February 11, 2005: World of Warcraft reaches Europe
Europe joined Azeroth with its own launch, localizations and infrastructure.
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November 23, 2004: World of Warcraft launches
The original release arrived in North America, Australia and New Zealand.
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The November 8 open beta brought a much larger testing audience.
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March 18, 2004: the original WoW closed beta begins
Invitation emails opened testing in North America and Korea.
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On September 2, 2001, Blizzard revealed its Warcraft MMORPG.
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