Luckily the death of a character in World of Warcraft is not final so all those killed were soon resurrected.

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In all "World of Warcraft" games, players get online to go on quests and socialize with other players.

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It may also represent possible cannibalization of World of Warcraft users, though of course all that remains to be seen.

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Blizzard tried to control the plague by staging rolling re-starts of all the servers supporting the Warcraft realms and applying quick fixes.

BBC: Players get the chance to be heroes in World of Warcraft

We'd also point out that MMOs aren't typically the most stable of sectors in the game industry -- outside of Blizzard juggernaut World of Warcraft, few are competitive if at all successful -- and playing one through OnLive would mean paying both for an OnLive subscription and a game subscription.

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The thing is girls want the same games that all the guys want like World of Warcraft and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

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World of Warcraft is the reigning champ of English-language MMORPGs, with an all-time high of 12 million players.

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After all, how hard could it be to make another World of Warcraft?

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World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Starcraft II, Skylanders, and the Call of Duty franchise have all been enormously successful titles, propelling the publishing company to the top of the market time and time again.

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