World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
DeveloperBlizzard Entertainment
PublisherBlizzard Entertainment
DesignersRob Pardo, Jeff Kaplan, Tom Chilton
ComposersRussell Brower
Matt Uelmen
Derek Duke
SeriesWarcraft
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, OS X
Release
  • EU/NA: January 16, 2007
  • AU: January 17, 2007
  • Asia: January 16, 2007
GenreMMORPG
ModeMultiplayer

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first expansion set for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It was released on January 16, 2007 at local midnight in Europe and North America, selling nearly 2.4 million copies on release day alone and making it, at the time, the fastest-selling PC game released. Approximately 3.53 million copies were sold in the first month of release, including 1.9 million in North America, nearly 1.6 million in Europe, and over 100,000 copies in Australia.