World of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing Lair
Patch 1.6.0: Assault on Blackwing Lair is a content patch for World of Warcraft that released on 12 July 2005. Among other changes, it featured the release of the Blackwing Lair raid instance, the introduction…
World of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing Lair is an adventure developed by Blizzard Entertainment, released 5 July 2005 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What World of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing Lair is
World of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing Lair is an adventure game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 2005. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Deep within the fiery heart of Blackrock Mountain, the black dragon Nefarian conducted twisted experiments with the blood of other dragonflights. Intent on seizing the entire region for his own, he marshaled the remaining Dark Horde, a rogue army that embraced the demonic bloodlust of the old Horde. These corrupt orcs, trolls and other races battled against the Firelord Ragnaros and the shadowy Dark Iron dwarves for control of the smoldering mountain. Before he was vanquished by fearless heroes, Nefarian created the twisted chromatic dragons and a legion of other aberrations in his bid to form an army powerful enough to control Azeroth and continue the legacy of his infamous father…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world.
Where it sits in the Warcraft series
World of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing Lair is the tenth of 69 entries we hold in the Warcraft series. It arrived 7 months after World of Warcraft: Collector's Edition. The next entry was World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade in 2007.
What it launched against
World of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing Lair launched on 5 July 2005, within three weeks of Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari and Ys: The Oath in Felghana.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari, Ys: The Oath in Felghana.
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