Experience the intensity of the World of
Warcraft online computer game !
Software Information
Descend into the World of Warcraft and join thousands of mighty heroes in an
online world of myth, magic, and limitless adventure. Your definition of
"epic" is about to be shattered with thousands of quests, millions of
game players, and one epic world. World of Warcraft expansion set to the computer game
of the year The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack, where you have taken Azeroth by
storm. Now a dark frontier awaits. From the black horrors of
hellfire Citadel to the opening of the Dark Portal itself - an infinity of new
experiences await with tow bold new races, new flying mounts, and a chance to
battle to level 70. This collection also includes the World of Warcraft
and the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Strategy Guides.
Enter the World of Warcraft....Where a World Awaits!
Program Includes
- World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
- World of Warcraft Strategy Guide
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack Strategy Guide
Software Overview
World of Warcraft
Descend into the Word of Warcraft and join thousands of mighty heroes in an
online world of myth, magic and limitless adventure. Jagged snowy peaks,
mountain fortresses, harsh winding canyons. Zeppelins flying over smoldering
battlefields, epic sieges - an infinity of experiences await.
World of Warcraft is an online role-playing experience set in the
award-winning Warcraft universe. Computer Game Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as
they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. World of Warcraft is a
"Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game" which allows
thousands of game players to interact within the same world. Whether adventuring
together or fighting against each other in epic battles, game players will form
friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory.
As a massively multiplayer online computer game , World of Warcraft enables thousands of
game players to come together online and battle against the world and each other.
Computer Game Players from across the globe can leave the real world behind and undertake
grand quests and heroic exploits in a land of fantastic adventure. At long
last, the world of Azeroth, first glimpsed in Warcraft I and further enhanced in
subsequent strategy computer games, is realized in glorious detail and ready for the
arrival of millions of prospective game players. So step upon the hallowed shores of
this embattled world, and see what journeys await for those who would plumb this
ancient realm's many secrets.
A Familiar World - World of Warcraft draws heavily upon the lore of the
Warcraft universe. Long-time fans of the Warcraft computer gamesare finally able to step
into the world from a player's perspective, and experience the universe
firsthand. People, places, and units from the strategy computer gamesare finally brought
to life in World of Warcraft. You can visit such places as the Burning
Steppes, where Grom Hellscream fell in battle against the demon lord Mannoroth,
and Ironforge, where the dwarves make their home below the mountain. Legendary
heroes, such as Thrall, Cairne Bloodhoof, and King Magni Bronzebeard, are also
in the computer game , presiding over their respective peoples as leaders in their race's
capitals.
Creating a Character - World of Warcraft offers eight playable races:
Dwarves, Gnomes, Humans, Night Elves, Orcs, Tauren, Trolls, and Undead. Each of
these races has unique racial traits and certain playable classes available to
them. These racial traits and class options help them to accomplish their goals
in the world. The computer game 's races are further divided into two warring
factions: the Alliance and the Horde. Characters can only talk, group, and
create guilds with game players from their own faction. Certain zones and cities in
the world are also friendly to one faction while hostile to the other.
Additionally, certain quests can only be completed by members of one faction and
not the other.
Adventuring World - World of Warcraft presents many different monsters
to challenge you in battle. These creatures roam the countryside and populate
vast dungeons and aboveground locations. There are wandering beasts, such as
wolves, spiders, scorpions (called scorpids in this world), six-legged
crocodiles called crocolisks, crabs, vultures, hyenas, big cats, bears, and
more. More sinister enemies also block your travels. Humanoid foes of every
kind, such as pirates, bandits, cultists, and soldiers from the opposing
faction, join more unnatural monsters like undead, oozes, gryphons, and
elementals, in providing conflict and danger on your journeys.
Quests - Quests are a big part of World of Warcraft. Like most other
role-playing computer games, World of Warcraft lets you advance in level as you gain
experience. Experience can be gathered by killing monsters, exploring new
destinations, and completing quests. Unlike in other computer games, quests are a
significant tool for level advancement. Computer Game Players who try to level up through
sheer combat will never advance as fast as those who combine questing with
monster killing.
