World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first expansion pack for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It was released on January 16, 2007 at midnight (12:00 AM) in Europe and North America, and sold nearly 2.4 million copies that day to people who waited over night in the to get the expansion, making it the fastest-selling PC game in those regions.[2] It was released on January 17, 2007 in Australia and New Zealand;[2] in total, approximately 3.53 million copies were sold across these territories in the first month of release, including 1.9 million in North America, over 100,000 copies in Australasia, and nearly 1.6 million in Europe.[6] It was also released in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia on January 16, 2007.[2] It was later released in South Korea on February 1, 2007; in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on April 30, 2007.[7][8] The game was released in China on September 6, 2007. Two new playable races were added to World of Warcraft in The Burning Crusade: The Draenei of the Alliance and the Blood Elves of the Horde. Previously, the Paladin class was exclusive to the Alliance faction,World of Warcraft Combination Codes, and the Shaman class was exclusive to the Horde faction; these new races allowed Alliance players to play Shaman as Draenei, and allowed Horde players to play Paladins as Blood Elves. A new battleground, Eye of the Storm was introduced with two brackets: one for characters between levels 61-69, and another for level 70 characters. Although this battleground was designed for level 70 characters,wow game keys,buy World of Warcraft. players are unable to summon flying mounts in this battleground.[9] The Eye of the Storm battleground is only available to those with the expansion. In addition, a new PvP Arena System was introduced as a way for players to fight in 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, or 5 vs 5 "Arena" battles. While the arena system allows players without The Burning Crusade expansion to partake in skirmish matches, those without the expansion are unable to participate in rated matches, which yield rewards based on a point system. Ladder matches were only accessible by players who have reached level 70. Three arena stages were introduced in The Burning Crusade expansion, including The Ruins of Lordaeron in the Undercity, The Circle of Blood in Blades Edge Mountains, and the Ring of Trials in Nagrand.[10] Arena matches have taken a more prominent role in World of Warcraft's PvP content, and have developed into an electronic sport. One example of Arena matches as an electronic sport is the World Series of Video Games in 2007, where player teams competed in 3 vs 3 matches to earn cash prizes.[11] Blizzard also holds its own seasonal tournament,World of Warcraft keys, the World of Warcraft Arena Tournament, which pitches teams from servers all around the world against each other.[12] This tournament concludes with a 5v5 world final event, the first of which took place at BlizzCon �07 and so ended season 1.[13] Additional "outdoor" PvP objectives were implemented, which are different for each zone in which they are located. Most of these outdoor PvP objectives involve "capturing" key points to reward players of the same faction in the area, usually with a temporary buff that adds a damage boost to player attacks or increases the rate players gain experience or faction points while the players are in the zone.World of Warcraft store,World of Warcraft online code, For example, Terokkar Forest's PvP contest involves players standing near towers in order to capture them while defending the towers in PvP combat with players of the opposite faction that try to capture the objective. Other examples include Halaa in Nagrand and the Hellfire Fortifications in Hellfire Peninsula, where players compete for control to unlock quest and vendor access or gain factional reputation for rewards