Blizzard Details WoW Classic Realm Structure in Europe; No Separate Language Realms Except for Russian Realm

Blizzard has detailed the WoW Classic realm structure in Europe ahead of the game's launch in August.

Several realms will exist included, including Role player versus Thespian (PvP) realms, Thespian versus Environment (PvE) realms and Roleplaying realms (RP). Co-ordinate to Blizzard, the realms will not exist separated past different languages except for the Russian linguistic communication, will we be receiving its own realm due to reliance on the Cyrillic Alphabet. In improver, Russian players will besides have their very own game client. "We remember this arroyo volition give players more freedom to move around to where they want, and find guilds and friends that best match their interests", Blizzard explains.

For Archetype, we're planning on not splitting upwardly realms by language. This has its advantages and disadvantages, merely overall, we retrieve that information technology'south the best starting point for WoW Classic. An exception will exist made for the Russian language, which volition accept separate realms due to its reliance on the Cyrillic Alphabet. For technical reasons this will also mean Russian is going to have its own separate game client, similar to what happened in The Burning Cause.

Blizzard's vanilla Earth of Warcraft server option will launch this Summer on August 27^th. Patch 1.12 Drums of War will exist foundation for the game. Blizzard announced Classic's release date last month.

"Building and launching World of Warcraft dorsum in 2004 was immensely challenging," J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Amusement said. "A tornado literally tore the roof off one of the game'due south data centers during the early days of testing—only Blizzard was fortunate to have hundreds, then thousands, and and then millions of people effectually the world cheering our developers on.

"Like many of our players, anybody at Blizzard was fueled by the excitement of seeing the world of Azeroth from the ground level, through the optics of the heroes inhabiting and fighting over it," Brack continued. "Azeroth has always been a wondrous and deadly place, and it was especially so at the time of WoW's launch, when everyone was discovering its vistas and exploring its dungeons for the first time—all while helping and supporting the company every bit everyone here worked through the many technical struggles of hosting a game of this size.

"That early experience was incredibly important to Blizzard. It taught us many things about ourselves every bit a developer and publisher, and nigh the global customs of players that we feel honored to be a part of. The World of Warcraft Classic experience is very unlike from the Azeroth we know today, but we dear it for what information technology is and what it stands for. Nosotros can't wait to go reacquainted with this dangerous, demanding, and rewarding earth with all of our friends, new and erstwhile."