MADRID . - At midnight sales ripped 'Wrath of the Lich King', the latest expansion of its popular game 'World of Warcraft' . "We have servers ready, we are ready for the onslaught of players," says Carlos Guerrero, senior producer of the game. They will hold the flood insurance? Players? He shrugs: "We are prepared." You never know.
We talk of the second expansion of a massively multiplayer game for PC and Mac OS that has broken all records in terms of players, more than 11 million . Guerrero, in a meeting with journalists in Madrid, was giving some details of this highly anticipated game and expansion, which was announced in August last year.
A series of events around the world has taken place as the game starts to sell, so to begin with, it is expected an avalanche of players during the first few days. ? They will hold the servers? Guerrero would only say that " are prepared. "
"Every day millions of people playing simultaneously around the world, do not know the exact figure. Thing is that I really do not know how many will return to play with this expansion , in addition to playing normally, and even those who dare to play for the first time, "he said.
In any case, smoke comes out of the network . In January 2007, the first expansion of 'World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade' sold nearly 2.4 million copies worldwide during its first 24 hours and nearly 3.5 million during the first month.
This expansion brings the universe 'WoW' cold-continent, Northrend, where the fearsome Lich King Arthas Menethil , (rescued from 'Warcraft III') has plans to dominate Azeroth. Indeed, the recent plague suffered WoW was just an appetizer for this expansion.
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Players, when they enter the new continent will face a full-blown war: fight against the army of undead Lich King from the shores of Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra to the core of his power lay in the Icecrown Glacier.
As a new feature, each character can move to level 80 and gain new powers . In addition, a new class, the death knight (players with a character of at least level 55 may create a new death knight to level 55 of any race in the realm of World of Warcraft where you play) , and 12 new dungeons.
Almost a year and a half since the announcement of his arrival, and in this expansion have worked more than 130 people from Blizzard. Thousands have beta tested the game to polish every detail.
"Noticeable improvements, especially in the graphics and sound, but of course the game has to be continued. Anyway, the strength of 'WoW' is, above all, the community , "said Guerrero.
For now, do not open the game to raise external developers or releasing their 'software', "as a matter of continuity," he said, "and as a matter of quality control."
The producer himself is a fan of the game, which has worked no less than seven years. himself has six characters , and among his favorites are a mage level 70 (the maximum allowed so far), or a warrior. " Step one to two hours a day playing, but it always depends. I have family! " he said, laughing.
'World of Warcraft' is already more than a game 'online', almost a culture based on the experience of the game. And so far, despite the queues for expansion 'Wrath of the Lich King', anyone who wishes will be without a copy.
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