

This ultimately led to the defeat of Illidan Stormrage, who had declared himself the ruler of Outland. The Horde and The Alliance fought the Legion and even went through the portal to deal with the enemy at its source. Burning Crusade focused on the Legion's latest attempt to invade Azeroth, which happened because the Doom Lord Kazzak reopened the Dark Portal to Draenor, otherwise known as Outland (the original Orc homeworld). The Burning Legion is an army of ravenous demons who have invaded countless worlds while being led by some of the strongest beings in the WoW universe. No matter the expansion, there is always one or two events that reshape Azeroth to some degree, and some of these events have caused large-scale destruction. Each expansion has multiple patches because it takes time to tell the full story, and these stories almost always have major implications for the lore and the world of Azeroth as a whole. Players are not used to waiting that long for content, as previous expansions had pretty small major patch windows. *Updated on June 7th, 2021 by George Voutiritsas: Prior to the recent Chains of Domination patch, World of Warcraft was in a content drought that spanned quite a few months.

The lore is so vast in fact, that Blizzard could never hope to tell the full story in a single installment, which is why they have so far released eight extensive expansions. The game's lore is incredibly deep and complex, and it includes a multitude of different characters, races, classes, factions, and locations. WoW is known for focusing on the conflict between The Horde and The Alliance, but the game is far more than that. RELATED: Rare Encounters Most Players Have Never Found In WoW World of Warcraft was first released in 2004, and it was a continuation of the story that was told in the original RTS games which were simply called, Warcraft.

As a developer, Blizzard has created a lot of popular game franchises, but even they could not have imagined that they would have created the most popular and successful MMORPG of all time.
