Sunday, April 18, 2010

Blog127 post - Richard Hare

Application Software – Games – Richard Hare – For this blog entry I would like to inform you of the research I conducted regarding Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft. World of Warcraft was created by Blizzard Entertainment, a child company of Activision, and released in 2004. It is a MMORPG or Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game, which has taken the the world by storm and is widely considered the most popular video game of all. Currently World of Warcraft (WoW for short) has more than 11 million subscribers and dominates the online multiplayer market.

The game is either purchased from a video game retailer or downloaded from Blizzard’s online store. Once the game is installed on the players PC, he or she is prompted to subscribe or to enjoy a 10-day trial of the game. The game cost anywhere from $12 to $15 dollars a month depending on how long the player chooses to subscribe. Once the subscription is completed the player then creates their character to enter the world of Azeroth . Azeroth is the digital world of World of Warcraft and is essentially the size of a small planet. There are several types of game play a player can choose to be a part of, but the most common are completing various quests and dungeons with other players to unlock the games story and to acquire items such as armor, weapons, or novelty items such as pets and rideable mounts. Also the player can choose to combat other players in the various battlegrounds included in the game. This is commonly referred to Player vs Player. Blizzard is constantly upgrading and changing the game so the entertainment value of it is endless.

1 comment:

mjb127 said...

From your description, undoubtedly it is popular!
How long have you been involved with the game?
Would you characterize the setting as medieval in appearance?