World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the "Warcraft" fantasy universe. "World of Warcraft" takes place within the "Warcraft" world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous "Warcraft" release, "." The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the "Warcraft" franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, "World of Warcraft" has had seven major expansion packs released for it: "", "", "", "", "", "", and "".
Collectible card game
The previous years influx of new CCGs continued into 2006. Riding on the success of the popular PC Game "World of Warcraft", Blizzard Entertainment licensed Upper Deck to publish a TCG based on the game. The "World of Warcraft" TCG was born and was carried by major retailers but saw limited success until it was discontinued in 2013 prior to the release of Blizzard's digital card game "Hearthstone". Following previous trends, Japanese-influenced CCGs continued to enter the market. These games were either based on cartoons or manga and included: "Naruto", "", "Bleach", "Rangers Strike" and the classic series "Robotech". "Dragon Ball GT" was rebooted once again in 2008 and renamed as "Dragon Ball".