Features:
- Embark on Epic Quests
- Form Powerful Alliances
- Engage an Ever-Changing World
- Indulge In "Seamless" Beauty
- 8 playable races
- 9 playable classes
- Multiple professions each with unique benefits
- Thousands of quests to undertake and complete
- Multiple modes of transportation
- Extensive and elaborate storyline
- 3 realm types for differing styles of play
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion
Pack
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the Exciting New
Expansion Pack to Blizzard's Award-Winning Massively Multiplayer Online
Role-Playing Game! (World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade requires the original World of Warcraft base computer game to
play.)
Blizzard Entertainment took online role playing by storm with their hit title,
World of Warcraft. With mind-boggling improvements in graphics, computer game play
networking, and interface -- really every category -- this computer game became the crown
prince of the genre. World of Warcraft game players will be excited by the
approaching release of the new expansion pack: World of Warcraft: The Burning
Crusade. This pack expands the already massive, award-winning multiplayer online
role-playing computer game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, lands, battlegrounds,
professions and items, and much, much more. Although no release date has been
set, here is sample of what you can expect from The Burning Crusade.
The expansion pack features an increase in the level cap to 70. There are two
new playable races, including the magical Blood Elves that you can read more
about below. The other race has not yet been released by Blizzard. There will be
new starting zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond. Another eye-opening addition is
the entirely new, unexplored continent of Outland that is reachable through the
Dark Portal. Plus, you'll find many new high-level dungeons to explore in
Azeroth, Outland, and elsewhere that will substantially boost computer game play. There
are new flying mounts in Outland; tons of new and dangerous monsters (including
epic world bosses); hundreds of new quests and items; and even a new profession:
Jewelcrafting. Of course this isn't the end of the list -- this is just a
glimpse of what Blizzard has planned for their unreleased expansion pack.
The New Story, the Rumors, and More: Several years have passed since the
Burning Legion's defeat at Mount Hyjal and the races of Azeroth have continued
to rebuild their once shattered lives. With renewed strength, the heroes of the
Horde and Alliance have begun to explore new lands, and have broken through the
Dark Portal to investigate the realms beyond the known world. In this expansion
pack, The Burning Crusade refers to the Burning Legion's ongoing efforts to
destroy life on Azeroth. To date, the Burning Legion's exploits have been
documented in Warcraft III and in the War of the Ancients novel trilogy. As part
of the expansion pack, game players will now be able to travel through the Dark
Portal to confront the Legion on otherworldly battlefields.
Although only one race has been revealed, Blizzard has announced plans to unveil
details about possible additional races at a later date. On the other hand, many
details have been released about the new continent, Outland. Computer Game Players last
visited Outland in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, alongside Illidan as he
conquered the Pit Lord Magtheridon's domain. Computer Game Players will also gain access to
Quel'Thalas, the region to the northeast of the Forsaken lands, where the Blood
Elves reside. Blizzard says that this expansion pack holds even more new areas
that are ripe for player exploration -- additional details will be revealed in
the months ahead.
Blizzard also has plans to add new dungeons and battlegrounds with the
expansion, though the exact number has not yet been determined. One upcoming
dungeon that has game players excited is Karazhan, which is located within Medivh's
tower. Because Medivh has played such a central role in Warcraft lore, Blizzard
is convinced that longtime game players will be especially interested in seeing what
Karazhan contains. As for battlegrounds, Blizzard has released very little
information. However, they have announced plans to make some of the battles from
the past accessible through the Caverns of Time.
Blood Elves: The New Race: Thousands of years ago, the exiled Highborne
landed on the shores of Lordaeron and founded the enchanted kingdom of Quel'Thas.
These high elves, as they called themselves, created a fountain of vast, magical
energies within the heart of their land -- the Sunwell. Over time, they grew
dependant on the Sunwell's unstable energies, regardless of the bitter lessons
they'd learned in ages past.
During the Third War, the villainous Prince Arthas invaded Quel'Thalas and
reduced the once-mighty realm to rubble and ashes. His undead army decimated
nearly all of the high elven population. In addition, he used the Sunwell's
energies to resurrect a powerful undead Lich, Kel'thuzad, thereby fouling the
Sunwell's mystical waters. The few elven survivors, realizing that they had been
cut off from the source of their arcane power, grew increasingly volatile and
desperate.
In the midst of the elves' darkest hour came Kael'thas Sunstrider, the last of
Quel'Thalas' royal bloodline. Kael, as he was commonly known, knew that the
remnant of his people would not long survive without the nourishing magic that
once empowered them. Renaming his people "blood elves" in honor of
their fallen countrymen, Kael taught the survivors how to tap into ambient
mystical energies -- even demonic energies -- in order to sate their terrible
thirst for magic. In search of a new destiny for his people, Kael'thas ventured
to the remote world of Outland where he encountered the fallen night elf,
Illidan. Under Illidan's watchful eye, Kael and his blood elves regained much of
their former power.
