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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King

Patch 5.2.0: The Thunder King is the first World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria patch of 2013 that focuses on the return of the Thunder King. It was targeted to be released February 26, but was delayed for…

5 March 2013

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King is an adventure developed by Blizzard Entertainment, released 5 March 2013 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King is

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King is an adventure game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 2013. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

While war between the Horde and the Alliance raged across Pandaria, the scattered mogu plotted a return to their terrible former glory. They rekindled their historical alliance with the Zandalari trolls, who managed to resurrect the tyrannical mogu emperor, Lei Shen the Thunder King, in the hopes of restoring mogu dominion over the continent. The valiant Shado-pan rushed to suppress their enemies, creating a task force, the Shado-pan Assault, originally composed of pandaren warriors and later supported by heroes of the Horde and Alliance. These fearless champions strove to defeat the Thunder King, though they also simultaneously served their factions' interests on Pandaria. Jaina Proudmoore…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warcraft series

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King is the 22nd of 69 entries we hold in the Warcraft series. The next entry was Hearthstone in 2014.

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What it launched against

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King launched on 5 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

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When did World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King come out?
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: The Thunder King was released on 5 March 2013 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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