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Line 94: ==Development== ''World of Warcraft'' was first announced by Blizzard at the [[European Computer Trade Show\|ECTS]] trade show in September 2001.<ref name="ECTS">{{cite web\|title=ECTS 2001:World of Warcraft \|url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraft/news.html?sid=2810134 \|website=GameSpot \|access-date=November 3, 2007 \|url-status=~~live~~dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317110106/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraft/news.html?sid=2810134 \|archive-date=March 17, 2009 }}</ref> Released in 2004, development of the game took roughly 4–5 years, including extensive testing. The 3D graphics in ''World of Warcraft'' use elements of the proprietary graphics engine originally used in ''Warcraft III''.<ref name="ECTS"/> The game was designed to be an open environment where players are allowed to do what they please.<ref name="gamespot_preview">{{cite web\|url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraft/news.html?sid=2809173&mode=previews \|title=World of Warcraft Preview \|access-date=March 8, 2008 \|author=Greg Kasavin, Amer Ajami \|date=September 1, 2002 \|website=GameSpot \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207172310/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraft/news.html?sid=2809173&mode=previews \|archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref> Quests are optional and were designed to help guide players, allow character development, and to spread characters across different zones to try to avoid what developers called ''player collision''.<ref>{{cite web\|title=World of Warcraft Preview \|page=2 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215040959/http://www.gamespy.com/previews/january04/wowpc/index2.shtml \|archive-date=February 15, 2004 \|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/previews/january04/wowpc/index2.shtml \|publisher=GameSpy \|access-date=November 3, 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The game interface allows players to customize appearance and controls, and to install add-ons and other modifications.<ref>{{cite web\|title=World of Warcraft Preview \|page=6 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215035438/http://www.gamespy.com/previews/january04/wow2pc/index2.shtml \|archive-date=February 15, 2004 \|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/previews/january04/wowpc/index6.shtml \|publisher=GameSpy \|access-date=November 3, 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ''World of Warcraft'' runs natively on both [[Mac (computer)\|Mac]] and [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]] platforms. Boxed copies of the game use a [[hybrid CD]] to install the game, eliminating the need for separate Mac and Windows retail products. The game allows all users to play together, regardless of their [[operating system]]. Although there is no official version for any other platform, support for ''World of Warcraft'' is present in Windows [[application programming interface\|API]] implementations [[Wine (software)\|Wine]] and [[CrossOver]] allowing the game to be played under [[Linux]] and [[FreeBSD]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=6482 \|title=Wine application notes for WoW \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206184620/https://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=6482 \|archive-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref> While a native Linux client is neither released nor announced by Blizzard, in January 2011 [[Information technology\|IT]] journalist [[Michael Larabel]] indicated in a [[Phoronix]] article that an internal Linux client might exist but is not released due to the non-[[standardization]] of the Linux [[Linux distribution\|distro]] ecosystem.<ref name="linuxclient2011">{{cite web\|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTA0NQ \|title=Blizzard Still Has a World of Warcraft Linux Client \|first=Michael \|last=Larabel \|publisher=[[Phoronix]] \|date=January 26, 2011 \|access-date=July 8, 2013 \|quote=It turns out that this appears to still be the case that internally they have a Linux build of World of Warcraft but as of yet they have decided against releasing it to the public. \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512083414/http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTA0NQ \|archive-date=May 12, 2013 }}</ref>

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