World of Warcraft (2004)

World of Warcraft (short WoW) is one of the first really big MMORPGs and has definitly made this genre famous. WoW uses the 2 famous factions (alliance and horde) combined with 4 races and 9 character classes.

Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG)
Release year: 2004
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Vivendi
Extensions: The Burning Crusade (2007)
Wrath of the Lich King (2008)
Cataclysm

World of Warcraft (short WoW) is one of the first really big MMORPGs and has definitly made this genre famous. WoW uses the 2 famous factions (alliance and horde) combined with 4 races and 9 character classes.