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Blizzard Opens A New Hosting Site For World Of Warcraft In Europe

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. has announced the opening of a new World of Warcraft site in Europe that will host multiple game realms in English, French and German. The first seven realms will be launched on Thursday, 6th April with additional realms opening shortly thereafter. The site will accommodate realms of all playing types in each language: player-vs.-player; role-playing player-vs.-player; player-vs.-environment (normal) and role-playing.

The opening of the new World of Warcraft site follows ongoing upgrades in hardware and software of the existing game infrastructure to accommodate the growing European player base.

The opening of the new realms will also facilitate the shipment of new boxed copies of World of Warcraft to retail stores. Shipments were halted in the past weeks to avoid increasing the load on the existing realms. In addition, as part of its ongoing plans to improve and expand the game infrastructure in Europe, Blizzard Entertainment will announce the opening of a further new site in the near future.

In Europe more than one million people are playing World of Warcraft. The game is operated by a dedicated local team of over 450 Blizzard employees representing 22 different nationalities.



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