated on the creation of game ports for other studios' games before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with games like ''Rock n' Roll Racing'' and ''The Lost Vikings''. In 1993, the company became Chaos Studios, Inc., and eventually Blizzard Entertainment after being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard released '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans''. Since then, Blizzard Entertainment has created several '' Warcraft'' sequels, including highly influential massively multiplayer online role-playing game ''World of Warcraft'' in 2004, as well as three other multi-mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Player Versus Player
Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players. This is often compared to player versus environment (PvE), in which the game itself controls its players' opponents. The terms are most often used in games where both activities exist, particularly MMORPGs, MUDs, and other role-playing video games, to distinguish between gamemodes. PvP can be broadly used to describe any game, or aspect of a game, where players compete against each other. PvP is often controversial when used in role-playing games. In most cases, there are vast differences in abilities between players. PvP can even encourage experienced players to immediately attack and kill inexperienced players. PvP is often referred to as player killing in the cases of games which contain, but do not focus on, such interaction. History PvP combat in CRPGs has its roots in various MUDs like '' Gemstone II'' and '' Avalon: The Legend Lives.''. However, while the abilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Acree
Neal Acree (born July 11, 1974) is an American composer of film, television, and video game music. He has scored 30 feature films, contributed music to the popular ''Blizzard Entertainment'' video game franchises ''StarCraft II'', ''World of Warcraft'', ''Diablo III'', ''Overwatch'', as well as the Chinese MMO '' Revelation Online''. His television work includes the series ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Stargate Atlantis'', ''Witchblade'' and the first season of ''Sanctuary''. Awards *Best Sound and Music Editing - '' Overwatch: Honor and Glory'' - MPSE Golden Reel Awards (2018) *Composer of the Year - Massively Overpowered Online VGM Awards (2016) *Best Expansion Score - '' World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor'' - Massively Overpowered Online VGM Awards (2016) *Best Soundtrack - '' Revelation Online'' - MMOSite Readers Choice Awards (2016) *Best Music, Video Game - ''Overwatch'' - Hollywood Music in Media Awards (2016) *Composer of the Year - BSOSpirit Jerry Goldsmith Awards Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mail
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive postage stamp, but a postage meter is also used for bulk mailing. With the advent of email, the retronym "snail mail" was coined. Postal authorities often have functions aside from transporting letters. In some countries, a postal, telegraph and telephone (PTT) service oversees the postal system, in addition to telephone and telegraph systems. Some countries' postal systems allow for savings accounts and handle applications for passports. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), established in 1874, includes 192 member countries and sets the rules for international mail exchanges as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proof Of Purchase
Proof of purchase is often required for sales promotions and manufacturer rebates as evidence that the customer purchased the product. When multiple purchases are required to redeem these rewards, it is referred to as a premium incentive or collector mechanic. A proof of purchase is also required for some product recalls. Traditional proof of purchase systems require the consumer to send some portion of the packaging, as defined by the product's manufacturer, along with a register receipt or sales invoice proving the product's purchase, with the latter being required for a product return to a retailer. An internal confirmation or tracking number may also be accepted as a proof of purchase, depending on the circumstances. For a defective product such as an optical disc containing a film or musical album, the company will ask for the return of the defective media in order to facilitate an even exchange with one that properly works, or for the box proof and receipt (or often, a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Warcraft Classic
''World of Warcraft Classic'' is a 2019 MMORPG video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Running alongside the main version of the game, ''Classic'' recreates ''World of Warcraft'' in the state it was in before the release of its first expansion, ''The Burning Crusade''. It was announced at BlizzCon 2017 and was released globally August 26, 2019. ''The Burning Crusade Classic'' and ''Wrath of the Lich King Classic'' versions of the game were later released to allow players to progress to those expansions. Gameplay ''Classic'' recreates the game in the state it was in after patch 1.12.1, September 2006, before the launch of ''The Burning Crusade'' expansion. The maximum level of the player characters is set to 60, all expansion content is absent, and almost all the gameplay mechanics of the original version have been exactly replicated. As the game's multiple expansions have dramatically changed the gameplay over time, ''Classic'' allows players to reliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle For Azeroth