Unfortunately, the blood elves practice of embracing demonic energies caused
their former comrades in the Alliance to shun them. Thus, the remaining blood
elves on Azeroth look desperately to the Horde to help them reach Outland where
they can reunite with Kael'thas and achieve the golden destiny he has promised
them.
Outland: The New Continent: Once the beautiful homeworld of the orcs, all
that remains of Draenor is the scattered wastes of Outland. Following the Second
War, the Alliance invaded Draenor by crossing through the Dark Portal. To their
horror, they discovered that Ner'zhul -- the dark warlord of Horde -- had
constructed a series of new gateways that could lead the beaten Horde to newer,
unspoiled worlds. As the Alliance forces closed in around him, Ner'zhul opened
his gateways as a means of escape. However, his plan backfired and the gateway's
clashing energies resulted in a massive catastrophic explosion that ultimately
ripped the world of Draenor to pieces.
Nearly thirteen years later -- towards the end of the Third War -- the fallen
night elf, Illidan, discovered that huge chunks of Draenor still existed,
floating upon the astral winds of the Twisting Nether. After his defeat at the
hands of the evil Prince Arthas, Illidan fled to the remnants of Draenor and
dubbed them "Outland." He quickly seized control of the chaotic region
and sealed the last of Ner'zhul's gateways.
Though he is the undisputed ruler of the ravaged land, Illidan lives in fear
that he will be discovered by his powerful enemies -- most notably Arthas, the
new Lich King, and the remaining Lords of the Burning Legion. For now, Outland
is home to a number of scattered draenei tribes, primitive orcs, and powerful,
arcane creatures of the Nether itself. Agents of the Burning Legion have also
targeted the region as a vital strategic location in their unending Burning
Crusade to scour all life from the universe.
What else can expected? Blizzard has tantalized Warcraft game players with the brief
glimpse into The Burning Crusade's storyline. Will these heroes find friends or
foes? What dangers and rewards lie in wait beyond the Dark Portal? And what will
they do when they discover that the demons they thought were vanquished have
returned to renew their terrible Burning Crusade? These and other questions will
remain unanswered until the computer game play can be explored by role-playing Warcrafters.
Features:
- A New Profession: Jewelcrafting.
- An Increase in the Level Cap to 70!
- Arena-Based Computer Game Player vs. Computer Game Player Ladder System.
- Entire New Continent of Outland, reachable through the Dark Portal.
- Hundreds of New Items!
- Hundreds of New Quests!
- Improved Computer Game Player vs. Computer Game Player Honor System.
- Many New and Dangerous Monsters, including epic world bosses.
- Many New High-Level Dungeons to explore in Azeroth, Outland, and
elsewhere.
- New Flying Mounts in Outland.
- New Starting Zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond.
- Selectable Dungeon Difficulty Setting.
- Socketed Items.
- Two New Playable Races: The Blood Elves and the Draenei.
World of Warcraft Strategy Guide
Program Includes the Official World of Warcraft Battle Chest Guide from Brady Games with
tips, tricks, and strategies to aid you in your epic quest.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack Strategy Guide
As the ultimate weapon to aid your crusade against the darkness, this Official
Battle Chest Guide details levels 61-70, two new playable races, the new zones
of Outland, and much more!
Microsoft windows Computer Requirements
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack requires the original World of Warcraft base computer game to
play.
- Microsoft windows 2000, XP, Vista (Latest Service Packs)
- Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800 MHz processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- 32 MB 30 GPU such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above
- 10 GB available Hard Drive space
- 4X DVD-ROM drive
- Broadband Internet connection
- Latest Video Drivers
- DirectX 9.0c (included)
- First month of play included. Additional online fees apply
Macintosh Computer Requirements
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Expansion Pack requires the original World of Warcraft base computer game to
play.
- OS X 10.3.9 or newer
- 933 MHz G4/G5 Intel processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- Graphics Processor with 32 MB VRAM
- 10 GB available Hard Drive space
- 4X DVD-ROM drive
- Broadband Internet connection
- Latest Video Drivers
- DirectX 9.0c (included)
- First month of play included. Additional online fees apply
|
