World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe, World of Warcraft takes place within the world of Azeroth. Since it's launch in 2004, World of Warcraft has had nine major expansion packs: The Burning Crusade (2007), Wrath of the Lich King (2008), Cataclysm (2010), Mists of Pandaria (2012), Warlords of Draenor (2014), Legion (2016), Battle for Azeroth (2018), Shadowlands (2020), and Dragonflight (2022).