''World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth'' is the seventh expansion pack for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ''World of Warcraft'', following ''Legion''. It was announced at BlizzCon on November 3, 2017. In contrast to previous expansions, which went live at midnight in each time zone, ''Battle for Azeroth'' had a simultaneous release for all regions, corresponding to midnight Central European Summer Time on August 14, 2018. In addition to raising the level cap from 110 to 120, the expansion introduces the Kul Tiras and Zandalar continents and four races for both the Alliance and the Horde, while also adding dungeons and raids, warfronts, and uncharted islands. Gameplay The expansion allows players to level up to level 120, an increase from the level cap of 110 in the previous expansion ''Legion''. Initially, there will be ten dungeons included with 8.0 with Mythic Plus versions of the dungeons and the first raid, Uldir, being available soon after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brick And Mortar
Brick and mortar (also bricks and mortar or B&M) refers to a physical presence of an organization or business in a building or other structure. The term ''brick-and-mortar business'' is often used to refer to a company that possesses or leases retail shops, factory production facilities, or warehouses for its operations. More specifically, in the jargon of e-commerce businesses in the 2000s, brick-and-mortar businesses are companies that have a physical presence (e.g., a retail shop in a building) and offer face-to-face customer experiences. This term is usually used to contrast with a transitory business or an Internet-only presence, such as fully online shops, which have no physical presence for shoppers to visit, talk with staff in person, touch and handle products and buy from the firm in person. However, such online businesses normally have non-public physical facilities from which they either run business operations (e.g., the company headquarters and back office facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time. All time zones are defined as offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), ranging from UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00. The offsets are usually a whole number of hours, but a few zones are offset by an additional 30 or 45 minutes, such as in India, South Australia and Nepal. Some areas of higher latitude use daylight saving time for about half of the year, typically by adding one hour to local time during spring and summer. List of UTC offsets In the table below, the locations that use daylight saving time (DST) are listed in their UTC offset when DST is ''not'' in effect. When DST is in effect, approximately during spring and summer, their UTC offset is inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illidan Stormrage
Illidan Stormrage is a fictional character who appears in the ''Warcraft'' series of video games by Blizzard Entertainment. Born a night elf and sorcerer, his pursuit of power led him to commit several horrific acts against his own people, which earned him the nickname "the Betrayer" and to become the first Demon Hunter. Self-proclaimed the Lord of Outland, he also defected to the Burning Legion and became a partial demon himself. Illidan also appears as a playable character in the crossover multiplayer online battle arena game ''Heroes of the Storm''. The character is one of the most notable and popular in the ''Warcraft'' franchise and has received positive critical reception from video game players. Illidan was voiced by Matthew Yang King in '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' and its expansion ''The Frozen Throne'', and by Liam O'Brien since '' World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.'' Development In an interview with ''Warcraft'' developers Scott Mercer and Greg Street, Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reign Of Chaos
''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' is a high fantasy real-time strategy computer video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment released in July 2002. It is the second sequel to ''Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', after ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', the third game set in the ''Warcraft'' fictional universe, and the first to be 3D computer graphics, rendered in three dimensions. An expansion pack, ''Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, The Frozen Throne'', was released in July 2003. ''Warcraft III'' is set several years after the events of ''Warcraft II'', and tells the story of the Burning Legion's attempt to conquer the fictional world of Azeroth with the help of an army of the Undead, led by fallen paladin Arthas Menethil. It chronicles the combined efforts of the Human Alliance, Orcish Horde, and Night Elves to stop them before they can corrupt the World Tree. In the game, as in many real-time strategy (RTS) games, players collect ''resources'', train individual units a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
